RECEIVING CONTENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PARTICULAR LEVEL OF ACCESS ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF CONTENT ACCESS LATENCY

• US 20140279142A1
• Filed: 04/09/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Pan, Tony S., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US13/859,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20140279142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of access for accessing the content, the different levels of access for accessing the content to be offered being associated with different amounts of content access latencies and different amounts of associated fees, and the bidding tag to be received at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content, transmitting a bid in response, at least in part, to receiving the bidding tag, the bid to be transmitted being a request for accessing the content at a particular level of access, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content; and receiving the content in accordance with the particular level of access. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

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162. A system, comprising:

a bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content;

a bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content; and

a content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid.

172. The system of claim 162, wherein said bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content comprises:

a selection graphical user interface (GUI) data acquiring module configured to acquire data that at least facilitates generation of a selection GUI that is designed for selecting the particular level of access for accessing the content from the different levels of access for accessing the content.

173. The system of claim 172, wherein said selection graphical user interface (GUI) data acquiring module configured to acquire data that at least facilitates generation of a selection GUI that is designed for selecting the particular level of access for accessing the content from the different levels of access for accessing the content comprises:

a selection graphical user interface (GUI) data acquiring module configured to acquire data that at least facilitates generation of a selection GUI that includes a slider feature having an elongated element and a slider icon that is designed to be moveable, in response to user input, along length of the elongated element having a first end and a second end at opposite ends of the length of the elongated element, the slider icon being designed to be moved along the length of the elongated element from the first end to the second end to select the level of access for accessing the content.

178. The system of claim 172, wherein said selection graphical user interface (GUI) data acquiring module configured to acquire data that at least facilitates generation of a selection GUI that is designed for selecting the particular level of access for accessing the content from the different levels of access for accessing the content comprises:

a selection graphical user interface (GUI) data acquiring module configured to acquire data that at least facilitates generation of a plurality of icons that are designed to be used for selecting a specific level of access for accessing the content from the different levels of access for accessing the content, each of the plurality of icons to be generated being associated with a different level of access for accessing the content with a different amount of latency for accessing the content and different amount of associated fee.

187. The system of claim 162, wherein said bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content comprises:

an access level identifying data acquiring module configured to acquire data that identifies the different levels of access for accessing the content including identifying for each level of access for accessing the content a corresponding content access latency and associated fee pair.

188. The system of claim 187, wherein said access level identifying data acquiring module configured to acquire data that identifies the different levels of access for accessing the content including identifying for each level of access for accessing the content a corresponding content access latency and associated fee pair comprises:

an access level identifying data acquiring module configured to acquire data that identities for at least three different levels of access for accessing the content at least three corresponding content access latency and associated fee pairs.

190. The system of claim 162, wherein said bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content comprises:

a formula data acquiring module configured to acquire data that provides a formula for generating, for each level of access for accessing the content, a corresponding content access latency and associated fee pair.

191. The system of claim 162, wherein said bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content comprises:

a latency data and fee formula data acquiring module configured to acquire data that identifies different corresponding content access latencies for each of the different levels of access for accessing the content and data that identifies a formula that when applied to each of the identified corresponding content access latencies generates an associated fee.

192. The system of claim 162, wherein said bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content comprises:

a fee data and latency formula data acquiring module configured to acquire data that identifies associated fees for each of the different levels of access for accessing the content and data that identifies a formula that when applied to each of the identified associated fees generates a corresponding content access latency.

195. The system of claim 162, wherein said bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content comprises:

a previous consumer information acquiring module configured to acquire previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content.

196. The system of claim 195, wherein said previous consumer information acquiring module configured to acquire previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content comprises:

a previous consumer information acquiring module configured to acquire information that identifies the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content and/or the number of the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content.

197. The system of claim 195, wherein said previous consumer information acquiring module configured to acquire previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content comprises:

a previous consumer information acquiring module configured to acquire information that indicates when and/or how the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content actually accessed the content.

203. The system of claim 162, wherein said bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content comprises:

a bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that identifies the particular amount of content access latency and the particular amount of associated fee that are associated with the requested particular level of access for accessing the content.

209. The system of claim 162, wherein said bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content comprises:

a user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay the bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection graphical user interface (GUI) that was generated based, at least in part, on information provided through the bidding tag and designed to be used for selecting a particular level of access for accessing the content from different levels of access for accessing the content, the different levels of access for accessing the content being associated with different amounts of content access latencies and different amounts of associated fees.

210. The system of claim 209, wherein said user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay the bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection graphical user interface (GUI) that was generated based, at least in part, on information provided through the bidding tag and designed to be used for selecting a particular level of access for accessing the content from different levels of access for accessing the content, the different levels of access for accessing the content being associated with different amounts of content access latencies and different amounts of associated fees comprises:

a user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay a bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection GUI that includes a slider feature having an elongated element and a slider icon that is designed to be moveable, in response to user input, along length of the elongated element having a first end and a second end at opposite ends of the length of the elongated element, the slider icon being designed to be moved along the length of the elongated element from the first end to the second end to select the particular level of access for accessing the content, the elongated element having multiple points along the length of the elongated element including the first end and the second end, the multiple points along the length of the elongated element from the first end to the second end being associated with graduated levels of access for accessing the content with varying amounts of latencies for accessing the content and varying amounts of associated fees.

