Patent ID: 8898686

Claim:
A method comprising: providing data associated with a plurality of available video content to a display device for display to a user, wherein each of the plurality of available video content is pre-divided into a plurality of portions that are associated with a plurality of pre-defined view fees; providing, to a display device for display to a user, the option of viewing a portion of one of the plurality of available video content; providing a video content selection to the display device; providing information to the display device, in response to a signal indicating that a user has completed viewing a portion of the video content selection, that presents the user with the option of viewing the video content selection in its entirety; monitoring the viewing of the video content selection and compiling monitoring data therefrom, acquiring viewing duration data from the compiled monitoring data representing the duration of the portion of the video content selection that was viewed; and determining a monetary charge based at least in part on the viewing duration data.