Method and system for ordering and prioritizing the downloading of content from an interactive interface
View Patent ↗A method and system for ordering content includes a first device having an ordering interactive interface. The first device identifies a user account. The first device forms a content selection corresponding to the on-demand content from the interactive interface and generates a recording priority status. The first device communicates the content selection and the recording priority status to a content processing system. The content processing system forms a queue for the user account, inserts the content selection in the queue in response to the recording priority and communicates a control word to the user device. A user device receives the content corresponding to the selection in response to the control word.
1. A method of ordering content comprising:
using a first device, accessing an ordering interactive interface that has content available from a content processing system;
identifying a user account;
forming a queue for the user account at the content processing system;
using the first device, selecting a content selection from the interactive interface;
selecting a recording priority status for the content selection from the interactive interface;
communicating a recording priority status and the selection to the content processing system;
updating the queue in response to the recording priority status by inserting the selection at a top or bottom of the queue;
communicating a control word from the content processing system to a user device different than the first device; and
receiving content corresponding to the selection from the content processing system at the user device in response to the control word.
2. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising in response to communicating a control word, sending an email indicating the control word was sent to the user device.
3. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein after receiving, storing the content in a memory of the user device.
4. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting linear content.
5. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting on-demand content.
6. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting the content selection from a menu on a mobile device.
7. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting the content from a search result.
8. A method as recited in claim 7 wherein prior to selecting the content from a search result, performing a title search and generating the search result from the title search.
9. A method as recited in claim 7 wherein prior to selecting the content from a search result, performing a channel name search and generating the search result from the channel name search.
10. A method as recited in claim 7 wherein prior to selecting the content from a search result, performing a channel number search and generating the search result from the channel number search.
11. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a satellite.
12. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a broadband communication system.
13. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a terrestrial system.
14. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a satellite.
15. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a broadband communication system.
16. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a satellite and wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a satellite.
17. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating a control word comprises communicating the control word through a satellite and wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a broadband communication system.
18. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the user device comprises a satellite television set top box and the first device comprises a mobile device.
19. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein prior to receiving the content, communicating the content stored in a content repository at a content processing system.
20. A system comprising:
a first device displaying an ordering interactive interface, said first device identifying a user account, said first device forming a content selection corresponding to content available from a content processing system from the interactive interface and selecting a recording priority status, said first device communicating the content selection and the recording priority status to the content processing system;
said content processing system forming a queue for a user account, inserting the content selection at a top or bottom of the queue in response to the recording priority and communicating a control word to the user device;
and said user device receiving the content corresponding to the selection in response to the control word.
21. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the first device comprises a mobile device.
22. A system as recited in claim 20 further comprising a satellite in communication with the content processing system communicating the control word therethrough.