Lead generation for content distribution service
A software system and a method for a Internet-based Content Billing and Protection System capable of both selling and delivering in Real Time Protected Content such as a live or archived on-demand Webcast on the Internet to a Client using dynamically generated Web pages and Encoded Links that cannot be Bookmarked, copied, displayed, exported or otherwise made public to the Client or a Subscriber by the Web Browsers, Players, Browser Plug-ins, or other Client Side programs. The invention operates on a Web Server while the Protected content can reside on any Content Server, including a Streaming media Webcast Server such as a Windows Media Services Webcast Server.
1. A computer-implemented method for generating a lead, the method comprising:
establishing a webcasting service having an origination channel;
establishing a web event in the origination channel, the web event comprising online content synchronized with live audio;
streaming the web event from the origination channel to an anonymous user;
tracking the anonymous user by a data file stored at the webcasting service;
receiving on a server a first set of user attributes at the server in response to providing the user with a first service access, wherein the first set of user attributes includes information about a behavioral pattern of the user in connection with the webcasting service;
receiving on the server a second set of user attributes at the server in response to providing the user with a second service access;
automatically detecting a subsequent web event in the origination channel;
in response to the automatically detected subsequent web event, automatically receiving on the server a lead request associated with a desired attribute of users, wherein the lead request is automatically initiated in response to the automatically detected subsequent web event; and
automatically executing a lead generator module stored in memory to identify one or more leads in response to the lead request, the one or more leads including at least one user having a user attribute that corresponds to the desired attribute; wherein the lead request is initiated by a lead by a requestor and further comprising providing the lead to the requestor.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising billing the requestor for the provided lead.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user is associated with an account with the webcasting service.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user is registered with the webcasting service, and wherein the event comprises participation of the registered user in connection with a platform, channel, or webcast.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event comprises an addition of a newly registered user.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event comprises participation by an unregistered user in connection with a platform, channel, or webcast.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event comprises registration for a webcast by a user.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of user attributes includes a data file maintained by a network server.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of user attributes includes user data received from the user during a registration event, the registration event associated with user participation in a platform, channel, or webcast.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising requesting the user to verify the accuracy of the user data previously provided by the user to the server.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising querying the user for additional user data not previously provided to the server.
12. A system for generating a lead, the system comprising:
a webcasting service having an origination channel;
a web event in the origination channel, the web event comprising online content synchronized with live audio, the web event streamed from the origination channel to a subscriber;
a channel management module stored on a server and executable by a processor to receive a first set of subscriber attributes in response to providing the subscriber with a first service access, wherein the first set of subscriber attributes includes information about a behavioral pattern of the subscriber in connection with the webcasting service, and a second set of subscriber attributes in response to providing the subscriber with a second service access; and
a lead generator module stored on the server and executable by the processor to:
automatically detect a subsequent web event in the origination channel;
in response to the automatically detected subsequent web event, automatically receive a lead request at the server, the lead request associated with a desired attribute of the subscriber at the server, wherein the lead request is automatically initiated in response to the automatically detected subsequent web event; and
identify one or more leads in response to the lead request, the one or more leads having a subscriber attribute that corresponds to the desired attribute.
13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising a lead provider module stored in memory and executable by the processor to provide the lead to a requestor.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the lead generator module further executes instructions stored in memory to bill the requestor for the provided lead.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating a lead, the method comprising:
establishing a webcasting service having an origination channel;
establishing a web event in the origination channel, the web event comprising online content synchronized with live audio;
streaming the web event from the origination channel to a subscriber;
receiving a first set of subscriber attributes at a server in response to providing the subscriber with a first service access, wherein the first set of subscriber attributes includes information about a behavioral pattern of the subscriber in connection with the webcasting service;
receiving a second set of subscriber attributes at the server in response to providing the subscriber with a second service access;
automatically detecting a subsequent web event in the origination channel;
in response to the automatically detected subsequent web event, automatically receiving a lead request associated with a desired attribute of the subscriber, wherein the lead request is automatically initiated in response to the automatically detected subsequent web event; and
identifying one or more leads in response to the lead request, the one or more leads including at least one subscriber having a subscriber attribute that corresponds to the desired attribute.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the event comprises participation by an unregistered subscriber in connection with a platform, channel, or webcast.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the subscriber is associated with an account with the webcasting service.