Method and system for network-based promotion of particular digital media items
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1. A method of operating a digital media purchase system, comprising:
- receiving, at the digital media purchase system, a unique promotional code from one of a plurality of consumers via a data network, in association with a user account of the one consumer with the digital media purchase system;
processing the received promotional code at the media purchase system to determine at least one particular digital media item associated with the received promotional code; and
configuring the user account of the one consumer with the media purchase system to enable access to the determined at least one particular digital media item from the media purchase system.
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Abstract
A method of operating a digital media purchase system includes, within the digital media purchase system, receiving a unique promotional code from one of a plurality of consumers via a data network. The receipt is in association with a user account of the one consumer with the digital media purchase system. A database associated with the media purchase system is processed to determine particular digital media items associated with the received one promotional code. A user account of the one consumer with the media purchase system is configured to enable access to the determined particular digital media from the media purchase system.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of operating a digital media purchase system, comprising:
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receiving, at the digital media purchase system, a unique promotional code from one of a plurality of consumers via a data network, in association with a user account of the one consumer with the digital media purchase system;
processing the received promotional code at the media purchase system to determine at least one particular digital media item associated with the received promotional code; and
configuring the user account of the one consumer with the media purchase system to enable access to the determined at least one particular digital media item from the media purchase system. - 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)
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- 25. A promotional medium embodied in a tangible medium, the promotional medium including a unique promotional code corresponding to data in a digital media purchase system associating the unique promotional code to at least one particular digital media item accessible, at a discount, via the digital media purchase system.
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28. A method of configuring a promotion, comprising:
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generating a plurality of unique promotional codes; and
populating a database of a digital media purchase system to associate the unique promotional codes to particular digital media items accessible, at a discount, via the digital media purchase system.
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30. A digital media purchase system configured to operate a promotion, comprising:
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a media commerce server configured to interface with a client via a data network to receive a particular unique promotional code; and
a promotional database, the promotional database configured to associate a plurality of unique promotional codes to particular ones of media held in a media store, wherein the particular unique promotional code is one of the plurality of unique promotional codes, wherein the media commerce server is configured to interoperate with the promotional database to determine, for the received unique promotional code, the associated particular ones of the media held in the media store and to make the determined associated particular ones of the media accessible to the client.
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31. A method of operating a promotion, comprising:
providing a plurality of promotional media, each promotional medium including a unique promotional code corresponding to data in a digital media purchase system associating that unique promotional code to at least one particular digital media item accessible, at a discount, via the digital media purchase system.
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32. A computer-readable medium, comprising:
a tangible medium having embodied therein a unique computer-readable promotional code, the unique promotional code usable by a computer system to associate that unique promotional code with at least one particular digital media item and to make the at least one particular digital media item accessible, at a discount, via the digital media purchase system.
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