DIGITAL CONTENT MARKETING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20080270264A1
• Filed: 04/23/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble Inc.)
• Inventors: Kohler, David D. R., Bissett, William Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/108,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270264A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and network appliance for searching digital content located within a network to identify digital content available for potential offer, thus defining identified digital content. A user is allowed to select at least one digital content from the identified digital content, thus defining at least one selected digital content. The at least one selected digital content is provided to a digital exchange process for offering to a third party.

Claims

1. A digital content marketing method comprising:

searching digital content located within a network to identify digital content available for potential offer, thus defining identified digital content;

allowing a user to select at least one digital content from the identified digital content, thus defining at least one selected digital content; and

providing the at least one selected digital content to a digital exchange process for offering to a third party.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sorting the identified digital content.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

defining a description for the at least one selected digital content; and

providing the description for the at least one selected digital content to the digital exchange process.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

defining a value for the at least one selected digital content; and

providing the value for the at least one selected digital content to the digital exchange process.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital exchange process is configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving the at least one selected digital content;

associating the value with the at least one selected digital content; and

offering the at least one selected digital content for at least the first value.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the digital exchange process is further configured to perform operations comprising:

selling/licensing the at least one selected digital content to a purchaser.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the digital exchange process is further configured to perform operations comprising:

providing at least a portion of the first value to the user.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the digital exchange process is further configured to perform operations comprising:

providing the at least one selected digital content to the purchaser.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital content marketing method is executed on a first computing device and the digital exchange process is executed on a second computing device.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital content marketing method and the digital exchange process are executed on a first computing device.

11. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

searching digital content located within a network to identify digital content available for potential offer, thus defining identified digital content;

allowing a user to select at least one digital content from the identified digital content, thus defining at least one selected digital content; and

providing the at least one selected digital content to a digital exchange process for offering to a third party.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising instructions for:

sorting the identified digital content.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising instructions for:

defining a description for the at least one selected digital content; and

providing the description for the at least one selected digital content to the digital exchange process.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising instructions for:

defining a value for the at least one selected digital content; and

providing the value for the at least one selected digital content to the digital exchange process.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the digital exchange process is configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving the at least one selected digital content;

associating the value with the at least one selected digital content; and

offering the at least one selected digital content for at least the first value.

16. A network appliance configured to perform operations comprising:

searching digital content located within a network to identify digital content available for potential offer, thus defining identified digital content;

allowing a user to select at least one digital content from the identified digital content, thus defining at least one selected digital content; and

providing the at least one selected digital content to a digital exchange process for offering to a third party.

17. The network appliance of claim 16, wherein the network appliance is further configured to perform operations comprising:

sorting the identified digital content.

18. The network appliance of claim 16, wherein the network appliance is further configured to perform operations comprising:

defining a description for the at least one selected digital content; and

providing the description for the at least one selected digital content to the digital exchange process.

19. The network appliance of claim 16, wherein the network appliance is further configured to perform operations comprising:

defining a value for the at least one selected digital content; and

providing the value for the at least one selected digital content to the digital exchange process.

20. The network appliance of claim 16 wherein the digital exchange process is configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving the at least one selected digital content;

associating the value with the at least one selected digital content; and

offering the at least one selected digital content for at least the first value.