Smart television system having methods or means for accessing paid or subscribed digital content from the internet

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8711408
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13108925

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Smart television systems and methods for rendering digital content accessed from over the Internet is disclosed. The smart television system is a device that may include an operating system, and one or more applications installed or installable for accessing digital content over the Internet. The method may include providing security or authentication information to one or more servers over the Internet, providing payment or subscription information to the one or more servers, selecting a reference from a list of references to digital content, and providing, to the one or more servers, a content object that includes the selected reference to digital content. Subsequently, the smart television system may receive, from the one or more servers over the Internet, the digital content corresponding to the selected reference to digital content for rendering. The smart television system may further include a touch sensitive screen.

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  • FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chang, William Ho Vancouver, US 116 9697
Liu, Christina Ying Fremont, US 91 7489

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