Delivery of items for consumption by a user device
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-015/16
H04L-029/06
H04L-029/08
출원번호
US-0884476
(2015-10-15)
등록번호
US-9888005
(2018-02-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Lattyak, John
Narasimhan, Subram (Narsi)
Rykov, Michael V.
Moore, Richard
Tomay, Beryl
Ryan, Thomas Aquinas
Bajaj, Girish Bansilal
Cheung, Kevin R.
Saxton, Jon
Kiraly, Kenneth Paul
Zagorie, Aviram
Goodwin, Robert L.
Zehr, Gregg Elliott
Slezak, James C.
Fruchterman, Thomas M. J.
출원인 / 주소
Amazon Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Lee & Hayes, PLLC
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초록
An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. The item-providing system uses a content delivery module to deliver the items to the user device.
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1. An item-providing system, comprising: an item delivery system configured to provide items, wherein the item delivery system comprises: one or more processors configured with executable instructions to: receive a request from a user device to obtain an item, the user device being associated with a
1. An item-providing system, comprising: an item delivery system configured to provide items, wherein the item delivery system comprises: one or more processors configured with executable instructions to: receive a request from a user device to obtain an item, the user device being associated with an account;receive the item, in response to the request, from a content store;determine a number of devices associated with the account that have previously received the item;determine a device limit defining a total number of devices of the account that the item may be provided to;determine that providing the item to the user device will not exceed the device limit; andprovide the item to the user device. 2. The item-providing system of claim 1, wherein the item comprises an electronic book, an issue of a magazine, an album, a newspaper, a newsletter, or video content. 3. The item-providing system of claim 1, wherein the item comprises a chapter in an electronic book or a song in an album. 4. The item-providing system of claim 1, wherein the item comprises instructions to update software stored on the user device. 5. The item-providing system of claim 1, wherein the item includes a placeholder field and wherein the one or more processors configured with executable instructions further to include a name of a particular user in the placeholder field of the item. 6. The item-providing system of claim 1, wherein the item includes a placeholder field and wherein the one or more processors configured with executable instructions further to include a message, for a particular user, in the placeholder field of the item. 7. The item-providing system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors configured with executable instructions further to associate an item identification number with the item prior to providing the item to the user device, the item identification number identifying a type of the item. 8. A method, comprising: receiving a request from a user device to obtain an item, the user device being associated with an account;receiving the item, in response to the request, from a content store;determining a number of devices associated with the account that have previously received the item;determining a device limit defining a total number of devices of the account that the item may be provided to;determining that providing the item to the user device will not exceed the device limit; andproviding the item to the user device. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the item includes a placeholder field, and further comprising including a name of a particular user in the placeholder field of the item. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the item includes a placeholder field, and further comprising including a message, for a particular user, in the placeholder field of the item. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the item comprises a media item comprising an electronic book, an issue of a magazine, an album, a newspaper, a newsletter, or video content. 12. The method of claim 8, further comprising associating an item identification number with the item prior to delivery to the user device, the item identification number identifying a type of the item. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the item comprises instructions to update software stored on the user device. 14. An item delivery system, comprising: one or more processors configured with executable instructions to: receive a request from a user device to obtain an item, the user device being associated with an account;receive the item from a content store;determine a number of devices associated with the account that have previously received the item;determine a device limit defining a total number of devices of the account that the item may be provided to;determine that providing the item to the user device will not exceed the device limit; andprovide the item to the user device. 15. The item delivery system of claim 14, wherein the item includes a placeholder field, and further comprising including a name of a particular user in the placeholder field of the item. 16. The item delivery system of claim 15, further comprising: associating an item identification number with the item prior to providing the item to the user device, the item identification number identifying a type of the item. 17. The item delivery system of claim 15, further comprising: including metadata with the item prior to providing the item to the user device. 18. The item delivery system of claim 17, wherein the metadata comprises a message for the particular user. 19. The item delivery system of claim 17, wherein the metadata comprises a name of an author of the item. 20. The item delivery system of claim 17, wherein the item comprises text content, and the metadata comprises information that specifies a location where the text content of the item starts.
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