GRANTING ACCESS TO DIGITAL CONTENT OBTAINED FROM A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE
First Claim
1. A third party digital content service to grant access to digital content obtained from the third party digital content service to an end-user device associated with a vendor specific digital content service, the third party digital content service comprising:
- a processor configured to receive an input from a user, the input identifying an item of digital content; and
a communications interface in communication with the processor, the communications interface configured to transmit a grant request to a vendor specific digital content service to initiate granting of access rights to the identified digital content to a vendor specific end-user account associated with the user.
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Abstract
Described herein are third party digital content services for granting access to digital content. The third party digital content service is not associated with any particular end-user device or brand of end-user device and thus does not comprise means for transferring digital content directly to end-user devices configured to only receive digital content from an authorized vendor specific digital content service. The third party digital content service receives input from a user identifying an item of digital content which has been purchased or otherwise obtained from the third party digital content service. The third party digital content service then transmits a grant request to a vendor specific digital content service authorized to deliver content to a vendor specific end-user device or application. The grant request comprises authorization information for a vendor specific end-user account associated with the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A third party digital content service to grant access to digital content obtained from the third party digital content service to an end-user device associated with a vendor specific digital content service, the third party digital content service comprising:
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a processor configured to receive an input from a user, the input identifying an item of digital content; and a communications interface in communication with the processor, the communications interface configured to transmit a grant request to a vendor specific digital content service to initiate granting of access rights to the identified digital content to a vendor specific end-user account associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vendor specific digital content service to grant access to digital content obtained from a third party content service to an end-user device, the vendor specific digital content service comprising:
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a communications interface configured to receive a transfer request from the third party digital content service, the transfer request comprising authentication information for an end-user account and information identifying digital content; and a processor in communication with the communications interface, the processor configured to; determine whether the authentication information for the end-user account is valid; and if the authentication information for the user is valid, associate the identified digital content with the end-user account at the vendor specific digital content service so that the user can access the identified digital content from one or more end-user devices associated with the vendor specific digital content service. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method to grant access to digital content obtained from a third party digital content service to an end-user device associated with a vendor specific digital content service, the method comprising:
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receiving input at the third party digital content service from a user, the input identifying an item of digital content from a list of digital content obtained by a user from the third party digital content service; and transmitting a grant request to a vendor specific digital content service to initiate granting of access rights to the identified digital content to a vendor specific end-user account associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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