Patent ID: 7822716

Claim:
A method of deleting user metadata managed by a TV-Anytime metadata server using a simple object access protocol (SOAP) operation, the method comprising: a) providing an element of a SOAP delete operation, the element of the SOAP delete operation including at least a first sub-element for designating user identifier information with respect to a user and a second sub-element for designating a delete condition; b) receiving at the TV-Anytime metadata server the element of the SOAP delete operation from a client of the TV-Anytime service; and c) identifying the user and deleting user metadata of the identified user at the TV-Anytime metadata server on a basis of the user identifier information in the received element of the SOAP delete operation, wherein the TV-Anytime metadata server is located at a provider of the TV-Anytime service and keeps user metadata of a plurality of users including the user, and wherein operation c) is performed to delete user information corresponding to the delete condition designated in the second sub-element of the received SOAP delete operation element.