Digital content distribution systems and methods
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1. In a computer system, a computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code stored in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to gather and/or create (i) information pertaining to one or more digital media accounts used by a user of the computer system and/or (ii) information pertaining to a portable device connected to the computer system;
computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to store the information in a token file;
computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to communicate with a central server to create an account for the user at the central server if the user does not have an account at the central server; and
computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to transmit the token file to the central server and/or the portable device.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to storing a token file on a portable device, wherein the token file may store information pertaining to user preferences and/or account information.
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40 Claims
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1. In a computer system, a computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code stored in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to gather and/or create (i) information pertaining to one or more digital media accounts used by a user of the computer system and/or (ii) information pertaining to a portable device connected to the computer system;
computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to store the information in a token file;
computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to communicate with a central server to create an account for the user at the central server if the user does not have an account at the central server; and
computer readable program code configured to cause the computer system to transmit the token file to the central server and/or the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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providing in a location generally accessible to the public a first device for assisting a user in acquiring digital content;
enabling the user to connect a second device to the first device, wherein the second device is a portable device;
upon detecting that the portable device is connected to the first device, retrieving from a memory unit contained within or connected to the portable device information pertaining to the user and/or the portable device; and
displaying a graphical user interface on a display screen of the first device, wherein at least some of the content of the graphical user interface is based, at least in part, on at least some of the retrieved information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, comprising:
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providing in a location generally accessible to the public a first device for assisting a user to acquire digital content;
enabling the user to connect a second device to the first device, wherein the second device is a portable device;
upon detecting that the portable device is connected to the first device, retrieving from a memory unit contained within or connected to the portable device information pertaining to the user'"'"'s preferences, wherein the information pertaining to the user'"'"'s preferences comprises (i) an encoding format identifier that can be used to identify a preferred encoding format and/or (ii) an account identifier, wherein a server stores the account identifier such that the account identifier is associated with an encoding format identifier that can be used to identify a preferred encoding format;
receiving, at the first device, a request from the user to acquire a selected item, wherein a plurality of copies of the selected item are stored in a memory unit accessible to a server, wherein each of the plurality of copies of the selected item is encoded according to a different encoding format, and at least one of the copies is encoded according to the preferred encoding format;
using the encoding format identifier to retrieve from the memory unit a copy of the selected item that is encoded according to the preferred encoding format; and
storing the retrieved copy of the selected item in the portable device memory unit. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method, comprising:
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providing in a location generally accessible to the public a first device for assisting a user in acquiring digital content;
enabling the user to connect a media player device to the first device; and
while the media player device is connected to the first device;
retrieving from a memory unit contained within or connected to the media player device information pertaining to a user;
creating a personalized a graphical user interface using the retrieved information; and
displaying the personalized graphical user interface on a display screen of the first device. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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