Media predictive consignment
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1. A method for enhanced electronic delivery of a content item comprising the steps of:
- a) identifying a potential consumer for the content item, andb) delivering a file associated with the content item to said potential consumer unsolicited by said potential consumer.
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Abstract
A method and system for enhanced electronic delivery and sale of a content item. In order to speed delivery and avoid congestion of a delivery channel, a potential customer is identified and the item delivered prior to solicitation by the customer. Delivery is at a time when communication resources available prior to a critical time of peak demand. Delivery of the item may be enhanced via multicasting. Sale of the item is encouraged through one click context sensitive buying.
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1. A method for enhanced electronic delivery of a content item comprising the steps of:
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a) identifying a potential consumer for the content item, and b) delivering a file associated with the content item to said potential consumer unsolicited by said potential consumer. - 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 method for a publisher to sell to a consumer a replay of an event, the replay including a portion of a content, the method comprising the steps:
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a) caching the portion on a device available to the consumer during a broadcast of the content; b) providing the consumer with an interface to request the replay, said request being also an agreement to pay for the replay, and c) releasing the replay to the consumer upon said request. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A system to enhance delivery of a content item to a viewing device of a consumer comprising:
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a) a first algorithm for identifying the consumer prior to solicitation by the consumer; b) a second algorithm for forecasting a critical time for delivery of the content item; c) a local storage associated to the viewing device for storing the content item prior to said critical time. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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