Patent ID: 8051457

Claim:
A method of transmitting user metadata about a non-anonymous user of a TV-Anytime service from a client of the TV-Anytime service to a service agent of the TV-Anytime service, the method comprising: a) providing a simple object access protocol (SOAP) upload operation, a request element of which includes a user information element of an extended user description type, and a response element of which includes version information about a metadata capability description and reception results; b) at the client, inputting the user metadata of an authenticated non-anonymous user to the user information element of the request element and transmitting the user metadata, in response to a command from the authenticated non-anonymous user, the request element including a request of the non-anonymous user to change user information about the user stored at the service agent; c) at the service agent, receiving the request element; d) at the service agent, inputting the version information about the metadata capability description and reception results to the response element and transmitting the version information and the reception results to the client, in response to the request element; and e) at the service agent, changing the user information about the user.