Content provisioning method and system
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications public limited company
InventorsJeffery Farr, Ben Strulo
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Abstract
Content items or data defining access to content items for provision to one or more users is respectively maintained. Respective content access data for those users from which content items or data defining access to content items are received is changed and a sub-set of the content items or data defining access to content items is provided to a user, the members of the sub-set being determined in dependence on the content access data of the user. Each content item or set of data defining access to a content item has a property having a value, and the content access data includes a content access value relating to the property, wherein the sub-set of the content items or data defining access to content items is determined in dependence on the respective values.
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A content item provisioning method, comprising the steps:
- storing content items or data defining access to content items for provision to users;
- maintaining, for one or more users, respective content access data usable to determine which content items or data defining access to content items may be provided to respective users;
- receiving content items or data defining access to content items from users for provision to users;
- changing the respective content access data for those users from which content items or data defining access to content items are received;
- and
- providing a sub-set of the content items or data defining access to content items to a user, the members of the sub-set being determined in dependence on the content access data of the user,
- wherein each content item or set of data defining access to a content item has a property having a value, and the content access data comprises a content access value relating to the property, wherein the sub-set of the content items or data defining access to content items is determined in dependence on the respective values.
A content item provisioning system, comprising:
- content storage arranged in use to store content items or data defining access to content items for provision to users;
- data storage arranged in use to store, for one or more users, respective content access data usable to determine which content items or data defining access to content items may be provided to respective users;
- first receiving means for receiving content items or data defining access to content items from users for provision to users;
- a data processor arranged in use:
- i) to change the respective content access data for those users from which content items or data defining access to content items are received;
- and
- ii) determine a sub-set of the content items or data defining access to content in dependence on the content access data of a user;
- and
- means for providing the determined sub-set to the user,
- wherein each content item or set of data defining access to a content item has a property having a value, and the content access data comprises a content access value relating to the property, wherein the sub-set of the content items or data defining access to content items is determined in dependence on the respective values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.