Central Mobile Content Delivery System with Manifest-Based Subscription Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current content delivery systems for mobile devices lack an efficient and scalable method for distributing mobile content from content providers to users, particularly in managing subscriptions and delivering series of publications across multiple platforms.
Innovation Solution
A central mobile content delivery system and store system that allows content providers to author and publish content, define subscriptions, and deliver mobile content to devices based on subscription data, enabling automatic delivery of both previously and subsequently published content packages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a central distribution system is implemented to manage content delivery across multiple platforms, then content distribution efficiency and scalability are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: a central distribution server for content management, platform-specific delivery servers for content distribution, and client devices for content consumption. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently, improving distribution efficiency while managing system complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a manifest file as an intermediary data structure that bridges the central distribution server and platform-specific delivery servers. The manifest contains metadata about content packages, enabling automated content discovery and delivery without requiring complex real-time communication between system components, thus improving efficiency while controlling complexity.
2Ease of operation
If automatic content delivery is implemented for subscription-based content series, then user convenience and content access are improved, but subscription management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring subscription information and content package metadata in manifest files before content delivery. When a user subscribes, the system automatically retrieves and processes the manifest to identify all content packages in the series, eliminating the need for manual subscription management and improving user convenience while automating complex subscription handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically manages subscription fulfillment by reading manifest files, identifying content packages, and delivering them without human intervention. The manifest contains all necessary information for the system to autonomously handle subscription delivery, reducing management complexity while enhancing ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If content packages are delivered across multiple platforms, then content versatility and user access are improved, but delivery coordination complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal manifest file format that can represent content packages in a platform-agnostic manner. The same manifest structure works across different delivery servers and platforms, enabling content versatility without requiring separate coordination mechanisms for each platform. This universal approach simplifies delivery coordination while maintaining adaptability across multiple platforms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses parameter changes in the manifest file to adapt content delivery to different platforms. By modifying specific parameters within the universal manifest structure (such as delivery URLs, platform identifiers, or content format specifications), the system can deliver the same content packages across multiple platforms without increasing overall coordination complexity.
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AI summary
There are provided methods, systems, devices and computer program products for distributing mobile content, on behalf of mobile content providers, to mobile devices. A central mobile content delivery system and a central mobile content delivery store system are provided. Interfaces permit a mobile content provider to author and publish mobile content in association with subscription data. Content offers may be defined from such data and offered to mobile device user subscribers such as in a catalog system. Content is delivered on behalf of the content providers in accordance with the subscriptions concluded by the store system. Subscriptions may relate to single packages of mobile content or a plurality of packages (e.g. in a series of publications) such as previously or subsequently published mobile content. Subscriptions are provided to the central delivery system to assign and deliver mobile content to devices.