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US 2011/0238481 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for digital distribution to a mobile handset
AssigneeMspot, Inc.
InventorDaren Tsui
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing digital content to a mobile handset is provided.
Claims20
A method for providing digital content in exchange for credits, comprising the steps of:
- providing one or more credits to a user of a mobile handset, wherein said credits will expire if not used within a predetermined time period;
- receiving a request from said mobile handset for digital content over a network;
- streaming said digital content to said mobile handset;
- and
- reducing the number of credits allocated to said user in a database when said digital content is streamed to said mobile handset.
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A system for providing digital content in exchange for credits, comprising:
- a database for providing one or more credits to a user of a mobile handset, wherein said credits will expire if not used within a predetermined time period;
- a server for receiving a request from said mobile handset over a network for digital content and for streaming said digital content to said mobile handset;
- said database configured to reduce the number of credits allocated to said user in a database.
A method for providing digital content in exchange for credits, comprising the steps of:
- adding one or more credits to a database record associated with a user of a mobile handset, wherein said one or more credits will expire if not used within a predetermined time period;
- receiving a request from said mobile handset for video content over a network;
- streaming said video content to said mobile handset;
- reducing the number of credits allocated to said user in said database when said video content is streamed to said mobile handset.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.