Mobile Network Operator Mediated Content Redistribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital content distribution methods fail to generate additional revenue from content stored on subscribers' mobile devices and restrict content sharing in peer-to-peer environments, limiting opportunities for content providers, mobile network operators, and rights issuing entities.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows digital content stored on a subscriber's mobile device to be re-distributed to other users, with the mobile network operator searching for and obtaining rights to redistribute the content, compensating both the content provider and the subscriber for the transaction, enabling revenue generation from existing digital content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If digital content is distributed through conventional methods from content providers to subscribers, then content delivery is achieved, but additional revenue generation from stored content is lost and content sharing in peer-to-peer environments is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile network operator acts as an intermediary between subscribers, facilitating peer-to-peer content sharing while enabling revenue generation. The MNO receives content requests from requesting subscribers, searches for content in storing subscribers' devices, and coordinates the redistribution process, thus mediating the transaction between content owners and consumers without requiring direct peer-to-peer interaction
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables digital content to be copied and redistributed from one subscriber's mobile device to another. The content is reproduced from the storing subscriber's device and delivered to the requesting subscriber, creating multiple copies of the same digital content while maintaining revenue streams through the redistribution process
2Reliability
If content is stored on subscribers' mobile devices, then content availability is improved, but opportunities for additional revenue streams are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables continuous revenue generation from content that has already been delivered and stored on subscriber devices. Instead of the revenue cycle ending when content is downloaded, the system allows ongoing monetization through redistribution requests, where content stored on mobile devices can be repeatedly licensed to other subscribers, creating a continuous revenue stream from the same content asset
Solution Approach 2:
Subscribers with stored content effectively become content providers themselves, offering their stored content to other subscribers. The system enables subscribers to monetize their own content libraries by allowing other users to request and receive content from their devices, transforming passive content storage into an active revenue-generating service
3Reliability
If peer-to-peer content sharing is restricted, then content control is maintained, but content distribution efficiency and revenue opportunities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile network operator serves as a controlling intermediary that enables peer-to-peer content sharing while maintaining oversight and control. The MNO receives and processes content requests, searches for available content in subscriber devices, manages rights verification, and coordinates redistribution, thus maintaining content control through centralized management while enabling efficient peer-to-peer distribution
Solution Approach 2:
The content distribution system is segmented into distinct functional components: content requesting subscribers, content storing subscribers, the mobile network operator as mediator, and the redistribution mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system control and enabling scalable revenue generation from distributed content
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AI summary
A method and system for conducting a transaction involving digital content is provided. The system includes, a first user of a first mobile device connected to a network; a second user of a second mobile device connected to the network; a MNO that is functionally coupled to the first mobile device and the second mobile device and to a digital content provider and a rights issuing authority. The MNO receives a request for digital content from the first user, searches for the requested digital content and if the second user has the requested digital content, then the MNO obtains any rights to re-distribute/access the requested digital content; and the second user, the digital content provider and the MNO are compensated for distributing the requested digital content from the second mobile device to the first mobile device.