Method and System for Upgrading a Previously Purchased Media Asset
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface for display on a display device associated with a computing device, said graphical user interface comprising:
- a media upgrade window includes at least (i) a media descriptive portion providing information concerning a media bundle available from an on-line media store, and (ii) a media item listing area providing a listing of a plurality of media items within the media bundle,wherein a portion of the media items in the listing are visually distinguished from other of the media items in the media item listing, where the portion of the media items being visually distinguished are those of the media items within the media bundle that have been previously acquired.
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Abstract
Systems, graphical user interfaces and methods for upgrading from one or more digital media assets to a set of digital media assets over a network are described. A potential purchaser can be notified of available upgrade opportunities that are available for purchase. The potential purchaser can elect to pursue an upgrade opportunity so as to purchase a set of digital media assets. Upon upgrading to the set of digital media assets, the digital media assets within the set of digital media assets are made available to the purchaser. According to one aspect, a graphical user interface facilitates presenting and requesting upgrade opportunities. According to another aspect, equivalency rules and/or eligibility rules can be used to control which sets of digital media assets are available for upgrade by respective potential purchasers.
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44 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface for display on a display device associated with a computing device, said graphical user interface comprising:
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a media upgrade window includes at least (i) a media descriptive portion providing information concerning a media bundle available from an on-line media store, and (ii) a media item listing area providing a listing of a plurality of media items within the media bundle, wherein a portion of the media items in the listing are visually distinguished from other of the media items in the media item listing, where the portion of the media items being visually distinguished are those of the media items within the media bundle that have been previously acquired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A graphical user interface for display on a display device associated with a computing device, said graphical user interface being presented on the display device for a user of the computing device, said graphical user interface comprising:
an upgrade availability window for presenting information for a plurality of media asset bundles that are available for purchase by the user, the media asset bundles that are available to the user are those media asset bundles for which the user previously acquired at least one media asset within each of the media asset bundles. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer-implemented method for facilitating upgrade to a media bundle, said computer-implemented method comprising:
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identifying a previously purchased media item; identifying an initial media bundle that is associated with the previously purchased media item; determining one or more media bundles that are equivalent to or related to the initial media bundle based on one or more equivalency rules; and causing an upgrade opportunity regarding at least one of the one or more media bundles that are equivalent to or related to the initial media bundle to be presented. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-implemented method for facilitating upgrade to a media bundle, said computer-implemented method comprising:
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identifying a previously purchased media item; and determining a media bundle associated with the previously purchased media item. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer readable medium including at least executable computer program code tangibly stored thereon for facilitating upgrade to a media bundle, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for identifying a previously acquired media item; computer program code for identifying an initial media bundle that was associated with the previously acquired media item at the time at which the previously purchased media item was acquired from an on-line media store; computer program code for determining one or more media bundles that are equivalent to or related to the initial media bundle based on one or more equivalency rules; and computer program code for causing an upgrade opportunity regarding at least one of the one or more media bundles that are equivalent to or related to the initial media bundle to be presented.
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