Patent ID: 9743147
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: storing, by a video replay server including a processor, a content guide including content guide entries that are transmittable to content player devices registered with the video replay server; receiving, by the video replay server, a request transmitted over a wide area network from a content provider device, wherein the request includes a request to approve the content provider device as a content provider registered to provide content directly to the content player devices registered with the video replay server; determining, by the video replay server, occurrence of an approval of the content provider device as a registered content provider; generating, by the video replay server within the content guide, a content guide entry associated with the registered content provider; transmitting, by the video replay server, to the content player devices registered with the video replay server, a content provider update including the content guide entry associated with the registered content provider; and providing, by the video replay server, both a unique ID and at least one label for the registered content provider, wherein the at least one label corresponds to a category in the content guide entry associated with the registered content provider, wherein the content provider update including the content guide entry associated with the registered content provider further includes the unique ID for the registered content provider.