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Distribution scheme for subscriber-created content, wherein the subscriber-created content is rendered for a recipient device by the service provider network based on a device characteristic and a connection characteristic of the recipient device

  • US 8,965,999 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/2006
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving by a service provider network content from a subscriber who created the content, wherein the service provider network provides a broadband internet access to the subscriber and wherein the service provider network does not include a device of the subscriber and does not include a device of a recipient;

    identifying by the service provider network the recipient in a community associated with the subscriber, wherein the recipient has joined the community in response to an invitation extended by the subscriber;

    storing the content in the service provider network while waiting for the device of the recipient to connect to the service provider network;

    rendering by the service provider network the content for the device of the recipient based on a device characteristic and a connection characteristic of the device of the recipient when the device of the recipient is connected to the service provider network, wherein the rendering comprises down-sampling the content based on the device characteristic and the connection characteristic, wherein an audio component of the content and a video component of the content are separately rendered based on the device characteristic and the connection characteristic;

    delivering by the service provider network the content that is rendered to the recipient; and

    generating by the service provider network a billing event in response to the content that is rendered and delivered to the recipient.

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