Music purchasing and playing system and method
First Claim
1. An online music purchasing system, comprising:
- a radio service operating on a user'"'"'s computer and configured for receiving and playing digital radio representations of media content in near real-time in a radio session;
a content server configured for serving the digital radio representations of media content to the radio service;
a radio sequence server configured for serving a sequential list of currently-playing and previously-played media content of the radio session to the radio service;
an account server configured for receiving a signal indicative of a user'"'"'s desire to purchase a file of one of a currently-playing or previously-played media content; and
a download manager, configured for downloading the file to the user'"'"'s computer according to the signal indicative of the user'"'"'s desire to purchase the file.
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Abstract
An online music purchasing system and method is disclosed, in which a radio service operates on a user'"'"'s computer and is configured for receiving and playing digital radio representations of media content in near real-time in a radio session. A content server is configured for serving the digital radio representations of media content to the radio service, and a radio sequence server is configured for serving a sequential list of currently-playing and previously-played media content of the radio session to the radio service. An account server is configured for receiving a signal indicative of a user'"'"'s desire to purchase a file of one of a currently-playing or previously-played media content. A download manager is configured for downloading the file to the user'"'"'s computer according to the signal indicative of the user'"'"'s desire to purchase the file.
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20 Claims
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1. An online music purchasing system, comprising:
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a radio service operating on a user'"'"'s computer and configured for receiving and playing digital radio representations of media content in near real-time in a radio session;
a content server configured for serving the digital radio representations of media content to the radio service;
a radio sequence server configured for serving a sequential list of currently-playing and previously-played media content of the radio session to the radio service;
an account server configured for receiving a signal indicative of a user'"'"'s desire to purchase a file of one of a currently-playing or previously-played media content; and
a download manager, configured for downloading the file to the user'"'"'s computer according to the signal indicative of the user'"'"'s desire to purchase the file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An online music purchasing method, comprising:
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receiving and playing digital radio representations of media content in near real-time in a radio session;
displaying a sequential list of currently-playing and previously-played media content of the radio session;
receiving a signal indicative of a user'"'"'s desire to purchase a file of one of a currently-playing or previously-played media content; and
downloading the file from a content server according to the signal indicative of the user'"'"'s desire to purchase the file. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for enabling simultaneous online radio services and music purchasing, the system comprising:
a user interface, including a radio control window to control playing of digital representations of music tracks of a radio session, and a radio session sequence window displaying a sequential list of currently-playing and previously-played media content of the radio session, wherein the radio session sequence window is configured to display a purchase control button for receiving a signal indicative of a user'"'"'s desire to purchase a music file associated with one of the digital representations of music tracks. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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