TOKEN-BASED CONTENT SUBSCRIPTION

• US 20070277233A1
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Thorson, Derral C., Jaramillo, David, Redman, Jesse W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,286,229 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for token-based content subscription. Embodiments include receiving a request for content subscription; receiving from a user a subscription token; and delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token.

Claims

1. A method for token-based content subscription, the method comprising:

receiving a request for content subscription;

receiving from a user a subscription token; and

delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

establishing a user account; and

issuing to a user a subscription token associated with the user account.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein establishing a user account further comprises:

receiving user security information; and

receiving content delivery information for a user.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein issuing to a user a subscription token associated with the user account further comprises embedding within the subscription token content delivery information

5. The method of claim 1 wherein delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token further comprises:

presenting the subscription token to the issuer;

receiving in response to presenting the subscription token the content delivery information; and

delivering content to a device in accordance with the content delivery information.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token further comprises:

extracting from the token content delivery information; and

delivering content to a device in accordance with the content delivery information.

7. A system for token-based 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 a request for content subscription;

receiving from a user a subscription token; and

delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token.

8. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

another computer processor;

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

establishing a user account; and

issuing to a user a subscription token associated with the user account.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein computer program instructions capable of establishing a user account further comprise computer program instructions capable of:

receiving user security information; and

receiving content delivery information for a user.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein computer program instructions capable of issuing to a user a subscription token associated with the user account further comprise computer program instructions capable of embedding within the subscription token content delivery information

11. The system of claim 7 wherein computer program instructions capable of delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token further comprise computer program instructions capable of:

presenting the subscription token to the issuer;

receiving in response to presenting the subscription token the content delivery information; and

delivering content to a device in accordance with the content delivery information.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein computer program instructions capable of delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token further comprise computer program instructions capable of:

extracting from the token content delivery information; and

delivering content to a device in accordance with the content delivery information.

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

computer program instructions for receiving a request for content subscription;

computer program instructions for receiving from a user a subscription token; and

computer program instructions for delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

computer program instructions for establishing a user account; and

computer program instructions for issuing to a user a subscription token associated with the user account.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein computer program instructions for establishing a user account further comprise:

computer program instructions for receiving user security information; and

computer program instructions for receiving content delivery information for a user.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein computer program instructions for issuing to a user a subscription token associated with the user account further comprise computer program instructions for embedding within the subscription token content delivery information

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token further comprise:

computer program instructions for presenting the subscription token to the issuer;

computer program instructions for receiving in response to presenting the subscription token the content delivery information; and

computer program instructions for delivering content to a device in accordance with the content delivery information.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token further comprise:

computer program instructions for extracting from the token content delivery information; and

computer program instructions for delivering content to a device in accordance with the content delivery information.

19. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer-readable memory further comprises a recording medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer-readable memory further comprises a transmission medium.