Patent ID: 9078016
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06Q,H04N,H05K

Abstract:
1. A web-based content management system including one or more computers, comprising: (a) an input module operating on the one or more computers configured to receive from a content provider device via the Internet at least the following digital content: (b) an encoding module operating on the one or more computers and operatively connected to the input module configured to encode the video content to an encoded video content file in a format capable of playback on the predetermined video-on-demand application; (c) a video-on-demand application-readable metadata generating module operating on the one or more computers and operatively connected to the input module configured to generate 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) a packaging module operating on the one or more computers and operatively connected to the encoding module and the metadata generating module configured to generate a data package for transport comprising the encoded video content file and the associated video-on-demand application-readable metadata; and (e) a transport module operating on the one or more computers and operatively connected to the packaging module configured to transmit, 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.