Patent ID: 8230469
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing a consumer video, comprising: (a) receiving a pick-up ticket for the consumer video by an online video portal from a consumer, the pick-up ticket having been sent to the consumer by an online video merchant from whom the consumer ordered the consumer video, the pick-up ticket comprising a merchant identity of the online video merchant and a product identity of the consumer video; (b) connecting to the online video merchant by the online video portal using the merchant identity in the pick-up ticket; (c) providing the product identity in the pick-up ticket to the online video merchant by the online video portal; (d) storing the consumer video associated with the product identity by the online video portal in a consumer datastore at the online video portal; and (e) distributing the stored consumer video by the online video portal to a television set of the consumer over a dedicated television channel, wherein the online video portal comprises a video receiver and a video server, wherein the distributing (e) comprises: