US 12,231,734 B2
Ordering a service using the processing of a stream comprising multimedia data
Murièle Le Bihan, Chatillon (FR); Emmanuel Soyer, Chatillon (FR); and Dominique Poitevin, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Appl. No. 17/606,630
Filed by ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/061503
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/216926, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1904469 (FR), filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232292 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47815 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
ordering a purchase of a service, a sequence relating to said service being comprised in a multimedia data stream played by a playback device, the multimedia data stream being received by a terminal which is connected to the playback device, the multimedia data stream comprising a plurality of sequences relating to respective services and associated with respective playback timestamps, the ordering being implemented by a management server which is distinct from the terminal receiving the multimedia data stream and comprising:
in response to a reception of an order signal, sent by a first user terminal being distinct from the terminal receiving the multimedia data stream and from the playback device, for purchasing a service associated with a sequence of the multimedia data stream played by the playback device, determining a service identifier as a function of a reception timestamp of the order signal for purchasing the service, the service identifier having previously been associated to a playback timestamp of a sequence associated with a service corresponding to the reception timestamp of the order signal for purchasing the service, the service identifier making it possible to generate a signal to save the purchase, and
transmitting, by the management server to a second user terminal, the signal to save the purchase.