Patent ID: 8510775

Claim:
A method for providing enhanced entertainment data, the method comprising: receiving, at a set top box, a request for additional information about a selected show; displaying the additional information, wherein the additional information includes a cast list of the selected show, and wherein the additional information relating to the cast member includes a list of selectable merchandise associated with the cast member or the selected show; wherein cast members on the cast list are individually selectable; responsive to receiving a user selection of a cast member on the cast list, displaying the additional information relating to the cast member, wherein the additional information relating to the cast member includes current theatrical releases in which the cast member is associated with; identifying one or more local theaters based user preferences associated with the set-top box; displaying show times corresponding to the one or more local theaters for a current theatrical release in response to receiving a user selection of the current theatrical release; purchase a ticket, using the set top box, for one of the show times at a local theater; billing the purchase of the ticket for one of the show times at the local theater to the user's monthly service charge; responsive to receiving a user selection of one of the selectable merchandise, presenting information about a selected merchandise, presenting an option for the user to purchase the selected merchandise; retrieving a billing address associated with the user's subscriber account in response to receiving a purchase request for the selected merchandise; placing an order for the selected merchandise using the billing address; and billing the order to the user's monthly service charge.