Distributing content to subscribers of a communications service provider
First Claim
1. A system for distributing content, the system comprising:
- a plurality of servers, operated by a communication service provider and in communication with the Internet, the plurality of servers configured to provide subscribers of a communications service provider with access to content stored on the plurality of servers without having to access external networks including the Internet; and
a remote content management application operating on at least one of the plurality of servers and programmed to allow content providers to;
store their respective content on at least one of the plurality of servers;
establish, through the at least one of the plurality of servers, digital rights management (DRM) for their respective content;
establish, through the at least one of the plurality of servers, a guaranteed quality of service (QoS), for their respective content, to the subscribers of the communications service provider; and
,provide, via the at least one of the plurality of servers, a respective codec to encode and decode the respective content of the content provider and stored on the at least one of the plurality of servers and available to subscribers accessing the content provider'"'"'s respective content; and
provide, via the at least one of the plurality of servers, advertisement content respectively associated with the content provider'"'"'s respective content to be included with the respective content.
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Abstract
A system, method, and server for distributing content. The system includes a number of servers in communication with the Internet and configured to provide subscribers of the communications service provider with access to content stored on the number of servers without having to access external networks including the Internet. The system further includes a remote content management application operating on at least one of the number of servers and configured to provide content providers with: (1) digital rights management (DRM) and (2) guaranteed quality of service (QoS) to the subscribers of the communications service providers, wherein the content providers establish the DRM and the QoS.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for distributing content, the system comprising:
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a plurality of servers, operated by a communication service provider and in communication with the Internet, the plurality of servers configured to provide subscribers of a communications service provider with access to content stored on the plurality of servers without having to access external networks including the Internet; and a remote content management application operating on at least one of the plurality of servers and programmed to allow content providers to; store their respective content on at least one of the plurality of servers; establish, through the at least one of the plurality of servers, digital rights management (DRM) for their respective content; establish, through the at least one of the plurality of servers, a guaranteed quality of service (QoS), for their respective content, to the subscribers of the communications service provider; and
,provide, via the at least one of the plurality of servers, a respective codec to encode and decode the respective content of the content provider and stored on the at least one of the plurality of servers and available to subscribers accessing the content provider'"'"'s respective content; and provide, via the at least one of the plurality of servers, advertisement content respectively associated with the content provider'"'"'s respective content to be included with the respective content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for content providers to distribute content, the method comprising:
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providing, on a communication service provider network, a plurality of servers in communication with external networks including the Internet to be accessible to subscribers of a communication service provider without accessing the external networks including the Internet; storing, on the plurality of servers, content from the content providers in the plurality of servers; establishing, through the plurality of servers, digital rights management (DRM) for content from the content providers, each content provider setting DRM respectively for their respective content; establishing, through the plurality of servers, a guaranteed quality of service (QoS) to the subscribers when downloading the content, each content provider setting a guaranteed QoS respectively for their respective content; providing, via the plurality of servers, for each content provider, a respective codec to encode and decode the respective content of the content provider, each respective codec stored on the plurality of servers and available to subscribers accessing the content provider'"'"'s respective content; and providing, via the plurality of servers, advertisement content respectively associated with the content providers'"'"' respective content to be included with the respective content; and communicating the content from the plurality of servers to the subscribers utilizing the DRM and the guaranteed QoS. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A server, operated by a communication service provider, for distributing content, comprising:
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a processor for executing a set of instructions; and a memory for storing the set of instructions wherein the set of instructions is executed to; enable communication with external networks, including the Internet, to be accessible to subscribers of the communication service provider without accessing the external networks including the Internet; store content from content providers; establish digital rights management (DRM) respectively associated with the content of each content provider, wherein each content provider sets the DRM respectively for their respective content; establish guaranteed quality of service (QoS) respectively associated with the content to the subscribers when downloading the content, wherein each content provider sets the guaranteed QOS respectively for their respective content; provide, for each content provider, a respective codec associated with the respective content of the content provider, to encode and decode the respective content of the content provider, wherein each codec is stored on the server and available to subscribers accessing the respective content of the respective content provider; provide advertisement content respectively associated with the content of the respective content provider, the advertisement content to be included with the content of the respective content provider; and communicate the content from the server to the subscribers utilizing the DRM and the guaranteed QoS. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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