Dynamic configuration of a content publisher
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a content subscriber configured to request content;
a plurality of content publishers, wherein at least one content publisher of the plurality of content publishers comprises a component manager configured to obtain a role associated with the at least one content publisher and wherein the component manager is configured to download, install, and configure a feature on the at least one content publisher using role;
a content locator, in response to the request, configured to locate and activate the feature on the at least one content publisher to provide the requested content, wherein activating the feature on at least one content publisher comprises using a licensing manager to determine whether the content subscriber can access the feature; and
the license manager configured to control access of the content subscriber to the feature on the at least one content publisher.
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Abstract
Content subscribers can dynamically activate content and content publishing resources that are distributed on a network. A content request from the content subscriber can engage a content locator in determining an appropriate content publisher to activate the content. Once the appropriate content publisher is found, the content publisher activates the content by presenting appropriate content publishing resources. Optionally, two more content publishers cooperate together to activate the requested content. Licenses to the content and content publishing resources are monitored to ensure that content publishers are compensated. System components, such as content subscribers, content locators, content publishers, are auto-configured during initial registration and dynamically updated if configuration parameters change. Optionally, a performance driver changes various configuration parameters of system components to ensure a desired performance during content activation.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a content subscriber configured to request content; a plurality of content publishers, wherein at least one content publisher of the plurality of content publishers comprises a component manager configured to obtain a role associated with the at least one content publisher and wherein the component manager is configured to download, install, and configure a feature on the at least one content publisher using role; a content locator, in response to the request, configured to locate and activate the feature on the at least one content publisher to provide the requested content, wherein activating the feature on at least one content publisher comprises using a licensing manager to determine whether the content subscriber can access the feature; and the license manager configured to control access of the content subscriber to the feature on the at least one content publisher. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for managing access of a content subscriber comprising:
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receiving a request for content from the content subscriber; determining, by a content locator, at least one content publishing resource required to provide the content; directing said request to a content publisher having the at least one content published resource; activating the at least one content publishing resource using at least one token provided by a license manager; upon activation generating the content using the at least one content publishing resource and providing the content to the content subscriber, wherein the content publisher comprises a component manager configured to obtain a role associated with the content publisher and wherein the component manager is configured to download, install, and configure the at least one content publishing resource on the content publisher using the role. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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