Vending Plans. Vending Plans define the categories that a Vending Manager can access. Vending Plans can contain a nested hierarchy of other Vending Plans. Each Vending Manager Account is associated with one or more Vending Plans.

Developer Plans. Developer Plans define the set of APIs that developers can use in applications that they submit. Profiles define the classes in a specific library that developers can use. A Developer Plan contains one or more Profiles.

See “Managing Plans” on page 107 for more information.

Fulfillment Manager

The Fulfillment Manager controls and delivers content to subscribers through a high-performance and cost-effective download architecture. The following figure provides a high-level overview of the Fulfillment Manager processes.

No administration tasks are associated with the Fulfillment Manager.

Vending Manager

The Vending Manager handles selling and pricing content. Vending Managers are generally configured to serve separate enterprises. A single Catalog Manager can serve multiple Vending Managers.

The Vending Manager manages content published by the Catalog Manager. Content stocked on the Vending Manager is available for subscribers to download.The Vending Manager also controls subscriber access and purchase pricing, and provides daily statistical reports on the Content Delivery Server.

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