Content distribution service

• US 7,849,407 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Issued: 12/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Deerr-Lord, legal representative, Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, CAO H
• Application Number:
  US11/440,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,658 Days
• Field of Search: 715763-765, 715851-853, 715738-744, 715734-737, 725/5, 725/25, 709/209, 709/223
• US Class Current: 715/734
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions

Abstract

This disclosure describes content distribution circuitry that supports content distribution between one or more users. The disclosure describes a system including circuitry for receiving a request for at least a specific instance of content from a user; circuitry for receiving a request to notify at least one remote user that said specific instance of said content has been selected by said user; and circuitry for transmitting said specific instance of said content to said user and said at least one remote user.

Claims

1. A system for providing content comprising:

circuitry on a server for receiving a request for at least a specific instance of content from a user;

circuitry on the server for receiving a request to notify at least one remote user that said specific instance of said content has been selected by said user;

circuitry on the server for transmitting a request to vote for a desired time for said specific instance of said content;

circuitry on the server for transmitting to said user information indicating the status of said at least one remote user;

circuitry on the server for transmitting a notification to said at least one remote user that said user has selected said specific instance of said content;

circuitry on the server for receiving an indication that said at least one remote user selected said specific instance of said content;

circuitry on the server for transmitting said indication that said at least one remote user selected said specific instance of said content to said user;

circuitry on the server for transmitting said specific instance of said content to said user and said at least one remote user; and

circuitry on the server for enabling interaction between said user and said at least one remote user.

2. The system of claim 1 comprising:

circuitry on the server for receiving a request from said user to access a member list, wherein said member list contains said at least one remote user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said receiving a request to notify at least one remote user that said specific instance of said content has been selected by said user comprises:

circuitry on the server for receiving a request to notify at least one member of a member list that said specific instance of said content has been selected by said user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for transmitting a notification to said at least one remote user that said user has selected said specific instance of said content comprises:

circuitry on the server for transmitting information identifying at least a time for said specific instance of said content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for transmitting a notification to said at least one remote user that said user has selected said specific instance of said content comprises:

circuitry on the server for transmitting a request to modify at least the selection of said specific instance of said content.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for transmitting a notification to said at least one remote user that said user has selected said specific instance of said content comprises:

circuitry on the server for transmitting a request to modify at least a time for said specific instance of said content.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for receiving an indication that said at least one remote user selected said specific instance of said content comprises:

circuitry on the server for receiving information identifying whether said at least one remote user modified a time for said specific instance of said content.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said circuitry on the server for receiving an indication that said at least one remote user selected said specific instance of said content comprises:

circuitry on the server for receiving information identifying whether said at least one remote user modified said specific instance of said content.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for receiving an indication that said at least one remote user selected said specific instance of said content comprises:

circuitry on the server for receiving information identifying whether said at least one remote user has voted for a desired time.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for transmitting said specific instance of said content to said user and said at least one remote user comprises:

circuitry on the server for transmitting a time synchronized specific instance of said content to said user and said at least one remote user.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for enabling interaction between said users and said at least one remote user comprises:

circuitry on the server for enabling at least said user and/or said at least one remote user to manipulate said specific instance of said content.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for enabling interaction between said user and said at least one remote user comprises:

circuitry on the server for enabling said user and said at least one remote user to communicate with each other.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry on the server for enabling interaction between said user and said at least one remote user comprises:

circuitry on the server for enabling said user and said at least one remote user to communicate with each other during transmission of said specific instance of said content.