Monetizing Downloadable Files via Custodianship Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the open web environment, determining custodianship of downloadable files to ensure legitimate monetization rights is challenging due to free linking and hot-linking practices, which can lead to unauthorized access and infringement of publisher rights, while closed systems restrict benefits from incoming links.
Innovation Solution
A policy-based system using resource identifiers and referrer publisher identifiers to evaluate custodianship, allowing monetization of downloadable files by attaching monetized content through modal overlays during data transmission, ensuring publishers maintain control over their works.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If open web environment with free linking is used, then accessibility and linking benefits are improved, but publisher rights protection and monetization control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a custodianship verification system that acts as an intermediary between linkers and downloadable files. This system verifies whether the linker has legitimate custodianship rights before allowing access, thereby maintaining open web linking benefits while protecting publisher rights through automated verification of referral URLs against a database of authorized publishers.
2Reliability
If closed system with restricted access is used, then publisher rights protection is improved, but linking benefits and open web accessibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic access control system that adapts between open and restricted modes based on custodianship verification. When a valid custodian is identified through referral URL verification, access is granted; when no valid custodian is found, access is restricted. This dynamic approach allows the system to provide both open web benefits and publisher protection as needed.
3Productivity
If monetized content is presented through modal overlay during download, then monetization revenue is improved, but user experience and download speed may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent presents monetized content in the modal overlay at periodic intervals during the download process rather than blocking the entire download. The overlay can be dismissed by users and does not prevent the background download from completing, allowing monetization opportunities while maintaining user control and download continuity.
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AI summary
The monetization of downloadable files associated with a custodial host site based on resolving custodianship to a referrer publisher with subsequent presentation of monetized content within a modal overlay is disclosed. A request from a client device has a resource identifier and a referrer publisher identifier. The request for the downloadable file is evaluated against one or more publisher and custodianship policy rules, which relate to a file extension of the downloadable file, a format of the resource identifier, a custodial domain on which the downloadable file is stored, and a referral domain as specified in the referrer publisher identifier. When custodianship is resolved, a modal overlay on which monetized content is incorporated is presented on the client device. The modal overlay is concurrently displayed with the transfer of the downloadable file to the client device.