System and Method for Providing Publicly Vended Content Via A Wireless Network
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1. A computer system, comprising:
- at least one connect server communicating with a user terminal over a computer network path, the connect server receiving requests for content generated from the user terminal, the connect server accessing a database of publicly vended content to fulfill the requests; and
at least one billing module accessible to the connect server for generating accounting data based at least in part on a type of the user terminal.
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Abstract
A system and method for vending digitized content over an Internet network path, at least a portion of which is wireless, such as an SDMA high data rate directional wireless path. Content in the form of IP packets is provided to a user terminal via a connect server in response to user requests, which can be real-time requests or which can be requests embodied in a user-defined or system-defined user profile. The user is billed using one or more of several billing paradigms, including by the content piece, by the number of IP packets sent to the user, by the length of time the user accesses the system, by the subscription, and so on.
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35 Claims
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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at least one connect server communicating with a user terminal over a computer network path, the connect server receiving requests for content generated from the user terminal, the connect server accessing a database of publicly vended content to fulfill the requests; and at least one billing module accessible to the connect server for generating accounting data based at least in part on a type of the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 31, 33)
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12. A method for vending content, comprising the acts of:
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rendering the content in a digitized format; making the content available on a computer network; communicating over at least one network path the network with a user terminal; sending the content to the user terminal via the network path; and generating accounting data based at least in part on a number of packets delivered to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 32, 34)
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21. (canceled)
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24. A computer program device comprising:
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a computer program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus; and a program on the program storage device and including instructions executable by the digital processing apparatus, the program comprising; means for billing a user for the provision of digitized packetized audio and/or video content from the Internet via a network path to a user terminal associated with the user, wherein the means for billing generates accounting data based at least in part on a subscription for content, wherein the subscription is based at least in part on a user profile. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 30, 35)
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