Intermediary content gateway system and method
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1. A system for enabling exchange of content over a communications network, comprising:
- a content gateway platform comprising a database for storage of content, the content being received from a content provider, the content gateway being in communication with a wireless carrier that serves mobile subscribers who cause the wireless carrier to pull content from the content gateway platform in real-time in response to a given one of the mobile subscribers;
the content gateway platform providing tracking services to track one or more aspects associated with accessing the content in the database, the content gateway further configured to validate data indicating for which mobile devices the content is appropriate to account for content that is mobile device-specific, wherein the data is received from the content provider along with the content.
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Abstract
A system for enabling exchange of content over a communications network is disclosed having a first category of users comprising wireless carriers and a second category of users comprising content providers. A content gateway platform is provided having a database for storage of content. The content providers supply content to the database for use by the wireless carriers and the content is ultimately offered to end-user customers of the wireless carriers.
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1. A system for enabling exchange of content over a communications network, comprising:
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a content gateway platform comprising a database for storage of content, the content being received from a content provider, the content gateway being in communication with a wireless carrier that serves mobile subscribers who cause the wireless carrier to pull content from the content gateway platform in real-time in response to a given one of the mobile subscribers; the content gateway platform providing tracking services to track one or more aspects associated with accessing the content in the database, the content gateway further configured to validate data indicating for which mobile devices the content is appropriate to account for content that is mobile device-specific, wherein the data is received from the content provider along with the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for enabling exchange of content over a communications network, comprising:
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a content gateway platform comprising a database for storage of content the content gateway platform in communication with a content provider that supplies the content and a wireless carrier that passes the content to mobile subscribers of the wireless carrier, the mobile subscribers causing the wireless carrier to pull content form the content gateway platform in real-time in response to the mobile subscribers; the content gateway platform receiving, along with the content, pricing information for the content, a billing model for the content, data indicating for which mobile devices the content is appropriate to account for content that is mobile device-specific, and a life expectancy of the content. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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