CONTENT SUBSCRIPTION

• US 20070276837A1
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Thorson, Derral C., Jaramillo, David, Redman, Jesse W.
• Application Number:
  US11/420,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276837A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for content subscription. Embodiments include receiving from a user device configuration information; receiving from a user one or more identifications of content providers for delivery to a device; and instructing the one or more content providers to deliver content to the device associated with the device configuration information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for content subscription, the method comprising:

receiving from a user device configuration information;

receiving from a user one or more identifications of content providers for delivery to a device; and

instructing the one or more content providers to deliver content to the device associated with the device configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving by a content provider the instruction to deliver content to the device; and

delivering content to the device in response to the instruction.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving from a user security information.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein receiving from a user security information further comprises:

receiving from a user a user ID;

receiving from a user password.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving from a user device configuration information further comprises:

receiving from a user a device ID identifying the target device for content delivery;

receiving from a user a network address for delivery of the content.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprises:

receiving from a user content presentation parameters; and

providing the content presentation parameters to the content subscription service.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprises maintaining a user account including user security information, user device configuration information, and user content presentation parameters.

8. A system for content subscription, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

receiving from a user device configuration information;

receiving from a user one or more identifications of content providers for delivery to a device; and

instructing the one or more content providers to deliver content to the device associated with the device configuration information.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of receiving from a user security information.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein computer program instructions capable of receiving from a user device configuration information further comprise computer program instructions capable of:

receiving from a user a device ID identifying the target device for content delivery;

receiving from a user a network address for delivery of the content.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

receiving from a user content presentation parameters; and

providing the content presentation parameters to the content subscription service.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions maintaining a user account including user security information, user device configuration information, and user content presentation parameters.

10. The system of claim 10 wherein computer program instructions capable of receiving from a user security information further comprise computer program instructions capable of:

receiving from a user a user ID;

receiving from a user password.

14. A computer program product for content subscription, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving from a user device configuration information;

computer program instructions for receiving from a user one or more identifications of content providers for delivery to a device; and

computer program instructions for instructing the one or more content providers to deliver content to the device associated with the device configuration information.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising computer program instructions for receiving from a user security information.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein computer program instructions for receiving from a user device configuration information further comprises:

computer program instructions for receiving from a user a device ID identifying the target device for content delivery;

computer program instructions for receiving from a user a network address for delivery of the content.

17. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprises:

computer program instructions for receiving from a user content presentation parameters; and

computer program instructions for providing the content presentation parameters to the content subscription service.

18. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprises computer program instructions for maintaining a user account including user security information, user device configuration information, and user content presentation parameters.

19. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the computer-readable memory further comprises a recording medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the computer-readable memory further comprises a transmission medium.