Patent ID: 8850490
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented by an internet-based content platform, comprising: receiving, via a user interface, a request of an end user to subscribe to a paid channel of the internet-based content platform, the paid channel being one of a plurality of channels of the internet-based content platform and having dynamically changed content, the paid channel being presented to the end user with an indicator of a subscription status of the end user with respect to the paid channel; identifying end user information comprising payment information of the end user; creating a subscription to the paid channel for the end user based on the end user information; providing, via the user interface, access to the content of the paid channel to the end user at substantially the same time as creating the subscription for the end user; and causing the indicator of the subscription status of the end user to be changed to indicate that the end user is subscribed to the paid channel.