Patent ID: 9491497
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: (a) providing, to a mobile Internet-connected digital device, a viewer interface application configured to access broadcast program content and video-on-demand program content; (b) receiving, at a television service platform, a first request from the viewer interface application running on the mobile Internet-connected digital device to access an electronic program guide; (c) retrieving, by the television service platform, electronic program guide data from an electronic program guide database; (d) providing the electronic program guide data to the viewer interface application to generate the electronic program guide to be viewed by a user of the mobile Internet-connected digital device, wherein, for at least the video-on-demand program content, the electronic program guide comprises program titles arranged according to drill-down displays of hierarchical categories and sub-categories according to metadata uploaded by a content provider along with respective video-on-demand program content, the metadata comprising a title, one or more category terms, and one or more sub-category terms using a hierarchical structure; (e) receiving, at the television service platform from the mobile Internet-connected digital device, a second request to display a first video-on-demand program identified by a respective program title in the electronic program guide; (f) transmitting, from the television service platform to the mobile Internet-connected digital device, first video-on-demand program content corresponding to the first video-on-demand program to be displayed on the mobile Internet-connected digital device; (g) receiving, at the television service platform from the mobile Internet-connected digital device, a third request to access broadcast TV channel programming; and (h) transmitting, from the television service platform to the mobile Internet-connected digital device, a data stream of video content corresponding to the broadcast TV channel programming to be displayed on the mobile Internet-connected digital device, wherein the data stream of video content corresponding to the broadcast TV channel programming and the first video-on-demand program content that are transmitted from the television service platform to the mobile Internet-connected digital device are also available via IPTV to a set-top box for display on a television display.