WO2008004016A2 - Content management system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the technical field of mobile content management.
- the invention relates to a computer-implemented method for managing mobile content on a content management server operatively connected to a communication network.
- the invention also relates to a computer program product which causes a content management server to performing the method, a content management server configured to perform the method, and a mobile content management system.
- Such mobile content includes, e.g., ring tones, graphic images, movies, games and other terminal applications.
- FIG. 1 is an exemplary block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a system in accordance with the invention.
- Fig. 2 is an exemplary flow chart illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a method in accordance with the invention.
- Fig. 1 is an exemplary block diagram illustrating a system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- the system comprises a server 100 and clients 200, 300, 500 which are operatively interconnected by means of the communication network schematically illustrated at 700.
- the communication network 700 is arranged for providing data communication between an arbitrary number of server computers, client computers and mobile terminals, typically over a large geographical area, e.g. globally.
- the network 700 may typically comprise both the Internet and a number of wireless communication subnetworks.
- a wireless subnetwork included in the total network 700 may e.g., be a mobile communication network such as a GSM network, or alternatively a GPRS, UMTS/3G, CDMA, or PCS network, or alternatively a local wireless network such as a WLAN.
- the network 700 should be understood as comprising the necessary gateways in order to provide intercommunication between the Internet and the wireless subnetworks.
- a mobile terminal 500 is operated by an end user 600.
- the mobile terminal 500 is a mobile communication terminal, such as a mobile telephone, a PDA, or a palmtop computer, operatively connected to the content management server 100 via the communication network 700.
- mobile terminal 500 may be operating in various wireless subnetworks of different or equal types, and they may be associated with the same or various telecommunication operators.
- a client computer 200 is operated by a content rights owner, i.e. a user that is authorised to offer mobile content data for sale to other parties, in particular to clients operatively connected to the network 700.
- the client computer comprises a web browser in order to interchange information with the content management server 100 and other servers and/or client computers that are operatively connected to the network 700.
- a client computer 300 is operated by a content reseller, i.e. a user that is enabled by the system to purchase content from a content rights owner and offer the content for sale to a end-user, such as the end-user 600 operating the mobile terminal 500.
- a content reseller i.e. a user that is enabled by the system to purchase content from a content rights owner and offer the content for sale to a end-user, such as the end-user 600 operating the mobile terminal 500.
- one and the same client computer included in the system may be associated with both a content rights owner and a content reseller at the same time, or alternatively, the client computer may be associated with a content rights owner at certain times and with a content reseller at other times.
- the content management server 100 is arranged to receive mobile content data from a client computer such as the client computer associated with the content rights owner 200.
- Fig. 2 is an exemplary flow chart illustrating a method in accordance with the invention.
- the illustrated method is a computer-implemented process that may be executed by the content management server 100 illustrated in fig. 1.
- the method starts at the initiating step 800.
- the content management server 100 receives mobile content data from the content rights owner at the first client computer 200.
- the content data is received through the network 700.
- the content is then stored in a database 110 at the server 100.
- the mobile content is associated with a content type.
- the content type may be selected from the group consisting of: ring tones, graphic images, video clips, application games and audio data.
- other mobile content types should also be used with the invention.
- step 820 the content management server 100 receives price data from the content rights owner at the first client computer.
- the price data is received through the network 700.
- the price data indicating a price demand associated with said content data.
- the price data is then stored in the database 110 at the server 100.
- the content management server 100 makes information about the contents available to client computers on the network. More specifically, the content management server 100 makes information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers operatively connected to the network, such as the second client computer 300 at the content reseller.
- the step 830 of making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers includes to provide the client computer with a search tool that allows the content reseller to select content of interest by searching in the database 110, which includes available content and associated price data.
- the search tool may include an option of selecting content type.
- the search tool may include an option of automatically selecting content that will be profitable to the reseller. This selection is calculated based on an end-user price input by the content- reseller at the second client computer 300.
- the step 830 of making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers includes presenting textual data or previewing data that represents the content.
- the selection of these two forms of presenting and previewing may be performed by the content management server 100 in dependency of the content type.
- step 840 a reselling request is received from the content reseller at the second client computer 300.
- the request is received through the network 700.
- the reselling request may include end-user price data indicating the end- user price demanded by the reseller.
- the content management server 100 transmits a 'reselling accept' to the content reseller at the second client computer 300.
