DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION MODEL FOR IMPROVED CONTENT DELIVERY
First Claim
1. A method for wirelessly acquiring media content, comprising:
- receiving media content selection from a user via a user interface;
receiving a first portion of the selected media content from a wireless access point, which had accessed the selected media content from local storage;
requesting and receiving a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and
reporting receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller.
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Abstract
A deployment and distribution model improves content delivery with a business incentive for placement of kiosks with one or more wireless access points in public locations so that portable media players (PMPs) can receive media content (e.g., audio, video, text, haptic content, etc.). In addition, coordination between subscribing users of PMPs, vendors who provide kiosks, and a network central controller of a content distribution system allow for prepositioning of video content at the kiosks through economically desirable low data rate communication links from the network (e.g., dial-up modem, DSL, etc.); coordinated queuing of downloads (e.g., partial downloads) between kiosk to PMP, peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading between PMPs, and uploads from PMP to kiosk; billing/crediting to correspond with such participation in the distribution; and changing priority/selection of prepositioning of content at kiosks to reflect a clientele profile.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for wirelessly acquiring media content, comprising:
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receiving media content selection from a user via a user interface; receiving a first portion of the selected media content from a wireless access point, which had accessed the selected media content from local storage; requesting and receiving a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and reporting receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller. - 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. At least one processor for wirelessly acquiring media content, comprising:
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a first module for receiving media content selection from a user via user interface; a second module for receiving and storing a first portion of the selected media content from local storage via a wireless access point; a third module for requesting and receiving a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and a fourth module for reporting receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller.
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22. A computer program product for wirelessly acquiring media content, comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium comprising, a first set of instructions for causing a computer to receive media content selection from a user via user interface; a second set of instructions for causing the computer to receive and store a first portion of the selected media content from local storage via a wireless access point; a third set of instructions for causing the computer to request and receive a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and a fourth set of instructions for causing the computer to report receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller.
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23. An apparatus for wirelessly acquiring media content, comprising:
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means for receiving media content selection from a user via user interface; means for receiving and storing a first portion of the selected media content from local storage via a wireless access point; means for requesting and receiving a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and means for reporting receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller.
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24. An apparatus for wirelessly acquiring media content, comprising:
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a user interface for receiving media content selection from a user; a communication module for receiving a first portion of the selected media content from a wireless access point, which access accesses the selected media content in local storage, and for requesting and receiving a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and a content distribution controller for reporting receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller via the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for wirelessly distributing media content, comprising:
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receiving media content selection from a user via user interface; transmitting a first portion of the selected media content from local storage via a wireless access point to a subscriber portable device; transmitting a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and receiving a report of receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. At least one processor for wirelessly distributing media content, comprising:
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a first module for receiving media content selection from a user via user interface; a second module for transmitting a first portion of the selected media content from local storage via a wireless access point to a subscriber portable device; a third module for transmitting a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and a fourth module for receiving a report of receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller.
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52. A computer program product for wirelessly distributing media content, comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium comprising, a first set of instructions for causing a computer to receive media content selection from a user via user interface; a second set of instructions for causing the computer to transmit a first portion of the selected media content from local storage via a wireless access point to a subscriber portable device; a third set of instructions for causing the computer to transmit a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and a fourth set of instructions for causing the computer to receive a report of receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller.
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53. An apparatus for wirelessly distributing media content, comprising:
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means for receiving media content selection from a user via user interface; means for transmitting a first portion of the selected media content from local storage via a wireless access point to a subscriber portable device; means for transmitting a second portion of the selected media content from a wireless communication channel; and means for receiving a report of receipt of at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller.
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54. An apparatus for wirelessly distributing media content, comprising:
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a communication module for receiving media content selection from a user via user interface; a vendor access point for transmitting a first portion of the selected media content from local storage to a subscriber portable device; a wireless communication channel for transmitting a second portion of the selected media content; and a billing module for receiving a report of receipt at least a portion of the selected media content to a network controller. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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