Patent ID: 9106959
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06Q,H04N,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for web-based content management for use with one or more computers, comprising: (a) receiving, at the one or more computers from a content provider device via the Internet, at least the following digital content: (b) encoding, at the one or more computers, the video content to an encoded video content file in a format capable of playback on the predetermined video-on-demand application; (c) generating, at the one or more computers, associated video-on-demand application-readable metadata for the encoded video content file by converting at least a portion of the content-characterizing data into a format readable by the predetermined video-on-demand application so that the associated metadata can be used with the encoded video content file in order to specify the respective title and the location of the converted video content in the interactive user interface of the predetermined video-on-demand application presenting the respective title information in a hierarchical ordering according to the received content provider designated hierarchically arranged category information and subcategory information so that the video content is locatable by a television user when using the predetermined video-on-demand application offered by a digital television service provider system; (d) generating, by the one or more computers, a data package for transport comprising the encoded video content file and the associated video-on-demand application-readable metadata; and (e) transmitting, by the one or more computers, directly or indirectly, the data package from the web-based content management system to the predetermined video-on-demand application for inclusion at the specified location in the hierarchical ordering.