- the accept is transmitted through the network 700.
- the method further comprises the further steps performed by the content management server 100:
- the end-user price has been set by the content reseller during the previous process steps, in particular as a part of step 840 above.
- the method comprises the additional step of conducting billing transactions between the content rights owner at the first client computer 200, the content reseller at the second client computer 300 and the end-user at the mobile terminal 500.
- the method consistent with the invention may be embodied as a computer program product.
- the computer program product may be tangibly embodied on either a computer-readable medium, such as in a memory, or on a magnetic or optical storage device such as a hard disk drive or an optical disk.
- the computer program product may be embodied on a propagated signal, i.e. a communication signal which may be transferred between computers or network devices in a communication network, such as the Internet.
- the computer program product comprises computer instructions which cause the content management server to perform the method according to the invention, exemplified in fig. 2 and the above corresponding description, when the instructions are executed by a processing device in the content management server.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a server/client based content management system for managing mobile content, such as ringtones, applications, images, video and audio. The system includes a brokering service which allows clients to perform as content resellers, i.e. content providers for content which has originally been provided by content rights owners. The system also generates bills and invoices and manages royalty collection between the content data owner and clients of the system. To this end, the system comprises a communication network, a content management server operatively connected to the network, a first client computer operatively connected to the network, a second client computer operatively connected to the network, and a mobile terminal operatively connected to the network. The content management server is configured for receiving content data and price data indicating a price demand associated with the content data from a content rights owner at the first client computer. The server is further configured for making information about the content and the associated price data available to clients on the network, including a content reseller at the second client computer. The server is further configured for receiving a reselling request from the content reseller at the second client computer, and for transmitting a reselling accept to the content reseller at the second client computer.
Description
Field of the invention
The present invention relates to the technical field of mobile content management. In particular the invention relates to a computer-implemented method for managing mobile content on a content management server operatively connected to a communication network. The invention also relates to a computer program product which causes a content management server to performing the method, a content management server configured to perform the method, and a mobile content management system.
Background of the invention The emerging use of mobile communication has led to an increasing demand and an increasing offering of mobile content. Such mobile content includes, e.g., ring tones, graphic images, movies, games and other terminal applications.
Current content management systems enable content right owners to sell their content to end-user clients.
However, there is a need for a system which makes it possible for content right owners to provide their content without necessarily attending to the actual sale to end-users, i.e. mobile terminal users.
Also, there is a need for a system which makes it possible for a content provider which is not a content rights owner to act as a content reseller, thus reselling content to the end-users.
There is also a need for such a system which ensures further supporting functionality such as billing, invoicing and royalty collection between the parties involved in the system. Summary of the invention
The invention is defined by the appended claims.
Additional features and principles of the present invention will be recognized from the detailed description below.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.
Brief description of the drawings
The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention. In the drawings: Fig. 1 is an exemplary block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a system in accordance with the invention; and
Fig. 2 is an exemplary flow chart illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a method in accordance with the invention.
Detailed description of the invention Reference will now be made in detail to the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
Fig. 1 is an exemplary block diagram illustrating a system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
The system comprises a server 100 and clients 200, 300, 500 which are operatively interconnected by means of the communication network schematically illustrated at 700.
The communication network 700 is arranged for providing data communication between an arbitrary number of server computers, client computers and mobile terminals, typically over a large geographical area, e.g. globally. Thus, the network 700 may typically comprise both the Internet and a number of wireless communication subnetworks. A wireless subnetwork included in the total network 700 may e.g., be a mobile communication network such as a GSM network, or alternatively a GPRS, UMTS/3G, CDMA, or PCS network, or alternatively a local wireless network such as a WLAN. The network 700 should be understood as comprising the necessary gateways in order to provide intercommunication between the Internet and the wireless subnetworks. A mobile terminal 500 is operated by an end user 600. The mobile terminal 500 is a mobile communication terminal, such as a mobile telephone, a PDA, or a palmtop computer, operatively connected to the content management server 100 via the communication network 700.
It should be appreciated that although only one mobile terminal 500 is shown for simplicity, a large number of mobile terminals may be operating in the system according to the invention. The mobile terminals may be operating in
various wireless subnetworks of different or equal types, and they may be associated with the same or various telecommunication operators.
