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US 11,538,008 B2Granted
Systems and method for selling content over a network
AssigneeTahoe Research, Ltd.
InventorsThomas Nemetz, Andreas Riegler, Andreas Spechtler
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Abstract
A method to generate revenue from supplied content is provided. Content is provided to a consumer via a network by providing a content service that allows the consumer to select and retrieve content as a package together with a clearing of the selectable content to an operator used by the consumer to select and retrieve the content via the network. Any content selected by the consumer is supplied directly to the consumer via the operator. The operator is charged for the supplied content.
Claims21
A server infrastructure of a content service provider, the server infrastructure comprising:
- storage;
- instructions;
- and
- at least one server to execute the instructions, the instructions to cause the at least one server to at least:
- implement first links to access a plurality of content providers to obtain a plurality of content from the plurality of content providers;
- cause particular content of the plurality of content to be supplied to a consumer device for access at the consumer device, the particular content to be supplied to the consumer device via a second link implemented by a network associated with a network operator, the particular content from a first one of the content providers, the first one of the content providers separate from the content service provider, the content service provider separate from the network operator, the particular content to be supplied responsive to a first selection at the consumer device;
- and
- generate a charge for the network operator to pay for at least one of (i) access to the particular content or (ii) a subscription to access the plurality of content including the particular content, the content service provider to obtain a payment from the network operator to pay for the charge, the content service provider to retain a first portion of the payment and to supply a second portion of the payment to the first one of the content providers, the first portion of the payment to be less than the second portion of the payment.
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A computer readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one server to at least:
- implement first links to access a plurality of content providers to obtain a plurality of content from the plurality of content providers;
- cause particular content of the plurality of content to be supplied from a content service provider to a consumer device for access at the consumer device, the particular content to be supplied to the consumer device via a second link implemented by a network associated with a network operator, the particular content from a first one of the content providers, the first one of the content providers separate from the content service provider, the content service provider separate from the network operator, the particular content to be supplied responsive to a first selection entered at the consumer device;
- and
- generate a charge for the network operator to pay for at least one of (i) access to the particular content or (ii) a subscription to access the plurality of content including the particular content, the content service provider to obtain a payment from the network operator to pay for the charge, the content service provider to retain a first portion of the payment and to supply a second portion of the payment to the first one of the content providers, the first portion of the payment to be less than the second portion of the payment.
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A method comprising:
- implementing first links to access a plurality of content providers to obtain a plurality of content from the plurality of content providers;
- causing, by executing an instruction with at least one server, particular content of the plurality of content to be supplied from a content service provider to a consumer device for access at the consumer device, the particular content to be supplied to the consumer device via a second link implemented by a network associated with a network operator, the particular content from a first one of the content providers, the first one of the content providers separate from the content service provider, the content service provider separate from the network operator, the particular content to be supplied responsive to a first selection entered at the consumer device;
- and
- generating, by executing an instruction with the at least one server, a charge for the network operator to pay for at least one of (i) access to the particular content or (ii) a subscription to access the plurality of content including the particular content, the content service provider to obtain a payment from the network operator to pay for the charge, the content service provider to retain a first portion of the payment and to supply a second portion of the payment to the first one of the content providers, the first portion of the payment to be less than the second portion of the payment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.