Federated download of digital content to wireless devices
First Claim
1. A method of operating a download server on a network, the method comprising:
- receiving at the download server a content descriptor from a remote content server which is coupled to the download server through a computer network, the content descriptor being indicative of a selection by a user transmitted from a wireless client device to the remote content server and relating to a digital product hosted by the remote content server;
using the content descriptor to obtain the digital product from the remote content server; and
downloading the digital product from the download server to the wireless client device via a wireless network.
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Abstract
A content descriptor is received at a download server on a network from a remote content server, which is coupled to the download server through a computer network. The content descriptor is indicative of a selection by a user transmitted from a wireless client device to the remote content server and relating to a digital product hosted by the remote content server. The content descriptor is used by the download server to obtain the digital product from the remote content server. The digital product is then downloaded from the download server to the wireless client device via a wireless network. The content descriptor may include information such as a reference for use by the download server in locating the digital product, information describing the digital product, price information relating to the digital product, and/or information specifying a licensee of the digital product.
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47 Claims
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1. A method of operating a download server on a network, the method comprising:
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receiving at the download server a content descriptor from a remote content server which is coupled to the download server through a computer network, the content descriptor being indicative of a selection by a user transmitted from a wireless client device to the remote content server and relating to a digital product hosted by the remote content server;
using the content descriptor to obtain the digital product from the remote content server; and
downloading the digital product from the download server to the wireless client device via a wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A download server on a network, comprising:
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means for receiving at the download server a content descriptor from a remote content server which is coupled to the download server through a computer network, the content descriptor being indicative of a selection by a user transmitted from a wireless client device to the remote content server and relating to a digital product hosted by the remote content server;
means for using the content descriptor to obtain the digital product from the remote content server; and
means for downloading the digital product from the download server to the wireless client device via a wireless network.
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20. A server comprising:
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a personal vault containing information associated with a plurality of subscribers of wireless services in relation to a plurality of digital products hosted on a plurality of remote content servers;
a digital rights manager to respond to purchases by the subscribers of rights to the digital products, by issuing charges to a billing system, and to record rights of the subscribers to the digital products in the personal vault in response to the purchases, and further to provide the subscribers with access to the personal vault for repeated download of the digital products to which the subscribers have rights, and to track usage of the digital products; and
a delivery manager to select a delivery channel for each of the digital products from a plurality of possible delivery channels, and to deliver each purchased product via the selected delivery channel to a corresponding user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of operating a download server on a network, the method comprising:
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receiving a redirect of a wireless client device to the download server, the redirect being a consequence of a remote content server receiving a selection by a user of the wireless client device, the remote content server being coupled to the download server through a computer network, the selection relating to a digital product hosted by the remote content server;
receiving at the download server a content descriptor indicative of the selection, wherein the content descriptor includes;
a reference for use in locating the digital product, information describing the digital product, price information relating to the digital product, and license information relating to the digital product;
using the license information in the download server to perform digital rights management (DRM) with respect to the digital product in response to the selection;
using the content descriptor in the download server to determine a payment status in relation to the user in response to the selection;
processing a payment transaction in relation to the user and the selection if the payment status represents an unpaid status;
obtaining the digital product from the remote content server; and
downloading the digital product from the download server to the wireless client device via a wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of operating a content server on a network, the method comprising:
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hosting in the content server a digital product available for download to a plurality of wireless client devices;
receiving from a wireless client device a selection by a user of the wireless client device, the selection relating to the digital product, the wireless client device contacting a remote download server which is coupled through a computer network to the content server after the selection;
sending a content descriptor indicative of the selection from the content server to the remote download server; and
sending the digital product from the content server to the remote download server, to be downloaded from the download server to an end user. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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