Method, system and web service for delivering digital content to a user
First Claim
1. A method for delivering digital content of a content provider to a user, including the steps of:
- receiving, at the content provider, a request to deliver specific digital content to the user;
based on the receiving step, from a content service of the content provider, requesting a delivery service of a delivery provider to deliver the digital content to the user; and
based on the requesting step, delivering the digital content to the user from the delivery service, wherein either the requesting step or the delivering step is performed when user presence information relating to the user indicates that the user is available for receiving the digital content.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to delivery of digital content of a content provider 110 to a user 160. The invention is based on the idea to utilize user presence information of a user in the delivery mechanism of digital content to the user. The operation of delivering digital content is separated in two co-operating services, a content service of a content provider 110 and a delivery service of a delivery provider 120. The content service utilizes the delivery service for accomplishing delivery of the digital content to a specific receiving user. Either the request to the delivery service to deliver the digital content, or the attempt by the delivery service to deliver the content, is made in dependence on user presence information indicating the availability of the user for receiving the digital content.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for delivering digital content of a content provider to a user, including the steps of:
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receiving, at the content provider, a request to deliver specific digital content to the user;
based on the receiving step, from a content service of the content provider, requesting a delivery service of a delivery provider to deliver the digital content to the user; and
based on the requesting step, delivering the digital content to the user from the delivery service, wherein either the requesting step or the delivering step is performed when user presence information relating to the user indicates that the user is available for receiving the digital content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for delivering digital content of a content provider to a user, the system including a content provider server with a content service and a delivery provider server with a delivery service, wherein:
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the content provider server is configured for receiving a request to deliver specific digital content to the user;
the content service is configured for requesting the delivery service to deliver the digital content to the user; and
the delivery service is configured for delivering the digital content to the user, wherein either the requesting of the content service or the delivering of the delivery service is performed when user presence information indicates that the user is available for receiving the digital content. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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