Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • 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
  • G06Q30/00—Commerce
  • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Definitions

• 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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