CONTENT REFERENCE LINKING PURCHASE MODEL

• US 20080209308A1
• Filed: 05/21/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nicholas Andrew Brackney
• Original Assignee: Nicholas Andrew Brackney
• Inventors: Brackney, Nicholas Andrew
• Application Number:
  US11/751,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20080209308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A model for the distribution of additional content referenced inside of a file. Wherein a link is inserted into the work to allow users to purchase or receive additional content through non-invasive means.

Claims

1. Process of automatically inserting a link into a digital file to open up a transaction window.

2. Given claim 1 where a digital file is transmitted/transferred, downloaded or streamed to the end-user.

3. Given claim 1 where the link is a reference within the work or file pointing to a complementary or referenced work.

4. Given claim 1 where the link can be a moving picture, portion of the picture, still picture or text that activates the transaction window.

5. Given claim 1 where the transaction can be a subscription to the referenced work.

6. Given claim 1 where the transaction window can remember and use stored end-user information required to complete the transaction.