System and method for effectively utilizing a transport operator in an electronic network
First Claim
1. A system for supporting an information distribution procedure, comprising:
- an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services by performing said information distribution procedure through an electronic network;
user devices that device users utilize to communicate with said information service for receiving said information distribution services; and
a transport operator that performs transport management functions to support said information distribution procedure.
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Abstract
A system and method for effectively utilizing a transport operator in an electronic network includes an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services by performing an information distribution procedure through an electronic network. User devices are provided for device users to communicate with the information service for receiving the information distribution services. Transport structures are utilized for communicating with the user devices to provide selected content and advertising information from the information service to targeted ones of the device users. The transport operator performs various appropriate transport management functions to effectively support the foregoing information distribution procedure.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for supporting an information distribution procedure, comprising:
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an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services by performing said information distribution procedure through an electronic network; user devices that device users utilize to communicate with said information service for receiving said information distribution services; and a transport operator that performs transport management functions to support said information distribution procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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21. A user device for supporting an information distribution procedure, comprising:
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a device application that said user device utilizes to communicate with an information service for receiving information distribution services; a transport structure that that communicates with said user device, said transport structure collecting metadata for targeting selected information from said information service to a device user of said user device; and a communication module that receives one or more advertisements from said information service, said one or more advertisements being targeted at said device user by utilizing said metadata, said communication module also communicating with a transport operator that performs transport management functions to support said information distribution procedure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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