Open, neutral electronic distribution system for digital content providing distribution channel support to publishers and retailers and abstract fulfillment for publishers
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1. A method of retailer electronic distribution of digital content for building a digital inventory of products offered by publishers to retailers to sell;
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uploading content from publishers to offer as products for retailers to sell;
enrolling the content by storing publisher marketing metadata comprising any merchandising and product information that is to be offered to consumers via retailers;
providing a catalog feed to retailers comprising a list of the enrolled content;
receiving retailer selection of at least one item of content from the catalog feed; and
storing retailer information specific to that retailer to facilitate rebranding the at least one item of content.
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Abstract
An online service and system are provided through which digital content publishers can package, protect, market and sell their content through on-line retailers, and through which on-line retailers can both build a unique inventory of digital content with all associated marketing metadata to sell through their on-line stores and seamlessly integrate the digital content into their on-line shopping cart. The system provides publishers with abstract fulfillment such that they only.
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1. A method of retailer electronic distribution of digital content for building a digital inventory of products offered by publishers to retailers to sell;
comprising; uploading content from publishers to offer as products for retailers to sell; enrolling the content by storing publisher marketing metadata comprising any merchandising and product information that is to be offered to consumers via retailers; providing a catalog feed to retailers comprising a list of the enrolled content; receiving retailer selection of at least one item of content from the catalog feed; and storing retailer information specific to that retailer to facilitate rebranding the at least one item of content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of integrated electronic distribution and commerce for providing license transactions, product activation and distribution channel support among content providers or publishers, retailers or resellers, and consumers to facilitate electronic distribution of digital content comprising:
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generating at least one publisher interface screen to assist a publisher in selection of at least one retailer to electronically sell a product of the publisher to consumers, the publisher interface screen comprising at least one offer screen requesting entry of selected offer management information by the publisher, the offer management information comprising selection of at least one retailer from a list of retailers, and product information identifying the product the publisher wishes the selected retailer to offer to consumers; adding the product to a stored catalog using the offer management information entered by the publisher in response to the publisher interface screen, the catalog providing a list of a plurality of products offered by different publishers to retailers to sell to consumers; and providing an online catalog feed to retailers that allows retailers to select from among the plurality of product offers therein from different publishers to build an inventory. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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