METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS IN SUPPORT OF POTENTIAL FUTURE DELIVERY OF DIGITAL CONTENT OVER A NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method in support of potential future delivery of digital content over a data network, performed on a server having a processor, memory, and one or more instructions stored in the memory and executing in the processor, the method comprising:
- obtaining at the server over the data network at least one digital content item for potential future delivery and delivery metadata pertaining to potential future delivery of the digital content item, wherein the delivery metadata includes at least one recipient and a monitoring interval;
storing, by the processor, the digital content item and the monitoring interval;
during the monitoring interval, monitoring, by the processor, a user account associated with the digital content item for an occurrence of an inactivity benchmark; and
upon a lapse of the monitoring interval without an occurrence of the inactivity benchmark, delivering the digital content item to the at least one recipient.
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Abstract
A method in support of potential future delivery of digital content items over a data network includes obtaining at a server over the data network at least one digital content item for potential future delivery and delivery metadata pertaining to potential future delivery of the digital content item. The delivery metadata includes at least one recipient and a monitoring interval. The digital content item is stored by a processor of the server, and, during the monitoring interval, a user account associated with the digital content item is monitored by the processor for an occurrence of an inactivity benchmark. Upon a lapse of the monitoring interval without an occurrence of the inactivity benchmark, the digital content item is delivered to the at least one recipient. A system can be constructed to implement the method described herein.
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1. A method in support of potential future delivery of digital content over a data network, performed on a server having a processor, memory, and one or more instructions stored in the memory and executing in the processor, the method comprising:
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obtaining at the server over the data network at least one digital content item for potential future delivery and delivery metadata pertaining to potential future delivery of the digital content item, wherein the delivery metadata includes at least one recipient and a monitoring interval; storing, by the processor, the digital content item and the monitoring interval; during the monitoring interval, monitoring, by the processor, a user account associated with the digital content item for an occurrence of an inactivity benchmark; and upon a lapse of the monitoring interval without an occurrence of the inactivity benchmark, delivering the digital content item to the at least one recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19)
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14. A system in support of potential future delivery of digital content items over a data network, comprising:
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a server having a processor and memory, and being connected to the data network; one or more instructions stored in the memory and executable in the processor, which, when executed, configure the processor to; obtain over the data network at least one digital content item for potential future delivery and delivery metadata pertaining to potential future delivery of the digital content item, wherein the delivery metadata includes at least one recipient and a monitoring interval; store the digital content item and the monitoring interval; during the monitoring interval, monitor a user account associated with the digital content item for an occurrence of an inactivity benchmark; and upon a lapse of the monitoring interval without an occurrence of the inactivity benchmark, deliver the digital content item to the at least one recipient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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