Audio ownership system

• US 20020152874A1
• Filed: 03/01/2002
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andy Vilcauskas, Bryan Hunter
• Original Assignee: Andy Vilcauskas, Bryan Hunter
• Inventors: Hunter, Bryan, Vilcauskas, Andy
• Application Number:
  US10/087,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152874A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/600
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/63 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

System for providing music to users.

Claims

1. A music system comprising:

(a) a server containing a plurality of digital songs; and

(b) a user obtaining a plurality of different songs from said server,

wherein said obtaining is not in the nature of a rental, a lease, or a lending.