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Secure cached subscription service
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 1999-10-29
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Granted: 2003-11-11
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Expires: 2019-10-29
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for a secure cached subscription system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a content provider and a caching device connected to the content provider. The content provider speculatively downloads information into the caching device based upon a user's data. A processing device is connected via a high-bandwidth connection to the caching device for processing the information.
Inventors
- 👤 Timothy N. Towell
- 👤 Gregory Kisor
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 10:11
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17318; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/2866; H04L67/2885; H04L67/30; H04L67/306; H04L67/50; H04L67/535; H04L67/55; H04L67/56; H04L67/568; H04L67/5681; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/231; H04N21/23106; H04N21/25; H04N21/258; H04N21/25866; H04N21/25875; H04N21/25891; H04N21/262; H04N21/26208; H04N21/26241; H04N21/27; H04N21/274; H04N21/2747; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/433; H04N21/4331; H04N21/442; H04N21/44204; H04N21/44213; H04N21/44222; H04N21/44224; H04N21/60; H04N21/65; H04N21/658; H04N21/6582; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A secure cached subscription system comprising: At least one content provider having fee-based, on-demand information and also having billing software to bill a user account when the fee-based, on-demand information is requested by the user; At least one primary caching device connected to the at least one content provider to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider, wherein the at least one content provider is to speculatively download the fee-based, on-demand information into the caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; At least one secondary caching device connected to the at least one primary caching device to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device, wherein the at least one secondary caching device is to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; and At least one processing device connected via a high-bandwidth connection to the at least one secondary caching device to process the fee-based, on-demand information, the content provider to charge the user account a fee after the processing device has processed the fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A secure cached subscription system comprising: At least one content provider having fee-based, on-demand information and also having billing software to bill a user account when the fee-based, on-demand information is requested by the user; At least one primary caching device connected to the at least one content provider to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider, wherein the at least one content provider is to speculatively download the fee-based, on-demand information into the caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; At least one secondary caching device connected to the at least one primary caching device to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device, wherein the at least one secondary caching device is to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; and At least one processing device connected via a high-bandwidth connection to the at least one secondary caching device to process the fee-based, on-demand information, the content provider to charge the user account a fee after the processing device has processed the fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the content provider is to also download the fee-based, on-demand information based on a user profile.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 further comprising: a decoding device to decode the fee-based, on-demand information before processing the fee-based on-demand information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 3 wherein the decoding device is a set-top box.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one caching device comprises: a content cache to store the fee-based, on-demand information; and a decoder to decode the fee-based information in the content cache prior to processing by the processing device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 5 wherein the at least one secondary caching device is connected via a high-bandwidth connection to the processing device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one caching device comprises: a content cache to store the fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one caching device comprises: a decoder to decode the fee-based, on demand information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one processing device comprises: a decoder to decode the fee-based, on-demand information before processing.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one caching device is remotely connected to the at least one content provider.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one caching device is to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider during off-peak hours.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one caching device is to receive the fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider on a separate channel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one content provider comprises a profiler to maintain user preference information.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 13 further comprising a subscription manager to update the profiler with user preference information.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1 further comprising an authentification manager configured to control access to the fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
257 words
A secure cached subscription system comprising: At least one content provider having fee-based, on-demand information and also having billing software to bill a user account when the fee-based, on-demand information is requested by the user, and having an encoder to encode the fee-based, on-demand information; At least one primary caching device connected to the at least one content provider to receive the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider, wherein the at least one content provider is to speculatively download the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information into a content cache in the primary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; At least one secondary caching device connected to the at least one primary caching device to receive the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device, wherein the at least one secondary caching device is to receive the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device into a content cache in the secondary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; At least one decoding device connected to the at least one secondary caching device to decode the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information to produce unencoded, fee-based, on-demand information; and At least one processing device connected via a high-bandwidth connection to the at least one decoding device to process the unencoded, fee-based, on-demand information, the processing device connected to the content provider, and the content provider to charge the user account a fee after the processing device has processed the unencoded, fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
257 words
