METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DELIVER A DIGITAL GOOD

• US 20120054321A1
• Filed: 11/08/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Kazim, Eskander
• Application Number:
  US13/291,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054321A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A system to deliver a digital good from a seller to a buyer is disclosed. The system includes an interface to receive a digital goods package from the seller, the digital goods package including the digital good and a buyer identifier. A digital goods database is provided to store the digital goods package, with an identifier extractor being provided to extract the buyer identifier from the digital goods package. The system further includes a notifier to notify the buyer, based on the buyer identifier, that the digital good has been received from the seller and is ready to be collected by the buyer, wherein, after having sent the notification that the digital good is ready to be collected, the system allows the buyer to access and retrieve the digital good.

Claims

1. A method of delivering a digital good from a seller to a buyer, the method including:

receiving a digital goods package from the seller, the digital goods package including the digital good and a buyer identifier;

storing the digital goods package;

extracting the buyer identifier from the digital goods package;

notifying the buyer, based on the buyer identifier, that the digital good has been received from the seller and is ready to be collected by the buyer; and

allowing the buyer to access and retrieve the digital good.