System and Method for Offering a Title for Sale Over the Internet

• US 20080120196A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ingram DV LLC
• Original Assignee: Iofy Corporation
• Inventors: Reed, Ogden Cartwright, Newbern, Thomas W.
• Application Number:
  US11/932,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0278 Product appraisal
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0617 Representative agent

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for interacting with digital media that permits creating, editing, combining, producing, and using digital media content. In one aspect of the invention, these features are implemented using a “virtual container” or unit that contains structured information. This structured information includes the software, metadata and content required to use the content on a wide array of platforms, without software installations and without required net access or complex DRM interaction. Additional aspects of the invention extend the above described functionality and universality by enabling new ways to use the platform and link interested and connected parties so that consumers can interact with the product, create or mashup new products, or monetize their content.

Claims

1. An Internet based method for enabling a seller to sell a selected third party Title produced by a third party, comprising:

a) registering a seller at a service provider to establish a relationship between the seller and a method of attribution;

b) associating the selected third party Title with the seller'"'"'s registration, to enable an offer of the third party selected Title by the seller.

2. The Internet based method of claim 1 further comprising:

a) producing a Widget with the selected third party Title wherein the Widget provides an offering of the selected third party Title through Internet communications channels not controlled by the third party.

3. The Internet based method of claim 1 wherein the method of attribution is a credit card based payment system.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the Widget interfaces the offering with the method of attribution.

5. A method for uniquely identifying an opportunity for a seller to sell a Title produced by a third party, comprising:

a) associating the seller with a first unique identifier

b) associating the third party with a second unique identifier

c) using the identifiers in a) and b) to create a third unique identifier associated with any sales of the Title by the seller.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising storing on a database the identifiers and associating them with sales channels.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising storing on a database the identifiers and associating them with search engines.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising establishing URLs that would comprise the identifiers.

9. A system for creating an original Title and offering the original Title over the Internet comprising:

a) a convertor for creating a first Title with an associated Content index;

d) a reader for reading a second Title;

e) an integrator for correlating the second Title with the first Title and creating an original Title that determines the relationships among the first Title, the associated Content index, and the second Title;

f) a registrar for receiving seller information and for establishing a relationship between the seller and a method of attribution;

g) an order fulfillment mechanism for processing requests for the original digital media Title offered by the seller.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the integrator contains a temporal relationship module which creates a temporal relationship between the first Title and the second Title.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the integrator contains a contextual relationship module which creates a contextual relationship between the first Title and the second Title.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the converter contains a section index module for creating a section index as the associated Content index.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the converter contains a chapter index module for creating a chapter index as the associated Content.