A secure cached subscription system comprising: At least one content provider having fee-based, on-demand information and also having billing software to bill a user account when the fee-based, on-demand information is requested by the user, and having an encoder to encode the fee-based, on-demand information; At least one primary caching device connected to the at least one content provider to receive the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider, wherein the at least one content provider is to speculatively download the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information into a content cache in the primary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; At least one secondary caching device connected to the at least one primary caching device to receive the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device, wherein the at least one secondary caching device is to receive the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one primary caching device into a content cache in the secondary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of the user; At least one decoding device connected to the at least one secondary caching device to decode the encoded, fee-based, on-demand information to produce unencoded, fee-based, on-demand information; and At least one processing device connected via a high-bandwidth connection to the at least one decoding device to process the unencoded, fee-based, on-demand information, the processing device connected to the content provider, and the content provider to charge the user account a fee after the processing device has processed the unencoded, fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
47 words
The system of claim 16 further comprising: a profiler connected to the at least one content provider to maintain user preference information; a subscription manager to update the profiler with current user preference information; and an authentification manager configured to control access to the fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
112 words
A method for providing a secure cached subscription system, comprising: Speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from a content provider into a primary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of a user, the content provider having billing software to bill a user account; Speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from a primary caching device into a secondary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of a user; Transferring the fee-based, on-demand information from the caching device to a processing device, upon a request of the user, so that the user can view the fee-based, on-demand information; and Charging the user account a fee after the fee-based, on-demand information has been transferred to the processing device.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
112 words
A method for providing a secure cached subscription system, comprising: Speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from a content provider into a primary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of a user, the content provider having billing software to bill a user account; Speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from a primary caching device into a secondary caching device based upon viewing-habit data of a user; Transferring the fee-based, on-demand information from the caching device to a processing device, upon a request of the user, so that the user can view the fee-based, on-demand information; and Charging the user account a fee after the fee-based, on-demand information has been transferred to the processing device.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 18 further comprising: decoding the fee-based, on-demand information after speculatively downloading the fee-based, on-demand information into the caching device.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 18 further comprising: authenticating access to the fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 18 further comprising speculatively downloading the fee-based, on-demand information from the content provider based upon user data.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 18 further comprising speculatively downloading the fee-based, on-demand information from the content provider based upon a user profile.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 18 wherein the caching device is remotely connected to the content provider.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 18 wherein speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from the content provider is done during off-peak hours.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 18 wherein speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from the content provider is done on a separate channel.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 18 further comprising decoding the fee-based, on-demand information before processing the fee-based, on-demand information.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 26 further comprising: accumulating billing information during decoding of the fee-based, on demand information; and transferring the billing information to the content provider.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
113 words
A system for providing a secure cached subscription system, comprising: Means for speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider into an at least one primary caching device, and then into an at least one secondary caching device, based upon viewing-habit data of a user, the content provider having billing software to bill a user account; Means for transferring the fee-based, on-demand information from the secondary caching device to a processing device, upon a request of the user, so that the user can view the fee-based, on-demand information; and Means for charging the user account a fee after the fee-based, on-demand information has been transferred to the processing device.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
113 words
A system for providing a secure cached subscription system, comprising: Means for speculatively downloading fee-based, on-demand information from the at least one content provider into an at least one primary caching device, and then into an at least one secondary caching device, based upon viewing-habit data of a user, the content provider having billing software to bill a user account; Means for transferring the fee-based, on-demand information from the secondary caching device to a processing device, upon a request of the user, so that the user can view the fee-based, on-demand information; and Means for charging the user account a fee after the fee-based, on-demand information has been transferred to the processing device.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
120 words
An article of manufacture having one or more computer-readable media with executable instructions therein, which when executed by a processing device, causes the processing device to: Speculatively download fee-based, on-demand information from a content provider into an at least one primary caching device, and then into an at least one secondary caching device, based upon viewing-habit data of a user, the content provider having billing software to bill a user account; Transfer the fee-based, on-demand information from the caching device to a processing device, upon a request of the user, so that the user can view the fee-based, on-demand information; and Charge the user account a fee after the fee-based, on demand information has been transferred to the processing device.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
120 words
An article of manufacture having one or more computer-readable media with executable instructions therein, which when executed by a processing device, causes the processing device to: Speculatively download fee-based, on-demand information from a content provider into an at least one primary caching device, and then into an at least one secondary caching device, based upon viewing-habit data of a user, the content provider having billing software to bill a user account; Transfer the fee-based, on-demand information from the caching device to a processing device, upon a request of the user, so that the user can view the fee-based, on-demand information; and Charge the user account a fee after the fee-based, on demand information has been transferred to the processing device.
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