METHOD FOR SELLING CONTENT OVER A NETWORK

• US 20100250401A1
• Filed: 06/04/2010
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tahoe Research Limited (f/k/a Learndale Limited) (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: RealNetworks GmbH (RealNetworks, Inc.)
• Inventors: Riegler, Andreas, Spechtler, Andreas, Nemetz, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 8,121,906 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0615 Anonymizing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0617 Representative agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

A method to generate revenue from supplied content is provided. Content is provided to a consumer via a network by providing a content service that allows the consumer to select and retrieve content as a package together with a clearing of the selectable content to an operator used by the consumer to select and retrieve the content via the network. Any content selected by the consumer is supplied directly to the consumer via the operator. The operator is charged for the supplied content.

Claims

1. A method for generating revenue from supplied content, said content provided by at least one content provider to a consumer via a network, comprising the steps of:

providing a content service that allows the consumer to select and retrieve content together with a clearing of the selectable content to an operator used by the consumer to select and retrieve the content via the network,

directly supplying any content selected by the consumer to the consumer via the operator, and

charging the operator for the supplied content.