System for accessing content items over a network
First Claim
1. Content provision service method to enable a consumer to access at least one content item, which is provided by at least one content provider, via a network, characterized by the steps of:
- providing at least one content item to a user via said network, enabling the user to recommend at least one of the at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto to the consumer via said network, and enabling the consumer to select said recommended at least one content item and/or group of content items relating thereto and to retrieve the selected content item(s) via said network from the at least one content provider.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a content provision service system to enable a consumer to access at least one content item, which is provided by at least one content provider, via a network, that comprises the steps of: providing at least one content item to a user via said network, enabling the user to recommend at least one of the at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto to the consumer via said network, and enabling the consumer to select said recommended at least one content item and/or group of content items relating thereto and to retrieve the selected content item(s) via said network from the at least one content provider.
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27 Claims
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1. Content provision service method to enable a consumer to access at least one content item, which is provided by at least one content provider, via a network, characterized by the steps of:
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providing at least one content item to a user via said network, enabling the user to recommend at least one of the at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto to the consumer via said network, and enabling the consumer to select said recommended at least one content item and/or group of content items relating thereto and to retrieve the selected content item(s) via said network from the at least one content provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24, 25)
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9. Content provision service device (13), comprising:
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a content access interface (16) to enable a user and a consumer to respectively select and retrieve at least one content item, which is provided by at least one content provider, via a network, characterized by a user recommendation unit (15) to enable a user to recommend at least one of the at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto to the consumer via said network, and a consumer recommendation retrieval unit (14) to enable the consumer to retrieve at least one content item and/or group of content items relating thereto recommended by the user and selected by the consumer via said network from the at least one content provider. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Consumer content access device (24) to enable a consumer to access at least one content item, which is provided by at least one content provider, via a network, comprising
a communication unit (25) enabling the consumer to retrieve one or more selected content item(s) via the network from the at least one content provider, characterized by a recommended content item retrieval unit (26) enabling the consumer to retrieve one or more content item(s) from said at least one content provider, which content item(s) are indicated as a recommendation of at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto from a user who already retrieved at least one content item of said content item recommendation via said network to said consumer.
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17. Consumer content access method to enable a consumer to access at least one content item, which is provided by at least one content provider, via a network, comprising the step:
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enabling the consumer to retrieve one or more selected content item(s) via the network from the at least one content provider, characterized by the step of;
enabling the consumer to retrieve one or more content item(s) from said at least one content provider, which content item(s) are indicated as a recommendation of at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto from a user who already retrieved at least one content item of said content item recommendation via said network to said consumer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 26)
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20. User content recommendation device (21), comprising
a content reception unit (22) to receive at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto from at least one content provider via a network, characterized by a recommendation unit (23) to enable the user to recommend at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto of the at least one received content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto to at least one consumer.
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22. User content recommendation method, comprising the step of:
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receiving at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto from the at least one content provider via a network, and characterized by the step of;
enabling the user to recommend at least one content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto of the at least one received content item and/or a group of content items relating thereto to at least one consumer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 27)
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