Patent ID: 7814519
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing assets implemented by an entertainment system head-end, the method comprising: providing from the head-end to a particular client device of a plurality of client devices serviced by the head-end, information identifying a plurality of media assets that are currently available on-demand to the particular client device and a plurality of media assets that are not currently available to the particular client device; receiving from the particular client device, a user-submitted request for a particular media asset identified in the information to define a requested media asset; determining by the head-end whether or not the requested media asset is currently available on-demand to the particular client device; in an event that the requested media asset is currently available on-demand to the particular client device, the head-end providing the requested media asset to the particular client device; and in an event that the requested media asset is not currently available on-demand to the particular client device: