- Patent Title: Dynamic, subscriber driven charging models for media distribution
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Application No.: US11969536Application Date: 2008-01-04
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Publication No.: US09934519B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Michael E. Alexander , Sri Ramanathan , Frank A. Schaffa , Matthew B. Trevathan
- Applicant: Michael E. Alexander , Sri Ramanathan , Frank A. Schaffa , Matthew B. Trevathan
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C.
- Agent Christopher McLane; Andrew M. Calderon
- Main IPC: G06Q30/04
- IPC: G06Q30/04 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q40/00

Abstract:
A system and method is provided to implement charging models for subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across same or different networks. The method includes receiving content of a first media type over a network from a sending client. The method further includes sending the content or a reference to the content to a 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 generating a billing record based on the content and user preferences of a sending client and/or a receiving client.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090177536A1 DYNAMIC, SUBSCRIBER DRIVEN CHARGING MODELS FOR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION Public/Granted day:2009-07-09
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