Receiving content in accordance with a particular level of access associated with a particular amount of content access latency

A system, comprising:

• a bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content;
• a bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content;
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• a content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• one or more instructions for acquiring a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content;
• one or more instructions for relaying a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content;
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• one or more instructions for obtaining the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid.

A system, comprising:

• a bidding tag acquiring module configured to acquire a bidding tag for a content that is to be offered for consumption at different levels of content access, each of the different levels of content access to be offered being associated with a different amount of content access latency and different amount of associated fee, and the bidding tag to be acquired at least identifying a content type to be offered for consumption and designed for eliciting one or more bids for the content;
• a bid relaying module configured to relay a bid that requests access to the content at a particular level of access, the relaying of the bid being in response, at least in part, to acquiring the bidding tag, the particular level of access being for accessing the content with a particular amount of content access latency and for a particular amount of associated fee, the particular level of access having been selected from the different levels of access for accessing the content;
• a content obtaining module configured to obtain the content in accordance with the particular level of access as requested through the bid;
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• a user interface for presenting the content.