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Patent US7992163 - Video-on-demand navigational system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA method for providing a video-on-demand (VOD) presentation includes determining whether an active video-on-demand (VOD) session for the VOD presentation exists, providing a selectable option to view the VOD presentation responsive to determining that the active VOD session exists, and providing a list...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7992163?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7992163 - Video-on-demand navigational systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7992163 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/590,488Publication date2 Aug 2011Filing date9 Jun 2000Priority date11 Jun 1999Also published asUS20050240961, US20060271973, US20090282372Publication number09590488, 590488, US 7992163 B1, US 7992163B1, US-B1-7992163, US7992163 B1, US7992163B1InventorsDean F. Jerding, Shashi Goel, Robert O. Banker, Valerie Grew GutknechtOriginal AssigneeJerding Dean F, Shashi Goel, Banker Robert O, Valerie Grew GutknechtExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (119), Non-Patent Citations (356), Referenced by (7), Classifications (40), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetVideo-on-demand navigational systemUS 7992163 B1Abstract A method for providing a video-on-demand (VOD) presentation includes determining whether an active video-on-demand (VOD) session for the VOD presentation exists, providing a selectable option to view the VOD presentation responsive to determining that the active VOD session exists, and providing a list of selectable VOD titles responsive to determining that the active VOD session does not exist.
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