Media gifting devices and methods
First Claim
1. A method for gifting one or more digital media files from a first device to a separate second device comprising:
- transmitting a gift offer from the first device to gift the one or more digital media files to the second device;
receiving an acceptance of the gift offer from the second device; and
transmitting a gift request to a separate external server associated with an online digital media provider, the external server being configured to authorize the creation of a gift file corresponding to each of the one or more digital media files for transmission from the external server to the second device.
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Abstract
Various techniques are provided for the gifting between multiple electronic devices of media content provided by an online digital media provider. An offer and acceptance of a selected gift file is accomplished between a gifter device and a receiving giftee device using a near-field communication (NFC) connection. If a connection to the online provider is available, the gifter device may transmit a gift request by which the gifter'"'"'s account is charged for the gift file. Thereafter, a gift file created using DRM keys associated with the giftee'"'"'s account may be downloaded to the giftee device. If a network connection is unavailable, the giftee device may transfer a locked gift file and a corresponding gift license to the giftee device using a peer-to-peer connection. The giftee device may authenticate the license and unlock the gift file once a connection to the online provider is available.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for gifting one or more digital media files from a first device to a separate second device comprising:
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transmitting a gift offer from the first device to gift the one or more digital media files to the second device; receiving an acceptance of the gift offer from the second device; and transmitting a gift request to a separate external server associated with an online digital media provider, the external server being configured to authorize the creation of a gift file corresponding to each of the one or more digital media files for transmission from the external server to the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for gifting a digital media file from a first device to a separate second device comprising:
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transmitting a gift offer from the first device to gift the digital media file to the second device; receiving an acceptance of the gift offer from the second device; creating a locked gift file corresponding to the digital media file and generating a corresponding gift license on the first device; and transmitting the locked gift file and the gift license from the first device to the second device, wherein the locked gift file may be played back on the second device if the gift license is authenticated with an online digital media provider. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for gifting one or more digital media files from a first device to a separate second device comprising:
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determining one or more digital media files to be gifted from the first device to the second device; generating an electronic gift certificate using the first device; and transmitting the electronic gift certificate from the first device to the second device, the electronic gift certificate being redeemable by the second device with an online digital media provider to acquire the one or more gifted media files - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic device comprising:
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a processor; a first communication interface being configured to establish a first communication path with a communication interface on a separate device; and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to store an application executable by the processor, the application being configured to transmit an offer to gift one or more digital media files from the electronic device to the separate device, receive on the electronic device an acceptance of the offer from the separate device, and transmit a gift request from the electronic device to a separate external server associated with an online digital media provider, wherein the external server is configured to authorize the creation of a gift file corresponding to each of the one or more digital media files for transmission from the external server to the separate device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An electronic device comprising:
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a processor; a communication interface being configured to establish a communication path with a communication interface on a separate external server, the server being associated with an online digital media provider; a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to store an application executable by the processor, the application being configured determine one or more digital media files to be gifted from the electronic device to the separate device in response to one or more inputs from a user of the electronic device, generate an electronic gift certificate, and transmit the electronic gift certificate from the electronic device to a separate device, wherein the electronic gift certificate may be redeemed with the online digital media provider by a user of the separate device to acquire one or more digital media files. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method for receiving one or more gifted digital media files on a first device from a separate second device comprising:
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receiving on the first device a gift offer from the second device, the offer identifying the one or more digital media files to be gifted from the second device to the first device; transmitting an acceptance of the gift offer from the first device to the second device; and acquiring the one or more gifted digital media files. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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