Method and system for custom manufacture and delivery of a data product
First Claim
1. A method of custom manufacture of a digital data product from digital information supported in a disk farm connected to a network, wherein a set of burner machines are connected to the network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting a set of digital data files in the disk farm;
(b) identifying one of the set of burner machines to be used in manufacturing the product;
(c) transferring each of the digital data files of the set to the identified machine;
(d) isolating the identified machine from interference; and
(e) recording the digital data files of the set to a physical medium.
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Abstract
A system for selling, manufacturing and distributing a custom digital data product from retail stores, over the Internet, over the telephone, or by electronic means (e.g., fax, e-mail, and the like) wherein a customer is provided (e.g., by electronic mail verification) order tracking information. After a customer selects a "set" of sound recordings or data from a library or catalog of such recordings or data and payment or credit is received or verified, an image of the "set" is assembled from a storage or "disk" farm. The image is preferably assembled at a manufacturing facility, e.g., a CD-ROM burner farm, where the product is then made. Every data object on the product may have a code associated therewith for later reference. The disk and burner farms communicate via a high speed communications subsystem to facilitate continuous processing. Upon assembly and manufacture, the product is packaged and shipped. Throughout the manufacture and distribution, the customer may track the process by activating a hyperlink in one or more e-mail confirmation messages provided by the service provider, or by entering order/tracking numbers from retail terminals or by telephone, or the like.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of custom manufacture of a digital data product from digital information supported in a disk farm connected to a network, wherein a set of burner machines are connected to the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting a set of digital data files in the disk farm; (b) identifying one of the set of burner machines to be used in manufacturing the product; (c) transferring each of the digital data files of the set to the identified machine; (d) isolating the identified machine from interference; and (e) recording the digital data files of the set to a physical medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of large scale custom manufacture of digital data products from digital information supported in a disk farm connected to a computer network, wherein a set of machines in a manufacturing farm are connectable to the computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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having each of a set of customers select a custom set of digital data files in the disk farm to generate a order; for each order, identifying one of the set of machines to be used to manufacture the product for a given customer; for each order, transferring each of the digital data files of the selected set to the identified machine in the manufacturing farm; for each order, isolating the identified machine from interference after the digital data files of the selected set are assembled at the identified machine; and for each order, recording the digital data files of the set to a physical medium. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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