CONTENT AND SERVICE AGGREGATION, MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION SYSTEM

• US 20140282851A1
• Filed: 03/12/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synacor, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Synacor, Inc.
• Inventors: Miller, Jason Jeffrey, Haidar, Jaafer
• Granted Patent: US 10,055,598 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Techniques for facilitating discovery and usage of digital content and services include accessing a stored rights profile of a user and determining access privileges of the user to content items or services provided by various sources. Based on the access privileges of the user, multiple access options are determined to a content item or to a service available to the user. The multiple access options include access options for accessing the content item or the service from different sources. The access options are presented to a user and a selection of an access option is received from the user. Stored business rules for the source are accessed, which identify a consumption mode specified by the source for enabling users to consume content items or services provided by the source. The user is enabled to perceive the content item or receive the service in accordance with the consumption mode.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

accessing a stored rights profile of a user,

based on the stored rights profile of the user, determining associated access privileges of the user to content items or services provided by a first source and to content items or services provided by a second source;

determining, based on the access privileges of the user, multiple access options to a particular content item or to a particular service available to the user, the multiple access options including a first access option corresponding to accessing the particular content item or the particular service from the first source and a second access option corresponding to accessing the particular content item or the particular service from the second source;

presenting, to the user, the determined multiple access options to the particular content item or the particular service;

receiving a selection, from the user, of the first access option;

accessing stored business rules for the first source, the stored business rules identifying a consumption mode specified by the first source for enabling users to consume content items or services provided by the first source; and

enabling the user to perceive the particular content item or receive the particular service in accordance with the consumption mode specified by the first source.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on the access privileges of the user, multiple access options to a second particular content item or to a second particular service available to the user, the multiple access options to the second particular content item or to the second particular service including a first access option corresponding to accessing the second particular content item or the second particular service from the first source and a second access option corresponding to accessing the second particular content item or the second particular service from the second source;

presenting, to the user, the determined multiple access options to the second particular content item or the second particular service;

receiving a selection, from the user, of the second access option to the second particular content item or the second particular service;

accessing stored business rules for the second source, the stored business rules identifying a content consumption mode specified by the second source for enabling users to consume content items or services provided by the second source; and

enabling the user to perceive the second particular content item or receive the second particular service in accordance with the content consumption mode specified by the second source.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content consumption mode specified by the second source and the content consumption mode specified by the first source are different modes.