System and method for effectively providing content to client devices in an electronic network
First Claim
1. A system for supporting content distribution in an electronic network, comprising:
- a content server that stores content items received from a content provider;
a recommendation engine that creates a global recommendation list to identify an optimal global candidate from among said content items for performing a content download procedure; and
client devices that are connected to said content server through said electronic network, said content server downloading said optimal global candidate to one or more target devices of said client devices during said content download procedure.
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Abstract
A system and method for effectively supporting content distribution in an electronic network includes a content server and a peer-to-peer network of client devices. The content server stores content items received from a content provider. A recommendation engine of the content server creates a global recommendation list to identify an optimal global candidate from among the stored content items for performing an automatic and transparent content download procedure. The recommendation engine creates the global recommendation list by analyzing selectable content-ranking criteria from a plurality of device users of the client devices. The content server then downloads the optimal global candidate from the stored content items to one or more identified target devices during the content download procedure.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for supporting content distribution in an electronic network, comprising:
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a content server that stores content items received from a content provider; a recommendation engine that creates a global recommendation list to identify an optimal global candidate from among said content items for performing a content download procedure; and client devices that are connected to said content server through said electronic network, said content server downloading said optimal global candidate to one or more target devices of said client devices during said content download procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for supporting content distribution in an electronic network, comprising the steps of:
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storing content items received from a content provider into a content server; utilizing a recommendation engine to create a global recommendation list that identifies an optimal global candidate from among said content items for performing a content download procedure; and connecting client devices to said content server through said electronic network, said content server downloading said optimal global candidate to one or more target devices of said client devices during said content download procedure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for supporting content distribution in an electronic network, comprising:
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means for storing content items received from a content provider; means for creating a global recommendation list that identifies an optimal global candidate from among said content items for performing a content download procedure; and means for downloading said optimal global candidate to one or more target devices during said content download procedure.
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42. A system for supporting content distribution in an electronic network, comprising:
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a content server that stores content items; a recommendation engine that creates a global recommendation list to identify an optimal global candidate from among said content items for performing a content download procedure; and target client devices that receive said optimal global candidate during said content download procedure.
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