MEDIA CONTENT AND MOBILE DEVICES
Methodologies and related devices and systems are provided that facilitate provision, usage, publication, and/or rating of media content by providers and/or users media content. According to one aspect, content preloaded on a mobile device can be activated based on user fulfillment of an access requirement. According to another aspect, a user of a mobile device can publish user associated information to locate substantially matching users. According to a further aspect, users of mobile devices can share and rate content to create a community of aggregated content. Various modifications are provided that facilitate monetizing or incentivizing the described methodologies and related devices and systems.
1 . A method for use in connection with a mobile device, comprising:
receiving a request to access a content item in memory of the mobile device preloaded with a plurality of content items that are inaccessible by a user of the mobile device unless the user fulfills at least one requirement for accessing the content items;
determining whether the user has fulfilled the at least one requirement for accessing the content item; and
if the user has fulfilled the at least one requirement, automatically making the content item substantially immediately accessible to the user of the mobile device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes determining whether the user has made payment of a fixed price specified at a time the user acquires the mobile device.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes determining whether the user has entered a redemption code obtained by the user in response to an offer published by or on behalf of an owner of an other content item, the other content item being other than one of the plurality of content items preloaded on the mobile device.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes determining whether the user has maintained a subscription associated with at least one of the mobile device or the plurality of content items.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising making the content item substantially immediately inaccessible based at least upon occurrence of a specific condition.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the making the content item substantially immediately inaccessible includes making the content item inaccessible after the occurrence at least one of expiration of a time period, an integral content item usage limit, the nonpayment of a subscription fee, a report to a service provider that the mobile device has been stolen or misplaced, detection of unauthorized modifications to the mobile device, or reset of the mobile device by an authorized entity.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an update to the content based at least in part making the content item substantially immediately accessible.
8 . A system comprising computer executable components for performing the method of claim 1 .
9 . A method for use in connection with a mobile device, comprising:
specifying, by a first user of a first mobile device, information associated with the first user to be wirelessly published by the first mobile device for consumption by at least one additional user of at least a second mobile device;
receiving an offer of an incentive to publish at least a portion of the information; and
wirelessly publishing the at least a portion of the information based at least upon the offer and preferences indicated by the first user of the first mobile device.
10 . The method of claim 9 , the specifying includes specifying at least one of first user age, first user sex, and first user relationship availability status, and at least one of first user hobbies, first user interests, and first user athletic activity preferences.
11 . The method of claim 9 , the receiving an offer includes at least one of receiving an offer wirelessly over the first mobile device and receiving the offer via a physical advertisement.
12 . The method of claim 9 , the incentive includes financial incentives, in-kind exchange incentives, and non-monetary incentives.
13 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
consuming, by the at least one additional user of the at least a second mobile device, the at least a portion of the information; and
determining that the at least one additional user is a substantial match for the first user based on the at least a portion of the information.
14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
wirelessly providing an indication of the substantial match to at least the first user.
15 . A system comprising computer executable components for performing the method of claim 9 .
16 . A method for aggregating content from mobile devices, comprising:
correlating a plurality of users, each user associated with a mobile device having at least one item of user-generated content to be aggregated;
wirelessly sharing among correlated users an item of the at least one item of user-generated content;
aggregating the user-generated content of the correlated users to create aggregated content; and
determining a community rating for the item of the at least one item of user-generated content.
17 . The method of claim 16 , the correlating includes correlating the plurality of users based at least in part on one of a geographic location, network topology, information derived from network topology, associated global positioning system information, or shared characteristics of the aggregated content.
18 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
obtaining a license from at least one user of the plurality of users to store and relicense the at least one item of user-generated content, the at least one item of user-generated content having a relatively high determined community rating.
19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
storing a collection of user-generated content, each item of the user-generated content having a relatively high determined community rating; and
providing access to the collection for a fee to relicense an item of the collection.
20 . A communications device comprising a memory for retaining and a processor for executing computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 16 .