A client computer 200 is operated by a content rights owner, i.e. a user that is authorised to offer mobile content data for sale to other parties, in particular to clients operatively connected to the network 700. The client computer comprises a web browser in order to interchange information with the content management server 100 and other servers and/or client computers that are operatively connected to the network 700.
It should be appreciated that although only one client computer 200 associated with a content rights owner is shown for simplicity, a large number of such client computers associated with content rights owners may be operating in the system according to the invention.
A client computer 300 is operated by a content reseller, i.e. a user that is enabled by the system to purchase content from a content rights owner and offer the content for sale to a end-user, such as the end-user 600 operating the mobile terminal 500.
It should be appreciated that although only one client computer 300 associated with a content reseller is shown for simplicity, a large number of such client computers associated with resellers may be operating in the system according to the invention.
Also, it should be understood that one and the same client computer included in the system may be associated with both a content rights owner and a content reseller at the same time, or alternatively, the client computer may be associated with a content rights owner at certain times and with a content reseller at other times.
The content management server 100 is arranged to receive mobile content data from a client computer such as the client computer associated with the content rights owner 200.
Fig. 2 is an exemplary flow chart illustrating a method in accordance with the invention.
The illustrated method is a computer-implemented process that may be executed by the content management server 100 illustrated in fig. 1.
The method starts at the initiating step 800.
First, in step 810, the content management server 100 receives mobile content data from the content rights owner at the first client computer 200.
The content data is received through the network 700. The content is then stored in a database 110 at the server 100.
The mobile content is associated with a content type. Consistent with the invention, the content type may be selected from the group consisting of: ring tones, graphic images, video clips, application games and audio data. However, other mobile content types should also be used with the invention.
Next, in step 820, the content management server 100 receives price data from the content rights owner at the first client computer. The price data is received through the network 700. The price data indicating a price demand associated with said content data. The price data is then stored in the database 110 at the server 100.
Next, in step 830, the content management server 100 makes information about the contents available to client computers on the network. More specifically, the content management server 100 makes information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers operatively connected to the network, such as the second client computer 300 at the content reseller.
In an embodiment, the step 830 of making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers includes to provide the client computer with a search tool that allows the content reseller to select content of interest by searching in the database 110, which includes available content and associated price data.
The search tool may include an option of selecting content type. Alternatively or in addition, the search tool may include an option of automatically selecting content that will be profitable to the reseller. This selection is calculated based on an end-user price input by the content- reseller at the second client computer 300.
In an embodiment, the step 830 of making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers includes presenting textual data or previewing data that represents the content. The selection of these two forms of presenting and previewing may be performed by the content management server 100 in dependency of the content type.
Next, in step 840, a reselling request is received from the content reseller at the second client computer 300. The request is received through the network 700.
The reselling request may include end-user price data indicating the end- user price demanded by the reseller.
Next, in step 850, the content management server 100 transmits a 'reselling accept' to the content reseller at the second client computer 300. The accept is transmitted through the network 700.
In an embodiment the method further comprises the further steps performed by the content management server 100:
- receiving, through the network 700, a content order fromihe end-user ■ 600 at the mobile terminal 500;
- delivering the content specified by the content order from the end-user 600 at the mobile terminal 500, and - charging the end-user 600 at the mobile terminal 500 an amount corresponding to a end-user price.
Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, the end-user price has been set by the content reseller during the previous process steps, in particular as a part of step 840 above. In an embodiment, the method comprises the additional step of conducting billing transactions between the content rights owner at the first client computer 200, the content reseller at the second client computer 300 and the end-user at the mobile terminal 500.
The method consistent with the invention may be embodied as a computer program product. The computer program product may be tangibly embodied on either a computer-readable medium, such as in a memory, or on a magnetic or optical storage device such as a hard disk drive or an optical disk. Alternatively, the computer program product may be embodied on a propagated signal, i.e. a communication signal which may be transferred between computers or network devices in a communication network, such as the Internet. The computer program product comprises computer instructions which cause the content management server to perform the method according to the invention, exemplified in fig. 2 and the above corresponding description, when the instructions are executed by a processing device in the content management server.
Several modifications and adaptations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention.
The above detailed description of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration. It is not exhaustive and does not limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from the use of the invention.
