Apparatus and method to provide mobile music appliance with subscription-based play-list service
First Claim
1. A method to deliver a set of content to a terminal associated with a subscriber of a content provisioning system, comprising:
- establishing a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least one list that is updated in accordance with at least one criterion;
creating at least one rights object; and
downloading the at least one content list to the terminal at a time that is based on the subscriber profile.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method to deliver a set of song-related information to a terminal associated with a subscriber of a content provisioning system. The method includes establishing a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least one list of content, in the preferred invention at least one list of songs, that is updated in accordance with at least one criterion. The method further downloads the at least one song list to the terminal at a time that is based on the subscriber profile. Also disclosed is a content provisioning system, a network server and a terminal that operate in accordance with the method.
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1. A method to deliver a set of content to a terminal associated with a subscriber of a content provisioning system, comprising:
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establishing a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least one list that is updated in accordance with at least one criterion;
creating at least one rights object; and
downloading the at least one content list to the terminal at a time that is based on the subscriber profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising a content provisioning system and at least one terminal associated with a subscriber of the content provisioning system, comprising:
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a user interface to establishing a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least one content list that is updated in accordance with at least one criterion;
a rights management subsystem operable to create at least one required rights object; and
a download subsystem to download the at least one content list to the terminal at a time that is based on the subscriber profile. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A network server comprising at least a part of a content provisioning system, comprising:
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a subscription subsystem that is responsive to information received from a terminal associated with a subscriber of the content provisioning system, to establish a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least one list of content that is updated in accordance with at least one criterion;
a rights management subsystem operable to download a list of content in association with a rights object for the list of content; and
a download subsystem to download the at least one list of content to the terminal at a time that is based on the subscriber profile. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A terminal associated with a subscriber to a content provisioning system, comprising a transceiver for communication with the content provisioning system, a user interface, a content provisioning system subscription application, a content application, a content download manager and a rights management subsystem for downloaded content, said user interface operable to establish a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least one list of content that is updated in accordance with at least one criterion;
- said rights management subsystem cooperating with a content provisioning system rights management subsystem, via said transceiver, to download at least one list of content in association with a rights object for the list of content;
where said download manager is operable to receive the at least one list of content at a time that is based on the subscriber profile. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
- said rights management subsystem cooperating with a content provisioning system rights management subsystem, via said transceiver, to download at least one list of content in association with a rights object for the list of content;
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71. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer causes the computer to perform operations comprising:
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establishing a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least one list that is updated in accordance with at least one criterion;
creating at least one rights object; and
downloading the at least one content list to the terminal at a time that is based on the subscriber profile. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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