Digital Asset Delivery to Different Devices
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1. A method for delivering an acquired digital asset from an online digital asset store to an electronic device via a network, said method comprising:
- receiving, via an acquisition device, a user selection of a digital asset available from an online digital asset store;
providing usage rights to the digital asset available from the online digital asset store;
determining whether the digital asset is be delivered to the acquisition device;
arranging for delivery of the digital asset to the acquisition device when it is determined that the digital asset is be delivered to the acquisition device;
determining whether the digital asset is be delivered to at least one destination device other than the acquisition device; and
arranging for delivery of the digital asset to the at least one destination device when it is determined that the digital asset is be delivered to the at least one destination device.
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Abstract
Improved approaches to electronically deliver digital assets to appropriate electronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user can purchase access rights to one or more digital assets from an online digital asset store, and then the one or more digital assets can be electronically delivered to one or more electronic devices associated with the user. Advantageously, different types of digital assets can be delivered to different electronic devices of the user, whereby limited resources of the different electronic devices can be used in a more intelligent manner.
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1. A method for delivering an acquired digital asset from an online digital asset store to an electronic device via a network, said method comprising:
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receiving, via an acquisition device, a user selection of a digital asset available from an online digital asset store; providing usage rights to the digital asset available from the online digital asset store; determining whether the digital asset is be delivered to the acquisition device; arranging for delivery of the digital asset to the acquisition device when it is determined that the digital asset is be delivered to the acquisition device; determining whether the digital asset is be delivered to at least one destination device other than the acquisition device; and arranging for delivery of the digital asset to the at least one destination device when it is determined that the digital asset is be delivered to the at least one destination device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium including at least executable computer program code tangibly stored thereon for delivering at least one digital asset from an online digital asset store to an electronic device via a network, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for acquiring usage rights to a digital asset from the online digital asset store; computer program code for determining whether the digital asset is be delivered to at least one of a plurality of potential destination devices; and computer program code for arranging for delivery of the digital asset to the at least one of the plurality of potential destination devices when it is determined that the digital asset is be delivered to at least one of the plurality of potential destination devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An online media store, comprising:
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a delivery queue provide for each of a plurality of user accounts, the delivery queue for each user account operating to separately queue media content for delivery to a plurality of electronic devices associated with the user account; a queue manager for coordinating entries in the delivery queue for media content to be available to at least one of the electronic devices associated with one or more of the plurality of user accounts; and a delivery manager for managing delivery of the media content identified by the entries in the delivery queue to the respective electronic devices.
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24. A graphical user interface, comprising:
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a metadata portion describing a digital asset that has been acquired; and a destination portion describing one of a plurality of destination devices for which the digital assets is to be or has been delivered. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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