Sun Microsystems 5 manual 6Content Delivery Server Pricing Models

TABLE 2-6Content Delivery Server Pricing Models

Pricing Model	Definition
Free always	No charge for downloading content. Content can be downloaded
	any number of times for however long content is available.
Trial	No charge for content on initial download. Subscriber must
	purchase content for subsequent downloads.
First download only	Subscriber is charged for initial download of content. Subscriber
	is not charged for subsequent downloads.
Every downloada	Subscriber is charged for each download of content.
Per use	Subscriber can download content once after purchase and is
	charged for N uses.
Per period	Subscriber can download content once after purchase and is
	charged for running content for the specified length of time, for
	example, 3 days, 2 weeks, or 1 month.
	Charge for N days, weeks, months, or years.
Per subscription	Subscriber can download content an unlimited number of times
	during the subscription period and is automatically charged for
	the next period of use when the current period expires.
	Charge recurring fee daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.
Per interval	Subscriber can download content an unlimited number of times
	during the interval and is charged for running content from the
	specified start date to the specified end date.
	Charge for use starting mm/dd/yyyy through mm/dd/yyyy.

a A grace period can be applied for this pricing model by the Vending Manager administrator.

The former usage pricing model of X downloads in Y days is no longer available by default. That pricing model is now used, optionally, as a grace period. A grace period, if configured at deployment, can be attributed to the Every Download pricing model (see TABLE 2-10). Upon purchase, a grace period allows additional numbers of downloads or extends the download period. The system administrator can set the properties pricing.model.recurringDownload.numberOfDays and pricing.model.recurringDownload.numberOfTimes to enable a grace period. See the Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Installation Guide for information on setting a grace period.

Each DRM supports some set of the pricing models available in the Content Delivery Server. The pricing models that you can assign to a content type are dependent on the DRM that is associated with the content type.

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