Systems and method for media transfer
AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorsRajeev SADANA, Carlos A. Cazanas, Victor Pagan
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Abstract
Components of a mobile traffic network and components in communication with the network cooperate to confirm whether a mobile station user or account owner has previously purchased media content for a particular mobile station. Media content that has already been purchased by a user can be downloaded by that user to a new mobile station after the initial mobile station is lost, damaged, or upgraded.
Claims22
A method of transferring previously purchased mobile station media content to a mobile station associated with a user's account, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection indicating previously purchased mobile station media content for a mobile station associated with the user's account;
- storing provisioning information with respect to the previously purchased mobile station media content to prepare the media content for transmission to a new mobile station associated with the user's account;
- determining whether the media content is currently user-accessible by the user;
- provisioning the media content to a download server for sending to the new mobile station;
- upon completion of the provisioning, transmitting a mobile messaging service message through the mobile communication network to the new mobile station regarding downloading the media content;
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- downloading the media content through the mobile communication network to the new mobile station.
A system for transferring at least one previously purchased mobile station media content to a mobile station associated with a user's account through a mobile communication network, comprising:
- a service creation manager device that stores information related to whether mobile station media content has been previously purchased for a user's mobile station;
- a zone provisioning network device that communicates with an application server to prepare mobile station media content for transmission to a mobile station;
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- a group provisioning manager network device in communication with the service creation manager and the zone provisioning network device, wherein the group provisioning manager network device is configured to perform functions comprising:
- receiving a user selection of previously purchased mobile station media content for a mobile station;
- storing provisioning information with respect to the previously purchased mobile station media content to prepare the media content for transmission to a new mobile station associated with a user's account;
- determining whether the media content is currently user-accessible by the user;
- provisioning the media content to an application download server for sending to the new mobile station;
- upon completion of the provisioning, transmitting a mobile messaging service message through the mobile communication network to the new mobile station for downloading the media content;
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- downloading the media content through the mobile communication network to the new mobile station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.