Techniques for acquiring a set of digital media assets
First Claim
1. A method for acquiring a set of digital media assets from an on-line media store, said method comprising:
- presenting a plurality of sets of related digital media assets that are available for purchase on the on-line media store, for each of the set of related digital media assets available for purchase, at least a portion of the digital media assets to be included therein are unavailable from the on-line media store;
receiving a selection of one of the sets of related digital media assets to be purchased;
initiating purchase of the selected one of the sets of related digital media assets; and
permitting delivery of available ones of the digital media assets of the selected one of the sets of related digital media assets.
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Abstract
Techniques to facilitate acquiring a media set, or a related series, of digital media assets from an on-line media store are disclosed. A user can view various media sets that have been listed as available for purchase from the on-line media store. A user can choose to purchase a particular media set even though some or all digital media assets to be included in the particular media set are not yet available. Subsequent to the purchase of the particular media set, the digital media assets of the particular media set can be delivered to the user once the digital media assets become available. Since the monitoring is computerized and the delivery is electronic, once digital media assets becomes available, delivery can be automatically processed.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for acquiring a set of digital media assets from an on-line media store, said method comprising:
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presenting a plurality of sets of related digital media assets that are available for purchase on the on-line media store, for each of the set of related digital media assets available for purchase, at least a portion of the digital media assets to be included therein are unavailable from the on-line media store; receiving a selection of one of the sets of related digital media assets to be purchased; initiating purchase of the selected one of the sets of related digital media assets; and permitting delivery of available ones of the digital media assets of the selected one of the sets of related digital media assets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for acquiring digital media assets from an online repository, said method comprising:
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facilitating browsing of sets of digital media assets available for browsing and purchasing from an online repository, wherein the sets are defined by set characteristics, and wherein the sets of digital media assets are available even though at least one of the digital media assets for each of the sets of digital media assets does not yet exist; processing purchase of a selected set of digital media assets; delivering those of the digital media assets of the selected set of digital media assets that are available; subsequently determining whether one or more newly available digital media assets exist for the selected set of digital media assets; delivering the one or more newly available digital media assets for the selected set of digital media assets that are determined to exist; determining whether the set of digital media assets is completed; and denoting the set of digital media assets as completed if said determining determines that the set of digital media assets is completed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A computer readable medium including at least executable computer program code stored therein for acquiring a set of digital media assets from an on-line media store, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for presenting a plurality of media sets that are available for purchase on the on-line media store; computer program code for receiving a selection of one of the media sets to be purchased; computer program code for initiating purchase of the selected media set; and computer program code for permitting delivery of available ones of the digital media assets of the selected media set. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A media server, comprising:
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at least one data storage device, said data storage device storing (i) media set information for a plurality of sets of digital media assets, with the media set information for each of the sets of digital media assets characterizing a plurality of digital media assets that are included within such set, and (ii) at least a subset of the plurality of digital media assets or pointers thereto; and a data processing unit operatively connected to said at least one storage device, said data processing unit performing a purchase process to enable users to select one or more of the sets of digital media assets for purchase, said processing unit further performing a fulfillment process to deliver, to the user that has purchased such, a first portion of the plurality of digital media assets that are currently available for the purchased set of digital media assets and one or more remaining portions of the digital media assets as they become available. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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