Providing Subscription Content Using Hosted Media Profile

摘要

A method, system, GUI, apparatus, and machine-readable media for enabling a customer to access information associated with a hosted user profile via a third party information source are provided. A customer may request information associated with a user profile via a mechanism provided by a third party information source via, for example, a mobile communications device. The customer may be enabled to access the information associated with the hosted user profile and an account associated with the customer may be updated to reflect the access. An account associated with the user may be updated to show the transaction and a statement regarding transactions associated with the user profile may be prepared and presented to the user.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
maintaining, on a server computer system including at least one processor:
a user information module configured to maintain information associated with a hosted user profile of a user;a user account module coupled to the user information module, the user account module configured to maintain information associated with one or more media files available through the hosted user profile;a media file module configured to receive and store an upload of the one or more media files available through the hosted user profile;a customer information module configured to maintain information regarding a customer, including subscription information indicating that particular media files of the one or more media files available through the hosted user profile media files are accessible to the customer; receiving, from a third party website, a customer request for access to requested media files of the one or more media files available through the hosted user profile, wherein the customer request is associated with the customer; determining, based on the subscription information, that the customer associated with the customer request has a subscription associated with the hosted user profile entitling the customer to access the requested media files; and in response to the determining, enabling the customer to access the requested media files through the hosted user profile using a content delivery platform.