System for data management and on-demand rental and purchase of digital data products
First Claim
1. A data delivery system for providing automatic delivery of multimedia data products from one or more multimedia data product providers, the system comprising:
- a remote account transaction server for providing an end user access to multimedia data products, and for negotiating the acquisition of the multimedia data products from the multimedia data product providers; and
a programmable local receiver unit for interfacing the end user with the remote account transaction server to select specific multimedia data products for delivery, for interfacing with the multimedia data product providers to receive the specific multimedia data products, and for processing and automatically recording the multimedia data products according to user-specified programming options.
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Abstract
A system for handling data and transactions involving data through the use of a virtual transaction zone, which virtual transaction zone removes the dependency of such transaction on the delivery medium of the product. The invention may reside and operate on a variety of electronic devices such as televisions, VCRs, DVDs, personal computers, WebTV, any other known electronic recorder/player, or as a stand alone unit. The transaction zone also provides a mechanism for combining mediums, data feeds, and manipulation of those feeds. The transaction zone also provides a mechanism for controlling the content, delivery, and timing of delivery of the end consumer'"'"'s product.
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1. A data delivery system for providing automatic delivery of multimedia data products from one or more multimedia data product providers, the system comprising:
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a remote account transaction server for providing an end user access to multimedia data products, and for negotiating the acquisition of the multimedia data products from the multimedia data product providers; and
a programmable local receiver unit for interfacing the end user with the remote account transaction server to select specific multimedia data products for delivery, for interfacing with the multimedia data product providers to receive the specific multimedia data products, and for processing and automatically recording the multimedia data products according to user-specified programming options. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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