System and method for providing electronic bulk buying
First Claim
1. A method for bulk purchasing of data content, said method comprising:
- receiving broadcast information comprising advertisement content and multimedia data content;
rendering said broadcast information using a man-machine interface;
tracking one or more actions entered in said man-machine interface in response to said rendered broadcast information, said actions associated with multimedia data content of interest; and
accumulating said actions until a predetermined threshold is reached, and upon reaching said threshold;
establishing a communication link with an order placement service;
exchanging system information;
authenticating said receiver based upon said exchanged system information;
synchronizing said order placement services with a broadcast server; and
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Abstract
One or more broadcast servers transmit information (advertisement content and multimedia data content) to one or more digital audio broadcast (iDAB) receivers over a network such as an in-band on-channel (IBOC) network. A client with an iDAB receiver is able to purchase multimedia content by a simple action through a man-machine interface (MMI). Furthermore, a mechanism is described for setting thresholds, wherein the thresholds define when actual broadcasting of the content should begin. The thresholding mechanism is implemented either in the iDAB receiver or in a Push-Pull gateway broadcasting the multimedia content. Bulk purchases are described, where such purchases are done via: direct order placement, indirect order placement, or via a B-server (over iBOC) download to receivers. Additionally, bulk purchase allows for the spreading of uplink traffic from consumer devices.
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56 Claims
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1. A method for bulk purchasing of data content, said method comprising:
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receiving broadcast information comprising advertisement content and multimedia data content;
rendering said broadcast information using a man-machine interface;
tracking one or more actions entered in said man-machine interface in response to said rendered broadcast information, said actions associated with multimedia data content of interest; and
accumulating said actions until a predetermined threshold is reached, and upon reaching said threshold;
establishing a communication link with an order placement service;
exchanging system information;
authenticating said receiver based upon said exchanged system information;
synchronizing said order placement services with a broadcast server; and
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16. A method for bulk purchase of data content, said method comprising:
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receiving broadcast information comprising advertisement content and multimedia data content from a broadcast server;
rendering said broadcast information using a man-machine interface;
tracking one or more actions entered in said man-machine interface in response to said rendered broadcast information, said actions associated with multimedia data content of interest;
establishing a communication link with said broadcast server;
exchanging system information comprising at least random number information;
authenticating said receiver based upon said random number information; and
receiving a confirmation notice from said broadcast server after placing an electronic order regarding said multimedia data content of interest with an order service, said broadcast server placing said electronic order after accumulating a predetermined threshold of such orders. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for bulk purchase of data content over a network, said system comprising:
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a broadcast server transmitting data content comprising advertisement content and multimedia data content;
a receiver receiving said transmitted data content and rendering said data content via a man machine interface, said man machine interface recording one or more actions in response to said rendered data content, said actions associated with multimedia content of interest;
a communication interface operatively linked with said receiver establishing a communication link with said broadcast server, said communication link established after said recorded actions equal or exceed a predetermined threshold; and
an order placement service receiving electronic orders for said multimedia content of interest after said threshold is reached in said broadcast server and delivering said multimedia content of interest. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34)
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32. A business method for the bulk purchase of data content, said method comprising:
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receiving broadcast information via a receiver comprising advertisement content and multimedia data content;
rendering said broadcast information using a man-machine interface;
tracking one or more actions entered by a client using said man-machine interface in response to said rendered broadcast information, said actions associated with multimedia data content of interest;
accumulating said actions and until a predetermined threshold is reached, and upon reaching said threshold;
establishing a communication link with an order placement service;
exchanging system information;
authenticating said receiver;
synchronizing said order placement services with a broadcast server;
authorizing payment for said multimedia data content of interest; and
placing an electronic order for said data content of interest based upon said synchronization, said electronic order including said authorization information.
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35. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein which provides for bulk purchasing data content, said article further comprising:
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computer readable program code receiving, via a communication interface, broadcast information comprising advertisement content and multimedia data content from a broadcast server;
computer readable program code rendering said broadcast information using a man-machine interface;
computer readable program code tracking one or more actions entered in said man-machine interface in response to said rendered broadcast information, said actions associated with multimedia data content of interest;
computer readable program code establishing a communication link with said broadcast server via said interface;
computer readable program code exchanging system information comprising at least random number information;
computer readable program code receiving authenticating based upon said random number information; and
computer readable program code receiving a confirmation notice from said broadcast server after placing an electronic order regarding said multimedia data content of interest with an order service, said broadcast server placing said electronic order after accumulating a predetermined threshold of such orders. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A business method for the bulk purchase of data content, said method comprising:
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transmitting broadcast information comprising advertisement content and multimedia data content;
establishing a communication link with a receiver;
receiving a predetermined threshold amount of actions from said receiver, said actions associated with multimedia data content of interest;
receiving system information for authentication purposes;
receiving payment authorization information regarding said multimedia content of interest; and
placing an electronic order with an order placement service, said order including said payment authorization information. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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