Online Donation Payment Button for Media Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
The conventional streaming content download payment model is flawed as consumers must pay before accessing content, leading to uncertainty about its value, resulting in underutilization of available networked content, as providers hesitate to offer content without payment assurance.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing on-line donations associated with media content, integrating a 'donate' button with media content that allows consumers to donate value after accessing, using a payment system like PayPal to link consumer and media content provider accounts, enabling content availability without initial payment, with options for trailers, degraded versions, or full content based on donation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If content is made available before payment, then content utilization increases, but payment collection reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system makes content available to users before payment is collected, allowing users to view and assess content value first. This preliminary availability of content resolves the contradiction by enabling users to consume content without upfront payment barriers, thereby increasing content utilization while the donation model maintains payment collection reliability through voluntary contribution after value assessment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent inverts the conventional payment-before-access model by implementing a donation-after-access model. Instead of requiring payment before content becomes available, the system allows free access and then solicits voluntary donations, thereby resolving the contradiction between making content available and ensuring payment collection.
2Reliability
If upfront payment is required, then payment collection reliability improves, but content utilization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the inversion principle by reversing the conventional sequence of payment before access. The system allows users to access and view content first, then solicits voluntary donations afterward. This inversion resolves the contradiction by maintaining payment collection reliability through the donation model while significantly improving content utilization by removing upfront payment barriers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by allowing users to first experience the content value and then provide voluntary donations based on their assessment. This feedback mechanism ensures that payments are collected from users who have actually consumed and valued the content, resolving the contradiction between reliable payment collection and high content utilization.
3Productivity
If limited use versions are provided, then content availability increases, but value assessment accuracy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides full content availability before payment, allowing users to access complete media content rather than limited versions. This preliminary full access enables accurate value assessment by users, resolving the contradiction between content availability and value assessment accuracy, while the voluntary donation model maintains provider confidence.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing on-line donations associated with media content is disclosed. An example embodiment includes elements to integrate a payment button with an associated item of media content on a web page; link the payment button with an account on a payment site; receive a donation from a donor via the payment button; and credit the donation to the account linked to the payment button.