System and method for centrally distributing mobile content
First Claim
1. A method for centrally distributing mobile content for delivery to mobile devices, the method comprising:
- at a mobile content provider server device, receiving mobile content and associated subscription data from respective content providers, the subscription data defining content offers and including terms for defining a subscription to receive a plurality of respective content packages comprising the mobile content and at least one of previously published mobile content and subsequently published mobile content defining a series of publications, on behalf of said content providers, for subscribers to receive said mobile content;
storing, at the mobile content provider serve device, said mobile content for delivery to respective mobile devices of said subscribers in accordance with respective subscriptions;
forwarding the subscription data to a mobile content storage server device on behalf of said content providers, said storage server device providing the content offers to deliver the mobile content to subscribers and completing respective subscriptions to receive the mobile content in accordance with the content offers; and
receiving, at a central content delivery server device, respective subscriptions from said mobile content storage server device for configuring delivery of mobile content to said mobile devices.
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Abstract
There are provided methods, systems, devices and computer program products for distributing mobile content, on behalf of mobile content providers, to mobile devices. A central mobile content delivery system and a central mobile content delivery store system are provided. Interfaces permit a mobile content provider to author and publish mobile content in association with subscription data. Content offers may be defined from such data and offered to mobile device user subscribers such as in a catalog system. Content is delivered on behalf of the content providers in accordance with the subscriptions concluded by the store system. Subscriptions may relate to single packages of mobile content or a plurality of packages (e.g. in a series of publications) such as previously or subsequently published mobile content. Subscriptions are provided to the central delivery system to assign and deliver mobile content to devices.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for centrally distributing mobile content for delivery to mobile devices, the method comprising:
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at a mobile content provider server device, receiving mobile content and associated subscription data from respective content providers, the subscription data defining content offers and including terms for defining a subscription to receive a plurality of respective content packages comprising the mobile content and at least one of previously published mobile content and subsequently published mobile content defining a series of publications, on behalf of said content providers, for subscribers to receive said mobile content; storing, at the mobile content provider serve device, said mobile content for delivery to respective mobile devices of said subscribers in accordance with respective subscriptions; forwarding the subscription data to a mobile content storage server device on behalf of said content providers, said storage server device providing the content offers to deliver the mobile content to subscribers and completing respective subscriptions to receive the mobile content in accordance with the content offers; and receiving, at a central content delivery server device, respective subscriptions from said mobile content storage server device for configuring delivery of mobile content to said mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17)
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10. A central mobile content delivery system comprising:
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a processor and memory coupled thereto; a communications subsystem for communicating with; at least one mobile content provider system for content providers to author and publish mobile content, at least one mobile, content store system for offering the mobile content for delivery to mobile devices in accordance with concluded subscriptions therefor; and at least one mobile device for delivery of mobile content according to the subscriptions; and a storage subsystem for storing the mobile content received; the central mobile content delivery system configured by one or more subsystems and/or components to; receive mobile content and associated subscription data from respective content providers, the subscription data defining content offers and including terms for defining a subscription to receive a pluralitv of respective content packages comprising, the mobile content and at least one of previously mobile content and subsequently published mobile content defining a series of publication, on behalf of said content providers, for subscribers to receive said mobile content; store said mobile content for delivery to respective mobile devices of said subscribers in accordance with respective subscriptions; forward the subscription data to a mobile content store system on behalf of said content providers, said mobile content store system providing the content offers to deliver the mobile content to subscribers and completing respective subscriptions to receive the mobile content in accordance with the content offers; and receive respective subscriptions from said mobile content store system for configuring delivery of mobile content to said mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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18. A method of publishing mobile ccmtent for distribution to a mobile device comprising:
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at a mobile content storage server device, associating subscription data with particular authored mobile content, said subscription data comprising information defining a content offer and including terms for defining subscription to receive a plurality of respective content package comprising the mobile content and at least one of previously published mobile content and subsequently published mobile content defining a series of publications to receive the mobile content at a mobile device; publishing the mobile content and associated subscription data to a central mobile content delivery server device configured to;
store said mobile content on behalf of content providers and deliver said mobile content to mobile devices in accordance with respective subscriptions therefor;
forward said subscription data on behalf of content providers to a mobile content store system, said store system providing the content ofters to deliver the mobile content to subscribers and completing respective subscriptions to receive the mobile content in accordance with the content offers; and
receive respective subscriptions from said mobile content store system for configuring delivery of mobile content to said mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of distributing mobile content on behalf of others comprising;
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receiving subscription data at a mobile content server device, subscription data defining a content offer and including terms for defining a subscription to receive a plurality of respective content packages comprising the mobile content, and at least one of previously published mobile content and subsequently published mobile content defining a series of publications to deliver mobile content in association with a subscription; completing at the mobile content server device, a subscription with a subscriber to deliver the mobile content; and forwarding the subscription to a central mobile content delivery server device, said central mobile content delivery;
server device delivering the mobile content in accordance with the subscription. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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