# US 2014/0195376 A1 · Systems and methods for selling content over a network

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- Number: US 2014/0195376 A1
- Document ID: US20140195376A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/161,475
- Filed: 2014-01-22
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2004-04-26
- Assignees: Intel Corporation
- Inventors: Thomas Nemetz; Andreas Riegler; Andreas Spechtler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195376A1

## CPC

- G06Q 20/10: specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
- G06Q 20/145: {Payments according to the detected use or quantity}
- G06F 21/10: Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material (protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16) {; Digital rights management [DRM]}
- G06F 21/6254: {by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification}
- G06Q 20/14: specially adapted for billing systems
- G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
- G06Q 30/0613: {using intermediate agents}
- G06Q 30/0615: {Anonymizing}
- G06Q 30/0617: {Representative agent}
- G06Q 30/0603: {Catalogue creation or management}
- G06Q 30/0633: {Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087)}
- H04L 65/60: Network streaming of media packets
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

A content service for providing content to a consumer device, comprising:
a server infrastructure to couple to a content access client over a network implemented by a network operator, the network comprising infrastructure to provide a service to a plurality of consumer devices, the server infrastructure to interface with a content provider having a collection of content, the server infrastructure configured to:
receive, via the network, content selection information indicating selected content from the collection of content of the content provider, wherein the content selection information is received from the content access client on a consumer device;
retrieve the selected content from the content provider, according to the received content selection information;
supply the selected content to the network for transmission to the consumer device, without the content provider directly charging a consumer-user of the consumer device;
receive payment from the network operator for content transmitted to the consumer device; and
send a portion of the received payment to the content provider.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, further configured to:
generate, by the server infrastructure, a content playlist comprising recommended content items for the consumer-user of the consumer device; and
supply the content playlist to the network for transmission to the consumer device,
wherein the received content selection information comprises a selection of content from the content playlist.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The content service of claim 3, further configured to:
tailor the content playlist to the consumer-user based on a profile of the consumer-user, wherein the profile is managed by the content service based on like/dislike indications of the consumer-user for particular content items in the content playlist, the like/dislike indications received, via the network, from the content access client.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein content is provided to the consumer device in a streaming and/or download mode.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the content of the content provider comprises audio content.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the content of the content provider comprises audiovisual content.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the content of the content provider comprises news articles.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the service provided to the plurality of consumer devices by the network operator comprises at least one of telephone service, internet service, and broadcast service.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the network comprises a mobile telephone network.

### Claim 11 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the content selection information comprises a consumer selection from one of a plurality of playlists.

### Claim 12 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the portion of the received payment sent to the content provider comprises a royalty to the content provider for the selected content transmitted to the consumer device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 2)

The content service of claim 2, wherein the server infrastructure comprises one or more servers configured to couple to the network and to interface with the content provider.

### Claim 14

A system for providing content, comprising:
a content provider comprising a collection of electronic content for distribution to consumers;
a content service interfacing with the content provider to retrieve selections of content from the collection of electronic content and to supply the selections of content to a communication network managed by a network operator providing a service to a plurality of consumer devices, the content service configured to:
receive, via the network, content selection information indicating selected content from the collection of electronic content of the content provider, wherein the content selection information is received from a content access client of a consumer device;
retrieve the selected content from the content provider, according to the received content selection information;
supply the selected content to the network for transmission to the consumer device, without the content provider directly charging a consumer-user of the consumer device;
receive payment from the network operator for content transmitted to the consumer device; and
send a portion of the received payment to the content provider.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, further configured to:
generate, by the content service, a content playlist comprising recommended content items for a consumer-user of the consumer device; and
supply the content playlist to the network for transmission to the consumer device,
wherein the received content selection information comprises a selection of content from the content playlist.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, further configured to:
tailor the content playlist to the consumer-user based on a profile of the consumer-user, wherein the profile is managed by the content service based on like/dislike indications of the consumer-user for particular content items in the content playlist, the like/dislike indications received, via the network, from the content access client.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the selected content is provided in a streaming and/or download mode.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the content of the content provider comprises audio content.

### Claim 19 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the content of the content provider comprises audiovisual content.

### Claim 20 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the content of the content provider comprises news articles.

### Claim 21 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the content selection information comprises a consumer selection from one of a plurality of playlists.

### Claim 22 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the content service comprises one or more servers configured to couple to the network and to interface with the content provider.

### Claim 23

A system for providing content, comprising:
a network managed by a network operator and comprising infrastructure to provide a service to a plurality of consumer devices;
a content service coupled to the network, the content service to supply, to the network, content of one or more content providers, the content service configured to:
receive, via the network, content selection information indicating selected content from a collection of content of a content provider, wherein the content selection information is received from a content access client of a consumer device;
retrieve the selected content from the content provider, according to the received content selection information;
supply the selected content to the network for transmission to the consumer device, without the content provider directly charging a consumer-user of the consumer device;
receive payment from the network operator for content transmitted to the consumer device; and
send a portion of the received payment to the content provider.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The system of claim 23, wherein the service provided to the plurality of consumer devices by the network operator comprises at least one of telephone service, internet service, and broadcast service.

### Claim 25 (depends on 23)

The system of claim 23, wherein the network managed by the network operator is a mobile telephone network, the network operator is a mobile telephone carrier, and the service provided to the plurality of consumer devices by the network operator is mobile telephone service.

### Claim 26

A method performed by a content service for generating revenue from content supplied by a content provider to a consumer device, comprising:
using one or more computers to perform the steps of:
connecting the content service to a network of a network operator, the content service configured to enable consumer access, over the network, to content available from a plurality of content providers;
providing, to a consumer device connected to the network, a content access client configured to receive a selection of content available from at least one of the plurality of content providers and configured to enable the network operator to charge the consumer for access to the content;
receiving a selection by a consumer of selected content available from a given content provider of the plurality of content providers via the consumer device;
providing the network with the selected content to supply to the consumer device, without the given content provider or the content service directly charging the consumer;
receiving payment from the network operator for the content supplied to the consumer device; and
sending a portion of payments received from the network operator to the given content provider.

### Claim 27 (depends on 26)

The method according to claim 26, further comprising:
generating, using the content service, a content playlist comprising recommended content items for a consumer; and
supplying the content playlist to the network for transmission to the consumer device,
wherein the selection by the consumer of selected content comprises a selection of content from the content playlist.

### Claim 28 (depends on 26)

The method of claim 26, further comprising:
tailoring the content playlist to the consumer based on a profile of the consumer, the profile being managed by the content service based on like/dislike indications by the consumer for particular content items in the content playlist.

### Claim 29 (depends on 26)

The method of claim 26, wherein the network managed by the network operator is a mobile telephone network.