Method and system for controlled play of digital downloads
First Claim
1. A method of accessing digital files comprising the steps of:
- a) providing to a commercial establishment having pre-existing customer traffic an access controlled and output circumscribed player terminal located at the commercial establishment;
b) distributing an access code at a point of sale station at the commercial establishment;
c) inputting the access code at the output circumscribed player terminal; and
d) accessing a digital file for play on the player terminal.
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Abstract
A method and system for digital file promotion by placing output circumscribed player terminals at commercial establishments. The terminal may be able to download digital files but be disabled from output of the downloaded files, so that users must enjoy the file on the player provided to/by the establishment. The POS station of the commercial establishment sells an access code such as a bar code on the POS receipt which the user then scans to receive a digital file play of a file downloaded from the Internet or a local memory device, the digital files played may be MP3 files, ring tones, music/video/data/test/game files or programs accessible for play for a limited number of times, a limited period of time, or as a promotion of other products sold by the commercial establishment, or offered for sale independently, or the file itself may be promoted.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of accessing digital files comprising the steps of:
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a) providing to a commercial establishment having pre-existing customer traffic an access controlled and output circumscribed player terminal located at the commercial establishment;
b) distributing an access code at a point of sale station at the commercial establishment;
c) inputting the access code at the output circumscribed player terminal; and
d) accessing a digital file for play on the player terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A digital file player system allowing a commercial establishment to promote digital file play, the player system comprising:
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a) an output circumscribed player;
b) a code input device;
c) a download management module allowing download of at least one digital file to the output circumscribed player upon entry of a code at the code input device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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