CONTENT TRANSACTION METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20100241529A1
• Filed: 02/09/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hyo Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/702,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241529A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management

Abstract

Content transaction method and system are disclosed. The method includes: searching, by a first mobile terminal, for at least one mobile terminal to perform a short-range wireless communication; performing, by the first mobile terminal, a connection with the searched at least one mobile terminal for the communication; receiving, by the first mobile terminal, a list of content for sale from the connected at least one mobile terminal; requesting. from a second mobile terminal storing content to sell, the content by the first mobile terminal; receiving, by the first mobile terminal, the requested content that is requested from the second mobile terminal; and accessing a payment server by the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal to transmit content transaction record information.

Claims

1. A content transaction method comprising:

searching, by a first mobile terminal, for at least one mobile terminal to perform a short-range wireless communication;

performing a connection with the searched at least one mobile terminal for communication by the first mobile terminal;

receiving, by the first mobile terminal, a list of content for sale from the connected at least one mobile terminal;

requesting, from a second mobile terminal storing content to sell, the content when the content is selected by the first mobile terminal from the received list of content for sale;

receiving the content that is requested to sell from the second mobile terminal by the first mobile terminal; and

accessing a payment server by the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal to transmit content transaction record information.

2. The content transaction method of claim 1, wherein the content transaction record information comprises at least one of:

a seller identification information, a purchaser identification information, a content identification information, a content price information, and a remaining license for use.

3. The content transaction method of claim 1, further comprising:

erasing the content transmitted to the first mobile terminal from a storage medium of the second mobile terminal by the second mobile terminal.

4. The content transaction method of claim 1, further comprising:

compensating, by the payment server, a preset amount of a content price to a content provider.

5. The content transaction method of claim 1, wherein, in the reception of the list of content for sale, the first mobile terminal receives the list of content for sale from the searched at least one mobile terminal sequentially, and disconnects from the mobile terminal which transmitted the list of content for sale when the list of content for sale is received.

6. The content transaction method of claim 1, wherein the list of content for sale comprises at least one of:

a content name, price information of the content, terminal information, and a remaining license for use

7. A content transaction method comprising:

selecting content for sale by a first mobile terminal;

searching for at least one mobile terminal to perform short-range wireless communication by the first mobile terminal;

performing, by the first mobile terminal, a communications connection with a second mobile terminal, corresponding to one of the searched mobile terminals;

transmitting, by the first mobile terminal, content selling information to the second mobile terminal;

transmitting, by the first mobile terminal, content to the second mobile terminal when the second mobile terminal requests the content; and

accessing a payment server, by the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, to transmit content transaction record information.

8. The content transaction method of claim 7, further comprising erasing, by the first mobile terminal, the content transmitted to the second mobile terminal from a storage medium of the first mobile terminal.

9. The content transaction method of claim 7, wherein the content transaction record information comprises at least one of:

a seller identification information, a purchaser identification information, a content identification information, a content price information, and a remaining license for use.

10. The content transaction method of claim 7, further comprising compensating, by the payment server, a preset amount of a price of the content sold to the second mobile terminal to a content provider.

11. The content transaction method of claim 7, wherein the content selling information comprises at least one of:

a content name, a content price, and a remaining license for use.

12. A content transaction system comprising:

a first mobile terminal;

searching for at least one mobile terminal to perform short-range wireless communication,

performing connection with the searched at least one mobile terminal,

receiving a list of content for sale from the connected at least one mobile terminal,

requesting, from a second mobile terminal having content to sell, the content when the content is selected from the received list of content for sale,

receiving the content requested from the second mobile terminal, and

accessing a payment server to transmit content transaction record information;

the second mobile terminal transmitting the requested content to the first mobile terminal, erasing the transmitted content from a storage medium, and accessing the payment server to transmit content transaction record information; and

the payment server receiving the content transaction record information from the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, imposing a content transaction price on the first mobile terminal, and compensating in whole or part the content transaction price to the second mobile terminal.

13. The content transaction system of claim 12, wherein the content transaction record information comprises at least one of:

a seller identification information, a seller identification information, a content identification information, a content price information, and a remaining license for use.

14. A content transaction system comprising:

a first mobile terminal searching for at least one mobile terminal to perform short-range wireless communication, performing a connection with a second mobile terminal corresponding to the at least one searched mobile terminal, transmitting content selling information to the second mobile terminal, transmitting content to the second mobile terminal when a content selling request signal is received from the second mobile terminal, erasing the transmitted content from a storage medium, and accessing a payment server to transmit content transaction record information;

the second mobile terminal receiving the content selling information from the first mobile terminal, transmitting the content selling request signal to the first mobile terminal, and accessing the payment server to transmit content transaction record information when the content is received from the first mobile terminal; and

the payment server receiving the content transaction record information from the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, imposing a content transaction price on the second mobile terminal, and compensating in whole or part the content transaction price to the first mobile terminal.

15. The content transaction system of claim 14, wherein the content transaction record information comprises at least one of:

a seller identification information, a purchaser identification information, a content identification information, a content price information, and a remaining license for user.

16. A mobile terminal comprising:

a short-range communication transceiving system; and

a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code, which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to;

search for at least one mobile terminal within a known range of the mobile terminal;

receive a list of content for sale from selected ones of the at least one mobile terminal within a known range of the mobile terminal;

select at least one content from the received list of content;

transmit a request for the selected content; and

receive the selected content.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16 further comprising:

a display for displaying the received list of content from the selected ones of the mobile terminals within a known range of the mobile terminal.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

an input device for selecting the content from the list of content.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 16, the processor further transmitting a content transaction record information.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the content transaction record information comprises at least one of:

a seller identification information, a purchaser identification information, a content identification information, a content price information, and a remaining license for user.