COMPUTER NETWORK PROVIDED DIGITAL CONTENT UNDER AN ADVERTISING AND REVENUE SHARING BASIS, SUCH AS MUSIC PROVIDED VIA THE INTERNET WITH TIME-SHIFTED ADVERTISEMENTS PRESENTED BY A CLIENT RESIDENT APPLICATION
First Claim
1. A system for providing digital content and advertisements to users via a public computer network, the system comprising:
- a coordinating server, wherein the coordinating server is coupled among at least one remote advertiser server, at least one remote content server, and multiple user computers, via the computer network, and wherein the coordinating server is configured to;
receive digital advertisements from the at least one remote advertiser server which is associated with multiple advertisers, wherein the advertisers provide compensation based on presenting the digital advertisements to the users;
receive digital content, or access to digital content, from the at least one remote content server which is associated with at least one content provider, wherein the content provider receives a variable amount of compensation based on how many of the users access the digital content during a particular time period, and wherein the digital content includes digital music files;
provide free to the users the digital content and the digital advertisements, wherein the users may select desired digital music files, wherein the digital advertisements are presented to the users after they have listened to the digital content, and wherein the digital advertisements are related to digital content or context of individual users;
track users'"'"' access to the digital content during the particular time period; and
, provide a portion of the advertiser compensation to the content providers based at least in part on the tracked access to the digital content during the particular time period.
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Abstract
A system for providing digital content to users under an advertising and revenue sharing basis. The system may provide music to users via the Internet, in combination with time-shifted advertisements presented by an application that resides on the user'"'"'s computer. The system receives digital advertisements from advertisers and digital content from content providers. Advertisers provide compensation based on the presentation of their advertisements to users. Content providers receive a variable amount of compensation based on how many users access the digital content during a particular time period. Each content provider may receive a share of the advertising revenue that is generated by each user that accesses content during a particular time period.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for providing digital content and advertisements to users via a public computer network, the system comprising:
a coordinating server, wherein the coordinating server is coupled among at least one remote advertiser server, at least one remote content server, and multiple user computers, via the computer network, and wherein the coordinating server is configured to;
receive digital advertisements from the at least one remote advertiser server which is associated with multiple advertisers, wherein the advertisers provide compensation based on presenting the digital advertisements to the users;
receive digital content, or access to digital content, from the at least one remote content server which is associated with at least one content provider, wherein the content provider receives a variable amount of compensation based on how many of the users access the digital content during a particular time period, and wherein the digital content includes digital music files;
provide free to the users the digital content and the digital advertisements, wherein the users may select desired digital music files, wherein the digital advertisements are presented to the users after they have listened to the digital content, and wherein the digital advertisements are related to digital content or context of individual users;
track users'"'"' access to the digital content during the particular time period; and
,provide a portion of the advertiser compensation to the content providers based at least in part on the tracked access to the digital content during the particular time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing digital music to users, the method comprising:
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receiving digital advertisements from advertisers, wherein the advertisers provide compensation based on presenting the digital advertisements to the users;
receiving digital music from content providers, wherein content providers receive a variable amount of compensation based on how many of the users access the digital music during a particular time period; and
providing the digital music and the digital advertisements to the users, wherein the digital advertisements are context-sensitive and are provided after at least a portion of the digital music is provided to the users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for users to select to receive or access user-specified digital audio files, the system comprising:
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means for receiving digital advertisements from advertisers, wherein the advertisers provide compensation based on presenting the digital advertisements to the users;
means for receiving digital audio files from content providers, wherein content providers receive compensation based on users access to the digital audio files; and
means for providing the digital audio files and the digital advertisements to the users, wherein the digital advertisements are context-sensitive and are provided after at least a portion of the digital audio files are provided to the users. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method, performed by a computer, for providing a digital music service to users, the method comprising:
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receiving digital advertisements from advertisers, wherein the advertisers provide compensation based on presenting the digital advertisements to the users;
receiving digital music from content providers, wherein content providers receive a variable amount of compensation based on users access to the digital music service during a particular time period; and
providing the digital music and the digital advertisements to the users, wherein the digital advertisements are time-shifted with respect to least a portion of the digital music provided to the users. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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