Method and apparatus for facilitating the providing of content
First Claim
1. A method for providing content, comprising:
- determining a plurality of content segments;
determining a device associated with a recipient of said plurality of content segments; and
providing a first of said plurality of content segments to said device at a first time and a second of said plurality of content segments to said device at a second time, wherein display of a content segment by said device may interrupt operation of said device.
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Abstract
A system, method, apparatus, and computer program code for providing content to a device, wherein operation of the device may be interrupted as a result of a display of content by the device. According to embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of content segments can be identified or selected. In addition, a device (e.g., computer, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant) associated with a recipient of the content segments can be identified or selected. The content segments can then be provided to the device in such a way that display of a content segment by the device may interrupt operation of the device, thereby providing focus on the content segment.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for providing content, comprising:
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determining a plurality of content segments;
determining a device associated with a recipient of said plurality of content segments; and
providing a first of said plurality of content segments to said device at a first time and a second of said plurality of content segments to said device at a second time, wherein display of a content segment by said device may interrupt operation of said device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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35. A method for providing content, comprising:
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determining a plurality of content segments;
identifying a first device associated with a recipient of said plurality of content segments and a second device associated with said recipient;
allowing said first device to display a first of said plurality of content segments; and
allowing said second device to display a second of said plurality of content segments.
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40. A method for providing content, comprising:
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determining a plurality of content segments;
determining a device associated with a recipient of said plurality of content segments;
providing at least two of said plurality of content segments to said device; and
allowing said device to display a first of said plurality of content segments at a first time and a second of said plurality of content segments at a second time, wherein display of a content segment by said device may interrupt operation of said device. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A method for providing content with a portion of software, comprising:
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determining a portion of software;
determining a plurality of content segments;
establishing a relationship between said portion of software and said plurality of content segments such that a first of said plurality of content segments may be displayed by a device at a first time when said portion of software is operating on said device and such that an interruption of use of said portion of software on said device will occur when said first of said plurality of content segments is displayed by said device; and
establishing a relationship between said portion of software and said plurality of content segments such that a second of said plurality of content segments may be displayed by said device at a second time when said portion of software is operating on said device and such that an interruption of use of said portion of software on said device will occur when said second of said plurality of content segments is displayed by said device. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 49)
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46. A method for providing content with a portion of software, comprising:
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determining a portion of software;
determining a plurality of content segments;
establishing a relationship between said portion of software and said plurality of content segments such that a first of said plurality of content segments may be displayed by a device at a first time when said portion of software is operating on said device and such that an interruption of use of said device will occur when said first of said plurality of content segments is displayed by said device; and
establishing a relationship between said portion of software and said plurality of content segments such that a second of said plurality of content segments may be displayed by said device at a second time when said portion of software is operating on said device and such that an interruption of use of said device will occur when said second of said plurality of content segments is displayed by said device.
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47. A method for providing content with a portion of software, comprising:
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determining a portion of software;
determining a plurality of content segments;
establishing a relationship between said portion of software and said plurality of content segments such that a first of said plurality of content segments may be displayed by a device at a first time when said portion of software is operating on said device and such that an interruption of use of software other than said portion of software and operating on said device will occur when said first of said plurality of content segments is displayed by said device; and
establishing a relationship between said portion of software and said plurality of content segments such that a second of said plurality of content segments may be displayed by said device at a second time when said portion of software is operating on said device and such that an interruption of use of software other than said portion of software and operating on said device will occur when said second of said plurality of content segments is displayed by said device.
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48. A method for providing content segments with a portion of software, comprising:
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bundling a portion of software and a plurality of content segments such that said plurality of content segments may be displayed by a device when said portion of software is operated with said device and such that an interruption of operation of said portion of software will occur during display of a content segment; and
providing a bundled arrangement of said portion of software and said plurality of content segments.
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50. A method for providing content segments with a portion of software, comprising:
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bundling a portion of software and a plurality of content segments such that said plurality of content segments may be displayed by a device when said portion of software is operated with said device and such that an interruption of operation of said device will occur during display of a content segment; and
providing a bundled arrangement of said portion of software and said plurality of content segments.
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51. A software program, comprising a portion of executable software and a plurality of content segments, wherein operation of said portion of executable software on a device will be interrupted during at least a portion of at least one display of each of said plurality of content segments by said device.
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52. A software program, comprising a portion of executable software and a plurality of content segments, wherein operation of said device will be interrupted during at least a portion of at least one display of each of said plurality of content segments by said device.
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53. A system for facilitating display of at least one content segment, comprising:
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a memory;
a communication port; and
a processor connected to said memory and said communication port, said processor being operative to;
determine a plurality of content segments;
determine a device associated with a recipient of said plurality of content segments; and
provide a first of said plurality of content segments to said device at a first time and a second of said plurality of content segments to said device at a second time, wherein display of a content segment by said device may interrupt operation of said device.
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54. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for facilitating display of at least one content segment, comprising:
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first instructions for identifying determining a first content segment and a second content segment;
second instructions for identifying at least one device associated with a recipient of said first and second content segments; and
third instructions for sending said first content segment to said device at a first time and said second content segment to said device at a second time, wherein display of a content segment by said device may interrupt operation of said device.
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Specification