Patent ID: 9161071
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing content over a network, the method comprising: providing by a communications service provider a content distribution node, wherein content stored by the content distribution node is accessible to subscriber of the communications service provider without traversing the Internet; providing, via the content distribution node, a content mall comprising a plurality of content stores, wherein each of the content stores employs a CODEC proprietary to that content store to encode content stored on that content store; providing a set-top box software repository having one or more software modules, each software module associated respectively with a content store of the plurality of content stores, wherein each software module allows a set-top box to access the respectively associated content store; providing a centralized CODEC storage facility for content providers to store CODECS for download by subscribers of the communication service provider; providing an advertisement repository storing one or more sets of advertisements, each set of advertisements associated respectively with a content store of the plurality of content stores, wherein each set of advertisements displays only with content from the respectively associated content store; and granting access, via the content distribution node, to a plurality of content providers to store: