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Electronic delivery and management of digital media items

  • US 7,860,798 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2006
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing digital media items at a user system, comprising:

  • receiving, by electronic delivery, a plurality of digital media items specified in a list of digital media items maintained by a provider system;

    storing the received digital media items at the user system;

    receiving at the user system a first request to electronically check out a first digital media item from the user system;

    determining if a maximum allowed number of digital media items have been checked out from the user system by comparing a count representing the current number of checked out digital media items with the maximum allowed number of digital media items;

    denying the first request if the maximum allowed number of digital media items have been checked out from the user system;

    incrementing the count if the first request is granted;

    receiving a second request to electronically check in a second digital media item that had been previously checked out;

    in response to the second request, checking-in the second digital media item; and

    decrementing the count.

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