211. The system of claim 210, wherein said user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay a bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection GUI that includes a slider feature having an elongated element and a slider icon that is designed to be moveable, in response to user input, along length of the elongated element having a first end and a second end at opposite ends of the length of the elongated element, the slider icon being designed to be moved along the length of the elongated element from the first end to the second end to select the particular level of access for accessing the content, the elongated element having multiple points along the length of the elongated element including the first end and the second end, the multiple points along the length of the elongated element from the first end to the second end being associated with graduated levels of access for accessing the content with varying amounts of latencies for accessing the content and varying amounts of associated fees comprises:

a user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay a bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection GUI that includes a slider feature having an elongated element and a slider icon that is designed to be moveable, in response to user input, along length of the elongated element having a first end and a second end at opposite ends of the length of the elongated element, the elongated element having at least three points along the length of the elongated element including the first end and the second end, each of the at least three points along the length of the elongated element from the first end to the second end being associated with a different level of access for accessing the content with a different amount of latency for accessing the content and different amount of associated fee.

212. The system of claim 209, wherein said user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay the bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection graphical user interface (GUI) that was generated based, at least in part, on information provided through the bidding tag and designed to be used for selecting a particular level of access for accessing the content from different levels of access for accessing the content, the different levels of access for accessing the content being associated with different amounts of content access latencies and different amounts of associated fees comprises:

a user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay a bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection GUI that includes a plurality of icons that are designed to be used for selecting the particular level of access for accessing the content from the different levels of access for accessing the content, each of the plurality of icons that were included in the selection GUI being associated with a different level of access for accessing the content with a different amount of latency for accessing the content and different amount of associated fee.

213. The system of claim 212, wherein said user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay a bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection GUI that includes a plurality of icons that are designed to be used for selecting the particular level of access for accessing the content from the different levels of access for accessing the content, each of the plurality of icons that were included in the selection GUI being associated with a different level of access for accessing the content with a different amount of latency for accessing the content and different amount of associated fee comprises:

a user entry responsive bid relaying module configured to relay a bid in response to receiving a user entry that was entered through a selection GUI that includes at least three icons that are designed to be used for selecting the particular level of access for accessing the content from three different levels of access for accessing the content, each of the three icons that were included in the selection GUI being associated with a different level of access for accessing the content with a different amount of latency for accessing the content and different amount of associated fee.

214. The system of claim 162, wherein said bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content comprises:

a contextual information request relaying module configured to relay a request for contextual information related to the content.

215. The system of claim 214, wherein said contextual information request relaying module configured to relay a request for contextual information related to the content comprises:

a contextual information request relaying module configured to relay a request for historical background information related to the content.

216. The system of claim 162, wherein said bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content comprises:

a previous consumer information request relaying module configured to relay a request for previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content.

217. The system of claim 216, wherein said previous consumer information request relaying module configured to relay a request for previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content comprises:

a previous consumer information request relaying module configured to relay a request for information that identifies the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content and/or the number of the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content.

218. The system of claim 216, wherein said previous consumer information request relaying module configured to relay a request for previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content comprises:

a previous consumer information request relaying module configured to relay a request for information that indicates when and/or how the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content actually accessed the content.

221. The system of claim 162, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid comprises:

a news content obtaining module configured to obtain news content.

222. The system of claim 221, wherein said news content obtaining module configured to obtain news content comprises:

a news content obtaining module configured to obtain business, financial, and/or market news content.

225. The system of claim 221, wherein said news content obtaining module configured to obtain news content comprises:

a news content obtaining module configured to obtain political, governmental, and/or regulatory news content.

226. The system of claim 162, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid comprises:

a consumable media obtaining module configured to obtain consumable media.

227. The system of claim 226, wherein said consumable media obtaining module configured to obtain consumable media comprises:

a consumable media obtaining module configured to obtain an electronic textual document, a video, or an audio recording.

228. The system of claim 162, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid comprises:

a content obtaining module including a link obtaining module configured to obtain the content when the link obtaining module obtains a link to access the content.

229. The system of claim 228, wherein said content obtaining module including a link obtaining module configured to obtain the content when the link obtaining module obtains a link to access the content comprises:

a content obtaining module including a link obtaining module configured to obtain the content in response to a content consumer using the link that was obtained by the link obtaining module to retrieve the content.

230. The system of claim 162, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid comprises:

a content obtaining module configured to obtain the content only after a latency associated with the particular level of access has lapsed.

231. The system of claim 230, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content only after a latency associated with the particular level of access has lapsed comprises:

a content obtaining module configured to obtain the content only after the latency associated with the particular level of access has lapsed, the lapse of the latency being immediately following earliest point in time in which the content becomes available for consumption.

232. The system of claim 162, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid comprises:

a content obtaining module including a content access providing instructions obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access by obtaining the content prior to lapse of a latency associated with the particular level of access, and the content access providing instructions obtaining module obtaining one or more instructions for providing access to the content only after the latency has lapsed.

233. The system of claim 162, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid comprises:

a previous consumer information obtaining module configured to obtain previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content.

234. The system of claim 233, wherein said previous consumer information obtaining module configured to obtain previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content comprises:

a previous consumer information obtaining module configured to obtain information that identifies the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content and/or the number of the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content.

235. The system of claim 233, wherein said previous consumer information obtaining module configured to obtain previous consumer information related to one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content comprises:

a previous consumer information obtaining module configured to obtain information that indicates when and/or how the one or more content consumers who have previously accessed the content actually accessed the content.

236. The system of claim 162, wherein said content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid comprises:

a contextual information obtaining module configured to obtain contextual information related to the content.

237. The system of claim 236, wherein said contextual information obtaining module configured to obtain contextual information related to the content comprises:

a contextual information obtaining module configured to obtain historical background information related to the content.

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241. An article of manufacture, comprising:

one or more instructions for acquiring a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content;

one or more instructions for relaying a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content; and

one or more instructions for obtaining the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid.

242. A system, comprising:

a bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content;

a bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content;

a content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid; and

a user interface for presenting the content.