Method of providing a virtual product to third parties
First Claim
1. A method of providing a virtual product to third parties, the virtual product being present in an original version in a digital form having a predetermined quality, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a reduced version of the virtual product, and information relating to a distributor of the virtual product, the reduced version of the virtual product having a quality which is inferior to the quality of the original version, and the information relating to the distributor being associated with the reduced version of the virtual product;
wherein, on the basis of the information associated with the reduced version, additional information, which indicates that the reduced version of the virtual product has been passed on to a third party by the distributor, may be created if the third party has acquired rights to the virtual product after obtaining the reduced version of the virtual product.
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Abstract
In a method of providing a virtual product to third parties, the virtual product being present in an original version in a digital form having a predetermined quality, a reduced version of the virtual product, along with information relating to a distributor of the virtual product, is initially provided. The reduced version'"'"'s quality is inferior to the quality of the original version, and the information relating to the distributor are associated with this reduced version. On the basis of the information associated with the reduced version, further information may be created. This further information indicates that the reduced version has been passed on to the third party by the content provider. The further information is created if the third party has acquired rights to the virtual product after having obtained the reduced version of same.
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1. A method of providing a virtual product to third parties, the virtual product being present in an original version in a digital form having a predetermined quality, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a reduced version of the virtual product, and information relating to a distributor of the virtual product, the reduced version of the virtual product having a quality which is inferior to the quality of the original version, and the information relating to the distributor being associated with the reduced version of the virtual product;
wherein, on the basis of the information associated with the reduced version, additional information, which indicates that the reduced version of the virtual product has been passed on to a third party by the distributor, may be created if the third party has acquired rights to the virtual product after obtaining the reduced version of the virtual product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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