Management of digital content licenses
First Claim
1. A method for management of pieces of content and content licenses, the method comprising steps of:
- selling a content license for a first piece of content to a user;
storing the content license;
providing the first piece of content in a first form;
analyzing the content license;
determining an offer for a second piece of content in a second form, wherein the offer is affected by the content license; and
selling the second piece of content to the user according to the offer, wherein;
the first form is different from the second form, wherein the second piece is sold in a second transaction different from a first transaction where the first piece is sold, and at least one of the first piece and the second piece is in digital form.
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Abstract
According to the invention, a method for management of pieces of content and content licenses is disclosed. In one step, a content license is sold for the first piece of content to a user. The content license is stored. A first piece of content is provided in a first form. The content license is analyzed. An offer for a second piece of content in a second form is determined, where the offer is affected by the content license and the first form is different from the second form. The second piece of content is sold to the user according to the offer. The second piece is sold in a second transaction different from a first transaction where the first piece is sold. At least one of the first and second piece of content is in digital form.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for management of pieces of content and content licenses, the method comprising steps of:
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selling a content license for a first piece of content to a user;
storing the content license;
providing the first piece of content in a first form;
analyzing the content license;
determining an offer for a second piece of content in a second form, wherein the offer is affected by the content license; and
selling the second piece of content to the user according to the offer, wherein;
the first form is different from the second form, wherein the second piece is sold in a second transaction different from a first transaction where the first piece is sold, and at least one of the first piece and the second piece is in digital form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for acquiring licensed content, the method comprising steps of:
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purchasing a copyright license to first artistic expression encapsulated in a first media in a first transaction;
receiving the first media;
initiating a second transaction for second artistic expression encapsulated in a second media, wherein;
the second artistic expression is addressed in the copyright license, the second artistic expression is discounted in some way due to the copyright license, the first media differs from the second media in at least one of;
a media type, a bitrate, and a compression format; and
receiving the second media, wherein at least one of the first and second media use digital encoding to represent artistic expression. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for management of pieces of content and content licenses, the method comprising steps of:
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selling a content license associated with the first piece of content to a user;
storing the content license;
providing a first piece of content encapsulated in a first media;
receiving a request for a second piece of content encapsulated in a second media;
determining if the content license applies to the second piece of content;
determining an offer for the second piece of content, wherein the offer is affected by the content license; and
sending the second piece of content to the user according to the offer, wherein;
the first media is different from the second media, and wherein the second piece is sold in a second transaction different from a first transaction where the first piece is sold. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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