Method and apparatus for the superdistribution of content in a network including stationary and mobile stations
First Claim
1. A superdistribution method, in a telecommunications network having a plurality of terminals, for permitting a first user of a first terminal to distribute contents stored in said first terminal to a second user of a second terminal to permit said second user to inspect and purchase said content if desired, said superdistribution method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting said content from said first terminal to said second terminal;
receiving said content in said second terminal;
temporarily storing said content in said second terminal in a manner to permit said content to be inspected by said second user;
permitting said second user to inspect said content;
permitting said second user to purchase said content if desired and automatically discarding said content if not desired; and
permanently storing said content in said second terminal when purchased by said second user.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for the superdistribution of content on a network having a plurality of terminals for permitting a user of a terminal to superdistribute content stored in the terminal to another terminal and permitting the other user of the other terminal to inspect and purchase the content if desired. The invention provides an easily used mechanism that allows for the superdistribution of content from user to user to aid in the widespread distribution of content among users of various types of terminals including mobile terminals.
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61 Claims
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1. A superdistribution method, in a telecommunications network having a plurality of terminals, for permitting a first user of a first terminal to distribute contents stored in said first terminal to a second user of a second terminal to permit said second user to inspect and purchase said content if desired, said superdistribution method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting said content from said first terminal to said second terminal;
receiving said content in said second terminal;
temporarily storing said content in said second terminal in a manner to permit said content to be inspected by said second user;
permitting said second user to inspect said content;
permitting said second user to purchase said content if desired and automatically discarding said content if not desired; and
permanently storing said content in said second terminal when purchased by said second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19)
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15. A method in a superdistribution federation model formed on a network, comprising the steps of:
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managing, by a superdistribution community server, a community including registering individual community members with similar interest in content to any one of a plurality of interested groups included in the community, tracking the status of the community members, tracking account activity of the community members of the community, managing Digital Rights Management (DRM) deployment within the community, and aggregating charging and usage records for superdistribution transactions within the community;
managing, by a superdistribution federation server, a plurality of said superdistribution community servers including providing services such as collecting charging and usage records from different communities, interfacing with a charging center, and deploying DRM among said plurality of superdistribution community servers;
permitting a community member to originate content and multicast offers of the content to other community members; and
when a community member accepts an offer, downloading the content to a device being used by the community member who accepts the offer and initiating a superdistribution transaction for the purchase of the content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A superdistribution system for superdistributing content in a telecommunications network, said superdistribution system comprising:
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a first terminal being used by a first user; and
a second terminal being used by a second user, wherein said first terminal transmits said content stored in said first terminal to said second terminal, and wherein said second terminal receives said content, temporarily stores said content in a manner to permit said content to be inspected by said second user, permits said second user to inspect said content, permits said second user to purchase said content if desired, automatically discards said content if not desired, and permanently stores said content when purchased by said second user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A superdistribution federation model formed on a network, comprising:
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a superdistribution community server which manages a community including registering individual community members with similar interest in content to any one of a plurality of interested groups included in the community, tracking the status of the community members, tracking account activity of the community members of the community, managing Digital Rights Management (DRM) deployment within the community, and aggregating charging and usage records for superdistribution transactions within the community;
a superdistribution federation server which manages a plurality of said superdistribution community servers including providing services such as collecting charging and usage records from different communities, interfacing with a charging center, and deploying DRM among said plurality of superdistribution community servers;
a plurality of devices each being used by a community member to output and/or process content, wherein each device permits a community member to originate content and multicast offers of the content to other community members, and when the community member accepts an offer for content, to download the content and initiate a superdistribution transaction for the purchase of the content. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A terminal for use in a superdistribution system for superdistributing content in a telecommunications network, said terminal comprising:
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means for transmitting content stored in said terminal to another terminal; and
means for receiving content from another terminal, temporarily storing said content in a manner to permit said content to be inspected a user of the terminal, permitting the user to inspect said content, permitting the user to purchase said content if desired, automatically discarding said content if not desired, and permanently storing said content when purchased by the user. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A superdistribution method, in a telecommunications network having a plurality of terminals, for permitting a first user of a first terminal to distribute contents stored in said first terminal to a second user of a second terminal to permit said second user to inspect and purchase said content if desired, said superdistribution method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting said content from said first terminal to said second terminal, wherein said content includes information which causes said second terminal to perform a specific function;
receiving said content in said second terminal; and
performing said specific function as indicated by said information including;
temporarily storing said content in said second terminal in a manner to permit said content to be inspected by said second user, permitting said second user to inspect said content, permitting said second user to purchase said content if desired and automatically discarding said content if not desired, and permanently storing said content in said second terminal when purchased by said second user.
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Specification