Patent ID: 9386332
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising: receiving, from a third-party physical asset distribution system, catalog metadata for physical media assets available to order; combining the catalog metadata with catalog entries for digital content to form a unified catalog file; receiving, from a user device associated with a user, login information for the user; providing, via an application programming interface (API), the login information to the third-party physical asset distribution system for authentication; generating a session token, when the user is authenticated using the login information; sending, to the user device, the session token; receiving, from the user device, a request to view a directory of available video content; sending, to the user device, the unified catalog file for presentation to the user; receiving, from the user device, a selection indicating a particular item in the unified catalog file and the session token; identifying, from the selection, a format of the particular item as corresponding to one of digital content or a physical media asset; providing, to the user device and based on the identifying the format of the particular item, video content corresponding to the particular item when the format of the particular item corresponds to the digital content; providing, to the third-party physical asset distribution system via a billing gateway and based on the identifying the format of the particular item, user payment information when the format of the particular item corresponds to the physical media asset; and receiving, from the third-party physical asset distribution system, one or more identities of locations for obtaining one of the physical media assets after providing the user payment information.