Content delivery coordinator apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A system for managing the availability of information content to be supplied to at least one mobile platform operating within a predefined geographic coverage region, via a satellite communications link, the system comprising:
- a content management coordinator system for providing said information content to said mobile platform;
an interface operably associated with said content management coordinator system and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platform, and also with a user on said mobile platform via said satellite communications link;
said interface enabling said operator to define at least one of;
type of information content to be made available to said mobile platforms from said content management coordinator system; and
a time frame during which said information content is to be made available to said mobile platform from said content management coordinator system.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for managing and coordinating the delivery of information content in a manner that makes efficient use of the bandwidth of satellite based transponders being used to relay the information content to the mobile platforms. The apparatus makes use of a content management coordinator system having a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI interfaces with one or more mobile platform operators to allow each of the operators to define the criteria by which various types of information content to be supplied to the mobile platforms. The apparatus further includes a file spaced storage monitoring subsystem which allows the file storage space available on each mobile platform to be monitored, and files deleted therefrom if necessary, to ensure that newly requested information content can be stored by the mobile platform. Information content is coordinated and aggregated as needed to ensure that transponder bandwidth is used most effectively for delivering various types of information content to each mobile platform requesting the content within each coverage region being controlled by the apparatus.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for managing the availability of information content to be supplied to at least one mobile platform operating within a predefined geographic coverage region, via a satellite communications link, the system comprising:
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a content management coordinator system for providing said information content to said mobile platform;
an interface operably associated with said content management coordinator system and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platform, and also with a user on said mobile platform via said satellite communications link;
said interface enabling said operator to define at least one of;
type of information content to be made available to said mobile platforms from said content management coordinator system; and
a time frame during which said information content is to be made available to said mobile platform from said content management coordinator system. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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2. The system of claim one, further comprising a delivery apparatus for interfacing with said content management system and delivering said information content to said mobile platform in accordance with selections made by said operator.
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10. A system for managing the availability and supplying of information content to a plurality of one mobile platforms operating within a predefined geographic coverage region, via a satellite communications link, the system comprising:
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a content management coordinator system for providing said information content to said mobile platforms;
a graphical user interface operably associated with said content management coordinator system and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platforms, and also with a user on each of said mobile platforms via said satellite communications link; and
said graphical user interface enabling at least one of said operator and at least one of said users to select a specific type of information content to be supplied to said mobile platforms from said content management coordinator system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for managing the availability of information content to be supplied to at least one mobile platform operating within a predefined geographic coverage region, via a satellite communications link, the system comprising:
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a content management coordinator system for providing said information content to said mobile platform;
a graphical user interface operably associated with said content management coordinator system and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platform;
said graphical user interface providing said operator with selections for selecting at least one of the following;
a specific type of information content to be made available to said mobile platform from said content management coordinator system; and
a cost of providing said specific type of information content to said mobile platform for a given time of day. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for managing a supply of information content to a mobile platform operating within a predefined geographic coverage region, via a satellite communications link, the method comprising:
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providing a terrestrial based subsystem having access to a plurality of types of information content;
using a graphical user interface operably associated with said subsystem, and accessible via a wide area network connection with an operator of said mobile platform, to enable said operator to select at least one specific type of said information content to be made available to said mobile platform upon request by said mobile platform to said terrestrial based subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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