System for providing policy based content service in a mobile network
First Claim
1. A policy-based content delivery system comprising:
- a mobile device selecting and receiving video content directly from a content source; and
the content source providing video content selected by the mobile device directly to the mobile device, the content source further reformatting content selected by the mobile device prior to providing the selected content to the mobile device;
wherein the content source provides a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection, the content source further provides the content in accordance with a service provider policy,wherein video content selected and received by the mobile device bypasses and is not sent through a policy-based content server, andwherein the service provider policy is based on a bandwidth allocation and a screen size of the mobile device, and the video content is automatically reformatted by transcoding to a larger resolution than a resolution for the screen size in order to allow the video content to be zoomed at the mobile device and satisfy the bandwidth allocation.
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Abstract
A policy based content delivery system is provided. The system includes a mobile device configured to select and receive content and a content source configured to provide content selected by the mobile device to a content server. The content source is further configured to modify content selected by the mobile device prior to the content server providing the selected content to the mobile device. A content server is configured to discover content at a content source and provide a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection. The content server is further configured to instruct the content source to provide the content in accordance with a policy. The content server includes a policy enforcement engine configured to implement a policy.
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1. A policy-based content delivery system comprising:
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a mobile device selecting and receiving video content directly from a content source; and the content source providing video content selected by the mobile device directly to the mobile device, the content source further reformatting content selected by the mobile device prior to providing the selected content to the mobile device; wherein the content source provides a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection, the content source further provides the content in accordance with a service provider policy, wherein video content selected and received by the mobile device bypasses and is not sent through a policy-based content server, and wherein the service provider policy is based on a bandwidth allocation and a screen size of the mobile device, and the video content is automatically reformatted by transcoding to a larger resolution than a resolution for the screen size in order to allow the video content to be zoomed at the mobile device and satisfy the bandwidth allocation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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