Subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across networks
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael E. ALEXANDER, Sri Ramanathan, Frank A. Schaffa, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to facilitate subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across same or different networks. The method includes receiving preferences from a sending client and a receiving client and receiving content of a first media type over a network. The method further includes sending the content or a reference to the content to the receiving client in a preferred media type and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client. The method also includes notifying at least the receiving client that the content is to be received by the preferred device.
Claims12
A computer readable storage medium for managing subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across networks, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
- first program instructions to receive preferences from a sending client and a receiving client;
- second program instructions to receive content of a first media type over a network;
- third program instructions to send the content in a preferred media type or a reference to the content to the receiving client and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client;
- fourth program instructions to notify at least the receiving client that the content is to be received by the preferred device;
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- fifth program instructions to notify, by an agent, the sending client that the receiving client has at least one of received a notification of the content and received the content, wherein:
- the preferences include at least a media size limit, and
- the first, second, third, fourth and fifth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.
A computer readable storage medium for managing subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across networks, the computer readable storage medium operable to:
- parse, using a computer infrastructure, preferences of a sending client and a receiving client in order to send content in a preferred media type or a reference to the content to the receiving client and to a preferred device;
- and
- notify at least the receiving client that the content is to be received by the preferred device,
- wherein the preferences include at least a list of desired notification types to inform the sending client of receipt of the content, and a media size limit.
A method comprising:
- receive preferences from a sending client and a receiving client;
- receive content of a first media type over a network;
- send the content in a preferred media type or a reference to the content to the receiving client and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client;
- and
- notify at least the receiving client that the content is to be received by the preferred device;
- and
- notify the sending client that the receiving client has at least one of received a notification of the content and received the content,
- wherein the preferences include at least a media size limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.