Distribution of content items to user devices in a mobile environment
First Claim
1. A method for controlling distribution of a content item to user devices in a mobile communications network, the method being performed in a distribution control gateway of the mobile communications network and comprising:
- receiving, from a content provider server, a target user indication indicative of one or more target user devices for presentation of the content item;
accessing a provider registry for determining a provider authorization of the content provider server for distributing the content item to the target user devices;
accessing, based on the determined provider authorization, a user registry for determining a user authorization for each of one or more of the target user devices for receiving the content item from the content provider server; and
initiating, based on the determined one or more user authorizations, a transmission of the content item to one or more of the target user devices.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a technique for controlling the distribution of content items such as advertisements, news, etc., to user devices in a mobile communications network. A method embodiment of the technique is performed in a distribution control gateway of the mobile communications network and comprises the steps of receiving, from a content provider server, a target user indication indicative of one or more target user devices for presentation of a content item; accessing a provider registry for determining a provider authorization of the content provider server; accessing a user registry for determining a user authorization for receiving the content item from the content provider server; and initiating a transmission of the content item to one or more of the target user devices.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for controlling distribution of a content item to user devices in a mobile communications network, the method being performed in a distribution control gateway of the mobile communications network and comprising:
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receiving, from a content provider server, a target user indication indicative of one or more target user devices for presentation of the content item; accessing a provider registry for determining a provider authorization of the content provider server for distributing the content item to the target user devices; accessing, based on the determined provider authorization, a user registry for determining a user authorization for each of one or more of the target user devices for receiving the content item from the content provider server; and initiating, based on the determined one or more user authorizations, a transmission of the content item to one or more of the target user devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A distribution control gateway configured to control the distribution of a content item to user devices in a mobile communications network, the distribution control gateway comprising:
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a provider access controller control component configured to receive, from a content provider server, a target user indication indicative of one or more target user devices for presentation of the content item; a provider registry access component configured to access a provider registry for determining a provider authorization of the content provider server for distributing the content item to the target user devices; a user registry access component configured to access, based on the determined provider authorization, a user registry for determining a user authorization for each of one or more of the target user devices for receiving the content item from the content provider; and an initiation component configured to initiate, based on the determined one or more user authorizations, a transmission of the content item to one or more of the target user devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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