Segmented media publishing system
First Claim
1. ) A system for communicating a segmented digital media content work between interconnected networked computer systems, comprising:
- a subscription server, configured to receive publication subscription information from a publication service subscriber,said subscription server causing said publication subscription information to be stored,said publication subscription information comprises publication subscriber account data, and publication subscription control data (SCData),said subscription server, responsive to said publication subscription information, causing a media server to transmit segmented digital media content work on a scheduled basis to said service subscriber,said SCData of said publication subscription information further indicating a particular segmented digital media content work (sDMCWork) to be transmitted,said SCData further indicating a current segment of said sDMCWork to be transmitted,said publication subscriber account data associated with said SCData recording the network delivery method of said segment of said sDMCWork,in which said sDMCWork comprises a unitary digital media content work (DMCWork) which has been subdivided into a plurality of segments,said plurality of segments comprise the entirety of said unitary DMCWork, andeach of said segments comprises a contiguous length of said DMCWork indicated by a start position and an end position within said unitary DMCWork, andsaid subscription server updates said SCData upon transmission of said current sDMCWork segment so that said SCData indicate the next sequential segment of said sDMCWork.
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Abstract
A system and method of publishing digital media content works is provided in which an individual content work is divided into multiple segments, and when a subscriber initiates a subscription to the content work, each individual content work segment is published via email to the subscriber on a fixed periodic basis until either the work is completely published or the subscriber terminates the subscription. The subscriber may interactively access the segments of the digital media content work via directly accessing the publication website or via an embedded link in the published segment. During interactive access, the subscriber may update subscription control data controlling segment publication so that the next segment published to the subscriber will be the next successive segment after the segment being accessed interactively. A table of unique book positions is maintained to control segment publication and thereby avoid excess accesses to underlying subscription data for a subscriber. The subscription control data and book position data is recorded independently of segment positions to enable modification of segment boundaries data while assuring subscriber receipt of the entirety of the segmented digital media content work.
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19 Claims
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1. ) A system for communicating a segmented digital media content work between interconnected networked computer systems, comprising:
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a subscription server, configured to receive publication subscription information from a publication service subscriber, said subscription server causing said publication subscription information to be stored, said publication subscription information comprises publication subscriber account data, and publication subscription control data (SCData), said subscription server, responsive to said publication subscription information, causing a media server to transmit segmented digital media content work on a scheduled basis to said service subscriber, said SCData of said publication subscription information further indicating a particular segmented digital media content work (sDMCWork) to be transmitted, said SCData further indicating a current segment of said sDMCWork to be transmitted, said publication subscriber account data associated with said SCData recording the network delivery method of said segment of said sDMCWork, in which said sDMCWork comprises a unitary digital media content work (DMCWork) which has been subdivided into a plurality of segments, said plurality of segments comprise the entirety of said unitary DMCWork, and each of said segments comprises a contiguous length of said DMCWork indicated by a start position and an end position within said unitary DMCWork, and said subscription server updates said SCData upon transmission of said current sDMCWork segment so that said SCData indicate the next sequential segment of said sDMCWork. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. ) A method of transmitting a segment of a segmented digital media content work in an interconnected computer network with a subscription server, comprising:
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receiving in a subscription server publication subscription information from a publication service subscriber, storing said publication subscription information on said subscription server, said publication subscription information comprises publication subscriber account data, and publication subscription control data (SCData), causing a media server responsive to said publication subscription information to transmit segmented digital media content work on a scheduled basis to said service subscriber, said SCData of said publication subscription information further indicating a particular segmented digital media content work (sDMCWork) to be transmitted, said SCData further indicating a current segment of said sDMCWork to be transmitted, said publication subscriber account data associated with said SCData recording the network delivery method of said segment of said sDMCWork, in which said sDMCWork comprises a unitary digital media content work (DMCWork) which has been subdivided into a plurality of segments, said plurality of segments comprise the entirety of said unitary DMCWork, and each of said segments comprises a contiguous length of said DMCWork indicated by a start position and an end position within said unitary DMCWork, and updating said SCData stored in said subscription server upon transmission of said current sDMCWork segment so that said SCData indicate the next sequential segment of said sDMCWork. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. ) A system for communicating a segmented digital media content work between interconnected networked computer systems, comprising
a subscription server, configured to receive publication subscription information from a publication service subscriber, said subscription server causing said publication subscription information to be stored, said publication subscription information comprises publication subscriber account data, and publication subscription control data (SCData), said subscription server responsive to said publication subscription information transmitting via electronic mail a segmented digital media content work on a scheduled basis to said service subscriber, said SCData of said publication subscription information further indicating a particular segmented digital media content work (sDMCWork) to be transmitted, said SCData further indicating a current segment of said sDMCWork to be transmitted, said publication subscriber account data associated with said SCData recording the network delivery method of said segment of said sDMCWork, in which said sDMCWork comprises a unitary digital media content work (DMCWork) which has been subdivided into a plurality of segments, said plurality of segments comprise the entirety of said unitary DMCWork, and each of said segments comprises a contiguous length of said DMCWork indicated by a start position and an end position within said unitary DMCWork, said subscription server updates said SCData upon transmission of said current sDMCWork segment so that said SCData indicates the next sequential segment of said sDMCWork, and said subscription server updates said SCData to change the current segment of the sDMCWork for transmission responsive to said service subscriber accessing a segment of said sDMCWork via either a link in said electronic mail transmitting a segment or via accessing the subscription server directly and indicating said segment indicated in said SCData should change.
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