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1. Computer-implemented method for managing mobile content on a content management server operatively connected to a communication network, the method comprising: - receiving, through the network, content data from a content rights owner at a first client computer;
- receiving, through the network, price data from the content rights owner at the first client computer, the price data indicating a price demand associated with said content data; - making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers operatively connected to the network,
- receiving, through the network, a reselling request from a content reseller at a second client computer,
- transmitting, through the network, a reselling accept to the content reseller at the second client computer.
- billing, invoicing and royalty collection relating to the content data, between the content rights owner and clients of the system.
2. Method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said mobile content has a content type selected from the group consisting of: ring tones, graphic images, video clips, application games and audio data.
3. Method in accordance with one of the claims 1-2, wherein the step of making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers includes providing a search tool that allows the content reseller to select content of interest by searching in a database of available content and associated price data.
4. Method in accordance with claim 3, wherein the search tool includes the selection of content type.
5. Method in accordance with claim 3 or 4, wherein the search tool includes an automatic selection of content that will be profitable to the reseller, based on an input end-user price.
6. Method in accordance with one of the claims 1-5, wherein the step of making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers includes presenting textual data or preview data representing the content, selected in dependency of the content type.
7. Method in accordance with one of the claims 1-6, wherein the step of receiving a reselling request comprises receiving end- user price data indicating the end-user price demanded by the reseller.
8. Method in accordance with one of the claims 1-8, further comprising - receiving, through the network, a content order from a end-user at a mobile terminal;
- delivering the content specified by the content order from the end-user at the mobile terminal, and
- charging the end-user at the mobile terminal an amount corresponding to a end-user price.
9. Method in accordance with one of the claims 1-8, further comprising conducting billing transactions between the content rights owner at the first client computer, the content reseller at the second client computer and the end-user at the mobile terminal.
10. Computer program product, tangibly embodied on a computer- readable medium or on a propagated signal, comprising computer instructions which cause a content management server for performing the method as indicated in one of the claims 1-9 when the instructions are executed by a processing device in the content management server.
11. Content management server for managing mobile content, the server being operatively connected to a communication network and configured for
- receiving, through the network, content data from a content rights owner at a first client computer;
- receiving, through the network, price data from the content rights owner at the first client computer, the price data indicating a price demand associated with said content data;
- making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers operatively connected to the network,
- receiving, through the network, a reselling request from a content reseller at a second client computer,
- transmitting, through the network, a reselling accept to the content reseller at the second client computer.
12. Content management server in accordance with claim 11 , wherein said mobile content has a content type selected from the group consisting of: ringtones, graphic images, video clips, application games and audio data.
13. Content management server in accordance with one of the claims 11- 12, the server being configured for making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers by providing a search tool that allows the content reseller to select content of interest by searching in a database of available content and associated price data.
14. Content management server in accordance with claim 13, wherein the search tool includes the selection of content type.
15. Content management server in accordance with claim 13 or 14, wherein the search tool includes an automatic selection of content that will be profitable to the reseller, based on an input end-user price.
16. Content management server in accordance with one of the claims 11 - 15, further being configured for making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers by presenting textual data or preview data representing the content, selected in dependency of the content type.
17. Content management server in accordance with one of the claims 11- 16,wherein the step of receiving a reselling request comprises receiving end- user price data indicating the end-user price demanded by the reseller.
18. Content management server in accordance with one of the claims 11 - 18, further being configured for
- receiving, through the network, a content order from a end-user at a mobile terminal;
- delivering the content specified by the content order from the end-user at the mobile terminal, and - charging the end-user at the mobile terminal an amount corresponding to a end-user price.
19. Content management server in accordance with one of the claims 1-8, further being configured for
- conducting billing transactions between the content rights owner at the first client computer, the content reseller at the second client computer and the end-user at the mobile terminal.
20. Content management system for managing mobile content, comprising
- a communication network; - a content management server operatively connected to the network;
- a first client computer operatively connected to the network;
- a second client computer operatively connected to the network; and - a mobile terminal operatively connected to the network; wherein the content management server is configured for
- receiving, through the network, content data from a content rights owner at the first client computer; - receiving, through the network, price data from the content rights owner at the first client computer, the price data indicating a price demand associated with said content data;
- making information about the content and the associated price data available to client computers operatively connected to the network, - receiving, through the network, a reselling request from a content reseller at the second client computer,
- transmitting, through the network, a reselling accept to the content reseller at the second client computer.
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