Methods for distributions of digital files
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for distributing files, having the steps of receiving at least one digital file, transmitting the digital file to a location, and selecting at least one content provider. The process also has the steps of updating a content of the content provider to provide a reference to the digital file at the location, generating an updated digital file by adding information which identifies the content provider to the digital file when the reference to the digital file is selected at the content provider, and transmitting at least a portion of the at least one updated digital file to a client network.
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44 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving on-line from a vendor site commercial information associated with a software product; receiving on-line from a plurality of content provider sites content information associated with each of the content providers; electronically selecting among the plurality of content provider sites using the commercial information and the content information one or more of the plurality of content provider sites to be a referring site for the software product; transmitting to the referring site one or more links associated with the software product and useable to initiate a download of the software product to a computer device from the referring site; and during or upon completion of a purchase transaction for the software product by the computer device resulting from an activation of the one or more links, electronically storing first data useable to remunerate the associated referring site. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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25. The method according to clam 24, wherein the one or more links includes identifying information of the download site.
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27. A method comprising:
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receiving on-line from a vendor site a software product and commercial information associated with the software product; receiving on-line from a plurality of content provider sites content information associated with each of the content providers; electronically selecting among the plurality of content provider sites using the commercial information and the content information one or more of the plurality of content provider sites to be a referring site for the software product; transmitting to the referring site one or more links associated with the software product and useable to initiate a download of the software product to a computer device from the referring site; and during or upon completion of a purchase transaction for the software product by the computer device resulting from an activation of the one or more links, electronically storing first data useable to remunerate the associated referring site. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35)
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34. The method according to clam 33, wherein the one or more links includes identifying information of the download site.
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36. A method comprising:
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receiving on-line from a vendor site a software product and commercial information associated with the software product; receiving on-line from a plurality of content provider sites content information associated with each of the content providers; electronically selecting among the plurality of content provider sites using the commercial information and the content information one or more of the plurality of content provider sites to be a referring site for the software product; transmitting to the referring site one or more links associated with the software product and useable to initiate a download of the software product to a computer device from the referring site; during or upon completion of a purchase transaction for the software product by the computer device resulting from an activation of the one or more links, receiving identifying information of the associated referring site; and electronically storing first data useable to remunerate the associated referring site. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44)
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43. The method according to clam 42, wherein the one or more links includes identifying information of the download site.
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