Subscribing To Content
First Claim
1. A method comprisingreceiving periodic subscription fees from subscribers of a content subscription service,updating an electronically maintained account of the subscriber to reflect an additional amount of scrip corresponding to each subscription fee, andenabling the subscriber to obtain items of content in amounts and at times determined arbitrarily by the subscriber in exchange for amounts of scrip in the subscriber'"'"'s account.
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Abstract
A method includes (a) receiving periodic subscription fees from subscribers of a content subscription service, (b) updating an electronically maintained account of the subscriber to reflect an additional amount of scrip corresponding to each subscription fee, and (c) enabling the subscriber to obtain items of content in amounts and at times determined arbitrarily by the subscriber in exchange for amounts of scrip in the subscriber'"'"'s account.
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1. A method comprising
receiving periodic subscription fees from subscribers of a content subscription service, updating an electronically maintained account of the subscriber to reflect an additional amount of scrip corresponding to each subscription fee, and enabling the subscriber to obtain items of content in amounts and at times determined arbitrarily by the subscriber in exchange for amounts of scrip in the subscriber'"'"'s account.
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