System for secure distribution of electronic content and collection of fees
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1. A system for secure distribution of electronic content comprising:
- a management subsystem that checks business models associated with electronic content to determine viewing conditions and levying, collection and distribution of fees; and
one or more presentation subsystems that retrieve electronic content from one or more repositories, said presentation subsystems comprising;
one or more formatting units that divide the electronic content into manageable sections; and
one or more rendering units that analyse end-user and/or publisher preferences in conjunction with end-user display characteristics to determine suitable content navigation and content layout.
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Abstract
A system and method for the secure distribution of electronic content, particularly electronic documents, using primarily remote display protocols. One or more presentation subsystems retrieve electronic content from repositories, reformat the content and render the content for display according to a users equipment and preferences. A management subsystem checks associated business models (such as fees, access limits, credit rating) to determine viewing conditions for the user of the electronic content. The system and method provide an automated secure mechanism for remote access to electronic content.
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1. A system for secure distribution of electronic content comprising:
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a management subsystem that checks business models associated with electronic content to determine viewing conditions and levying, collection and distribution of fees; and
one or more presentation subsystems that retrieve electronic content from one or more repositories, said presentation subsystems comprising;
one or more formatting units that divide the electronic content into manageable sections; and
one or more rendering units that analyse end-user and/or publisher preferences in conjunction with end-user display characteristics to determine suitable content navigation and content layout. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15)
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29. A system for secure distribution of electronic content comprising:
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one or more presentation subsystems that retrieve electronic content from one or more repositories and render the electronic content for display by remote display protocols by determining suitable content navigation and content layout and automatically dividing the electronic content into manageable sections; and
a billing subsystem that levies fees for display of said electronic content. - View Dependent Claims (31, 38, 42, 43)
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44. A system for secure distribution of electronic content comprising:
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a Management Subsystem for determining viewing conditions and levying, collecting and distributing fees;
one or more Presentation Subsystems that retrieve electronic content from repositories, comprising;
one or more Formatting Units to reformat the electronic content, minimizing the need for end-users to scroll through documents by dividing them into smaller more manageable sections and resizing or moving of content;
one or more Rendering Units examining dimensions of the available viewing area to determine suitable content layout and content navigation, also taking end-user and/or publisher preferences into account, by which the Formatting Units reformat content to suit the Rendering Units;
one or more Display Units maintaining end-user interaction with and display of the reformatted content. - View Dependent Claims (45, 50)
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51. A system for the secure distribution of electronic content comprising:
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a Management Subsystem that checks one or more business models associated with content, representing a plurality of stakeholder interests, to determine viewing conditions, the levying, collection and distribution of fees;
one or more Presentation Subsystems that retrieve electronic content from repositories and maintain end-user interaction and content display by automatically dividing the electronic content into manageable sections and determining suitable content navigation and content layout. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 57)
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