VIDEO PLAYBACK SYSTEM SUPPORTING GROUP-BASED BILLING MECHANISM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
First Claim
1. A video playback system supporting a group-based billing mechanism, comprising:
- a content provider server, configured to operably provide video signals of a target video;
a first video decoder, configured to operably communicate with the content provider server via internet;
a second video decoder, configured to operably communicate with the content provider server via internet;
a playback control server;
a first mobile communication device, configured to operably transmit a first selection message to the playback control server via internet to request the playback control server to control the first video decoder to playback the target video; and
a second mobile communication device, configured to operably transmit a second selection message to the playback control server via internet to request the playback control server to control the second video decoder to playback the target video, wherein the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device belong to a same accessing group;
wherein the playback control server transmits a group identification data of the accessing group to the first video decoder and the second video decoder via internet, so that the first video decoder and the second video decoder request the content provider server to provide the video signals of the target video and transmit the group identification data to the content provider server for verification, and the content provider server performs a billing process on the basis of the accessing group to charge for the purchasing of the target video only on a billing record of the first mobile communication device, and not to charge for the purchasing of the target video on a billing record of the second mobile communication device.
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Abstract
A video playback system includes a content provider server, first and second video decoders, a playback control server, and first and second mobile communication devices. The first and the second mobile communication devices belong to the same accessing group. The first mobile communication device transmits a first selection message to the playback control server to request the first video decoder to playback a target video provided by the content provider server. The second mobile communication device transmits a second selection message to the playback control server to request the second video decoder to playback the same target video. The content provider server performs a billing process on the basis of the accessing group, so that the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device would not be repeatedly charged for the target video.
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19 Claims
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1. A video playback system supporting a group-based billing mechanism, comprising:
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a content provider server, configured to operably provide video signals of a target video; a first video decoder, configured to operably communicate with the content provider server via internet; a second video decoder, configured to operably communicate with the content provider server via internet; a playback control server; a first mobile communication device, configured to operably transmit a first selection message to the playback control server via internet to request the playback control server to control the first video decoder to playback the target video; and a second mobile communication device, configured to operably transmit a second selection message to the playback control server via internet to request the playback control server to control the second video decoder to playback the target video, wherein the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device belong to a same accessing group; wherein the playback control server transmits a group identification data of the accessing group to the first video decoder and the second video decoder via internet, so that the first video decoder and the second video decoder request the content provider server to provide the video signals of the target video and transmit the group identification data to the content provider server for verification, and the content provider server performs a billing process on the basis of the accessing group to charge for the purchasing of the target video only on a billing record of the first mobile communication device, and not to charge for the purchasing of the target video on a billing record of the second mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product, stored in a non-transitory storage device of a playback control server, when executed by a processing circuit of the playback control server, enabling the playback control server to perform a video playback control operation, the video playback control operation comprising:
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receiving a first selection message requesting to control a first video decoder to playback a target video and transmitted from a first mobile communication device via internet; receiving a second selection message requesting to control a second video decoder to playback the target video and transmitted from a second mobile communication device via internet, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device belong to a same accessing group; transmitting a group identification data of the accessing group to the first video decoder via internet, so that the first video decoder requests the content provider server to provide video signals of the target video and transmits the group identification data to the content provider server for verification; and transmitting the group identification data to the second video decoder via internet, so that the second video decoder requests the content provider server to provide the video signals of the target video and transmits the group identification data to the content provider server for verification. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A video playback system supporting a group-based billing mechanism, comprising:
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a content provider server, configured to operably provide video signals of a target video; a first video decoder, configured to operably communicate with the content provider server via internet; a playback control server; a first mobile communication device, configured to operably transmit a first selection message to the playback control server via internet to request the playback control server to control the first video decoder to playback the target video; and a second mobile communication device, configured to operably transmit a third selection message to the playback control server via internet to request the playback control server to control the first video decoder to playback the target video, wherein the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device belong to a same accessing group; wherein the playback control server transmits a group identification data of the accessing group to the first video decoder via internet, so that the first video decoder requests the content provider server to provide the video signals of the target video and transmits the group identification data to the content provider server for verification, and the content provider server performs a billing process on the basis of the accessing group to charge for the purchasing of the target video only on a billing record of the first mobile communication device, and not to charge for the purchasing of the target video on a billing record of the second mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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