Enhanced method and apparatus for enhancing support for service delivery
First Claim
1. A method for selectively receiving broadcast of one or more content items associated with a service to provide a unicast or multicast user experience, the method comprising:
- detecting a characteristic of a service or one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic is generated by a mobile operator and pertains to an objective measure of current user interest;
selectively receiving by broadcast, to a mobile device, one or more content items associated with the service based on the characteristic; and
storing the one or more content items associated with the service for access through a user interface of the mobile device.
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Abstract
A service distribution system supports creation of a personalized and virtual service broadcast that can be selectively clipped and cached based on content descriptors of popularity, freshness, etc. A method for selectively receiving broadcast of one or more content items associated with a service to provide a unicast or multicast user experience is described. The method may comprise: detecting a characteristic of a service, or detecting a characteristic of one or more content items, wherein the one or more content items are associated with the service, and wherein the characteristic is generated by a mobile operator and pertains to an objective measure of current user interest, selectively receiving by broadcast, to the mobile device, one or more content items associated with the service based on the characteristic, and storing the one or more content items associated with the service for access through a user interface of the mobile device.
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1. A method for selectively receiving broadcast of one or more content items associated with a service to provide a unicast or multicast user experience, the method comprising:
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detecting a characteristic of a service or one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic is generated by a mobile operator and pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; selectively receiving by broadcast, to a mobile device, one or more content items associated with the service based on the characteristic; and storing the one or more content items associated with the service for access through a user interface of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
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a first set of codes for causing a computer to detect a characteristic of a service, or detect a characteristic of one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein characteristic is generated by a mobile operator and pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; a second set of codes for causing the computer to selectively by broadcast, to the mobile device, receive one or more content items associated with the service based on the characteristic; and a third set of codes for causing the computer to store the one or more content items associated with the service for access through a user interface of the mobile device.
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for detecting a characteristic of a service, or detecting a characteristic of one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic is generated by a mobile operator and pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; means for selectively receiving by broadcast, to a mobile device, one or more content items associated with the service based on the characteristic; and means for storing the one or more content items associated with the service for access through a user interface of the mobile device.
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13. An apparatus for selectively receiving broadcast of one or more content items associated with a service to provide a unicast or multicast user experience, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication module for detecting a characteristic of a service, or detecting a characteristic of one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic is generated by a mobile operator and pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; a receiver for selectively receiving by broadcast, to a mobile device, one or more content items associated with the service based on the characteristic; and a user interface for accessing at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for broadcast of a service to provide a unicast or multicast user experience, comprising:
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assigning a characteristic to a service, or to one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; and transmitting the at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service for selective reception by a mobile device based upon the characteristic and for playing the at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service on a user interface of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
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a first set of codes for causing a computer to assign a characteristic to a service, or to one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; and a second set of codes for causing the computer to transmit the at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service for selective reception by a mobile device based upon the characteristic and for playing the at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service on a user interface of the mobile device.
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34. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for assigning a characteristic to a service, or to one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; and means for transmitting the at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service for selective reception by a mobile device based upon the characteristic and for playing the at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service on a user interface of the mobile device.
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35. An apparatus for broadcast of one or more content items associated with a service to provide a unicast or multicast user experience, the apparatus comprising:
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a computing platform configured to assign a characteristic of a service, or to one or more content items associated with the service, the characteristic having a reliability time interval that indicates a time period between a broadcast date of the service or the one or more content items and a sampling time of the characteristic, the characteristic having an indication of how long the service or the one or more content items have been made available for broadcast distribution, wherein the characteristic generated by a mobile operator pertains to an objective measure of current user interest; and a transmitter configured to transmit the one or more content items associated with the service for selective reception by a user mobile device based upon the characteristic and for playing the at least one of the one or more content items associated with the service on a user interface of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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