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CONSUMPTION PROFILE FOR MOBILE MEDIA

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USPTO, Of?ceAction forrelatedU.S.Appl.No. 11/956,184, entitled

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“Automated Content Tag Processing for Mobile Media”, Of?ce

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Provisional application No. 60/889,895, ?led on Feb.

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In embod1ments, the present 1nventlon prowdesamethod and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing a consumption pro?le, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in

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part on the consumption pro?le. Further, in embodiments, the present invention provides a consumption pro?le for a mobile

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