ORDERING ITEMS OF PLAYABLE CONTENT OR OTHER WORKS
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Abstract
A terminal and system for sampling and ordering items of playable content prior to potential purchase, the terminal being preferably located at a retail site, comprising input means for inputting selection information, and reproduction means for replaying parts of selected items, the terminal being arranged to determine a characteristic of a particular item in dependence on local factors such as factors relating to the site in which the terminal is located.
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Citations
21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A system comprising:
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one or more computers; and a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon for enabling a customer to sample items of playable content prior to purchase, the instructions, when executed by the one or more computers, causing the one or more computers to perform operations comprising; receiving, over a private telecommunications channel from a terminal disposed in a retail site, input selection information identifying an item to be sampled by a customer, the item including playable content; determining a base price associated with the item; determining, when the input selection information is received, a current usage of the private telecommunications channel, accessing a pricing model for the item of playable content that depends on the current usage of the private telecommunications channel when the input selection information is received; determining a price characteristic of the item of playable content based on the base price and the pricing model; transmitting the price characteristic over the private telecommunications channel to the terminal for display to the customer; transmitting a sample of the item over the private telecommunications channel to the terminal; and receiving a signal indicating that the customer intends to purchase the item, after the price characteristic has been transmitted to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for enabling a customer to sample items of playable content prior to purchase, comprising:
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receiving, over a private telecommunications channel from a terminal disposed in a retail site, input selection information identifying an item to be sampled by a customer, the item including playable content; determining a base price associated with the item; determining, when the input selection information is received, a current usage of the private telecommunications channel; accessing a pricing model for the item of playable content that depends on the current usage of the private telecommunications channel when the input selection information is received; determining a price characteristic of the item of playable content based on the base price and the pricing model; transmitting the price characteristic over the private telecommunications channel to the terminal for display to the customer; transmitting a sample of the item over the private telecommunications channel to the terminal; and receiving a signal indicating that the customer intends to purchase the item, after the price characteristic has been transmitted to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions for enabling a customer to sample items of playable content prior to purchase, the instructions, when executed, operate to cause a computer to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, over a private telecommunications channel from a terminal disposed in a retail site, input selection information identifying an item to be sampled by a customer, the item including playable content; determining a base price associated with the item; determining, when the input selection information is received, a current usage of the private telecommunications channel; accessing a pricing model for the item of playable content that depends on the current usage of the private telecommunications channel when the input selection information is received; determining a price characteristic of the item of playable content based on the base price and the pricing model; transmitting the price characteristic over the private telecommunications channel to the terminal for display to the customer; transmitting a sample of the item over the private telecommunications channel to the terminal; and receiving a signal indicating that the customer intends to purchase the item, after the price characteristic has been transmitted to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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