System and Method for Trading Unused Digital Rights
First Claim
1. A device for use with a digital content provider and a content purchaser, the content provider being operable to provide digital content and a first digital key, the digital content having quantified digital rights associated therewith, the content purchaser being operable to use the digital content in accordance with the digital rights upon receipt of the digital content and a second key, said device comprising:
- a receiving portion operable to receive the digital content and the first digital key from the digital content provider;
a security portion operable to access the digital content with the first digital key;
a content database operable to store the digital content;
an interface portion operable to offer to the content purchaser the digital content in accordance with the quantified digital rights and to enable the content purchaser to purchase the digital content in accordance with purchased quantified digital rights that have a quantity that is no more than the quantity of the quantified digital rights; and
a transmitting portion,wherein said security portion is further operable to encrypt the digital content with a second digital key such that the content purchaser may use the purchased digital content in accordance with the purchased quantified digital rights,wherein said transmitting portion is operable to transmit the encrypted digital content and the second digital key to the content purchaser.
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Abstract
A device is provided for use with a digital content provider and a content purchaser. The content provider can provide digital content and a first digital key, wherein the digital content has quantified digital rights associated therewith. The device includes a receiving portion, a security portion, a content database, an interface portion and a transmitting portion. The receiving portion can receive the digital content and the first digital key. The security portion can access the digital content with the first digital key. The content database can store the digital content. The interface portion can offer to the content purchaser the digital content and can enable the content purchaser to purchase the digital content in accordance with purchased quantified digital rights. The security portion can further encrypt the digital content with a second digital key such that the content purchaser may use the purchased digital content.
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18 Claims
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1. A device for use with a digital content provider and a content purchaser, the content provider being operable to provide digital content and a first digital key, the digital content having quantified digital rights associated therewith, the content purchaser being operable to use the digital content in accordance with the digital rights upon receipt of the digital content and a second key, said device comprising:
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a receiving portion operable to receive the digital content and the first digital key from the digital content provider; a security portion operable to access the digital content with the first digital key; a content database operable to store the digital content; an interface portion operable to offer to the content purchaser the digital content in accordance with the quantified digital rights and to enable the content purchaser to purchase the digital content in accordance with purchased quantified digital rights that have a quantity that is no more than the quantity of the quantified digital rights; and a transmitting portion, wherein said security portion is further operable to encrypt the digital content with a second digital key such that the content purchaser may use the purchased digital content in accordance with the purchased quantified digital rights, wherein said transmitting portion is operable to transmit the encrypted digital content and the second digital key to the content purchaser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method trading digital content rights with a digital content provider and a content purchaser, the content provider being operable to provide digital content and a first digital key, the digital content having quantified digital rights associated therewith, the content purchaser being operable to use the digital content in accordance with the digital rights upon receipt of the digital content and a second key, said method comprising:
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receiving, via a receiving portion, the digital content and the first digital key from the digital content provider; accessing, via a security portion, the digital content with the first digital key; storing, via a content database, the digital content; offering, via an interface portion, to the content purchaser the digital content in accordance with the quantified digital rights; enabling, via the interface portion, the content purchaser to purchase the digital content in accordance with purchased quantified digital rights that have a quantity that is no more than the quantity of the quantified digital rights; encrypting, via the security portion, the digital content with a second digital key such that the content purchaser may use the purchased digital content in accordance with the purchased quantified digital rights; and transmitting, via a transmitting portion, the encrypted digital content and the second digital key to the content purchaser. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device-readable media having device-readable instructions stored thereon, the device-readable instructions being capable of instructing a device to perform a method of trading digital content rights with a digital content provider and a content purchaser, the content provider being operable to provide digital content and a first digital key, the digital content having quantified digital rights associated therewith, the content purchaser being operable to use the digital content in accordance with the digital rights upon receipt of the digital content and a second key, said method comprising:
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receiving, via a receiving portion, the digital content and the first digital key from the digital content provider; accessing, via a security portion, the digital content with the first digital key; storing, via a content database, the digital content; offering, via an interface portion, to the content purchaser the digital content in accordance with the quantified digital rights; enabling, via the interface portion, the content purchaser to purchase the digital content in accordance with purchased quantified digital rights that have a quantity that is no more than the quantity of the quantified digital rights; encrypting, via the security portion, the digital content with a second digital key such that the content purchaser may use the purchased digital content in accordance with the purchased quantified digital rights; and transmitting, via a transmitting portion, the encrypted digital content and the second digital key to the content purchaser. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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