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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
Michael E. Alexander, Great Falls, VA (US);
Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, FL (US);
Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Michael E. Alexander, Great Falls, VA (US);
Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, FL (US);
Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, GA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided to implement charging models for subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across same or different networks. The method includes receiving content of a first media type over a network from a sending client. The method further includes sending the content or a reference to the content to a receiving client in a preferred media type and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client. The method also includes generating a billing record based on the content and user preferences of a sending client and/or a receiving client.