Content Linking Without Hosting via Protocol and Content IDs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content linking technologies require the posting operator to host the referenced content, which can be problematic when they lack the necessary hosting capabilities or licensing authorizations.
Innovation Solution
A content linking system that enables linking without requiring the server or entity to host the linked-to content, using protocol IDs and content IDs to facilitate execution of applications without hosting, allowing control over how the content is executed and distributed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If HTTP URL is used to link content, then content can be downloaded and accessed, but the posting operator must host the referenced content which requires hosting capabilities and licensing authorizations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a content identification system that acts as an intermediary between the posting operator and the content. Instead of directly linking to hosted content via HTTP URLs, the system uses content IDs that resolve to content through an intermediary service. This intermediary handles the content delivery and licensing verification, freeing the posting operator from hosting requirements while maintaining content accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the hosting function from the posting operator's system. By separating the content identification (posting operator's responsibility) from the content hosting and delivery (external service responsibility), the posting operator no longer needs to maintain hosting capabilities. The content is taken out from the posting operator's infrastructure and delivered through an external content delivery network or service.
2Reliability
If posting operator hosts referenced content, then content accessibility is ensured, but licensing and authorization requirements increase operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The content identification system serves as an intermediary that handles licensing and authorization verification. The posting operator publishes content IDs without needing to manage licensing themselves. The intermediary service resolves these IDs and handles the complex licensing and authorization checks, ensuring content accessibility while removing licensing management burden from the posting operator.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service content linking where the posting operator simply publishes content IDs without needing to actively manage hosting or licensing. The intermediary service automatically handles content resolution, licensing verification, and delivery, allowing the posting operator to focus solely on content curation and linking while the system handles the complex compliance requirements automatically.
Data Source
AI summary
Linking, tying, referencing or otherwise utilizing characters, images, alphanumerical values, codes and other metadata to link content, media, information, data and other electronically transmittable matter to an application, program, process or other logically executing construct is contemplated. Such content linking may include but is not necessarily limited to enabling content linking without requiring a server or other entity posting a corresponding link to host the linked-to content.