Patent ID: 7606765
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of ordering and paying for pay-per-view events comprising: a) providing a pay-television system having a multiplicity of offerings including pay-per-view events; b) providing a subscriber account in the pay-television system; c) sending a bill to a subscriber at a billing location which charges the subscriber for usage of the pay-television system, including usage of pay-per-view events; d) identifying a home base for the subscriber; e) providing the subscriber with a credit card associated with the pay-television system; f) locating the subscriber at a location remote from the home base; g) ordering an offering from the pay-television system to be sent to the subscriber at the remote location by the pay-television system by h) charging the credit card with a charge according to the event ordered on the credit card; i) billing the subscriber at the home base according to charges on the credit card; j) providing a second pay-television system; k) providing a central station; and l) associating the central station with both the pay-television system and the second pay-television system; and m) wherein the step of communicating with the pay-television system includes a step of communicating between the pay-television system and the second pay-television system via the central station and the central station relaying the request of the subscriber.