DYNAMIC, SUBSCRIBER DRIVEN CHARGING MODELS FOR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving content of a first media type over a network from a sending client;
sending the content or a reference to the content to a receiving client in a preferred media type and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client; and
generating a billing record based on the content and user preferences of a sending client and/or a receiving client.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to implement charging models for subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across same or different networks. The method includes receiving content of a first media type over a network from a sending client. The method further includes sending the content or a reference to the content to a receiving client in a preferred media type and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client. The method also includes generating a billing record based on the content and user preferences of a sending client and/or a receiving client.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving content of a first media type over a network from a sending client; sending the content or a reference to the content to a receiving client in a preferred media type and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client; and generating a billing record based on the content and user preferences of a sending client and/or a receiving client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A method of charging a subscriber for sending subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across different networks, comprising a computer infrastructure being operable to generate a billing report based on at least one of a type of content to be delivered and one or more charging preferences of a sending client and/or receiving client.
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19. A computer program product for charging of subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across networks, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable media; first program instructions to send the content or a reference to the content to a receiving client in a preferred media type and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client; and second program instructions to generate a billing report based on at least one of a type of content to be delivered to the receiving client and one or more charging preferences of a sending client and/or the receiving client;
whereinthe first and second program instructions are stored on the computer readable media. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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