Sales of collections excluding those already purchased
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1. A method, comprising:
- maintaining a database on a digital media storage device, said database including a first plurality of digital media items;
defining a digital media collection, comprising a list of a second plurality of digital media items, each having a similar set of characteristics, said characteristics indicative of intrinsic and extrinsic features of said digital media items;
based at least in part on information regarding said defined digital media collection, automatically identifying a set of digital media items present in said second plurality and not present in said first plurality;
determining if a threshold number of digital media items present in said second plurality are present in said first plurality; and
in response to said determining, specifying, without user intervention, a commercial transaction to obtain said set of digital media items, such that said database would contain a complete copy of said defined digital media collection,wherein the method is performed by one or more processors.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and system capable of allowing users to complete collections of objects without unwanted duplication thereof. The system automatically, and in response to user direction, determines if objects are available that would complete a user'"'"'s collection. The system can automatically purchase and obtain delivery of objects identified as being needed to complete a collection. The system allows a user to statically define and derive the parameters of a desired collection of objects and can create, and suggest to the user, collections of which the user already has a portion. The system includes functionality that provides user-definable collections.
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1. A method, comprising:
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maintaining a database on a digital media storage device, said database including a first plurality of digital media items; defining a digital media collection, comprising a list of a second plurality of digital media items, each having a similar set of characteristics, said characteristics indicative of intrinsic and extrinsic features of said digital media items; based at least in part on information regarding said defined digital media collection, automatically identifying a set of digital media items present in said second plurality and not present in said first plurality; determining if a threshold number of digital media items present in said second plurality are present in said first plurality; and in response to said determining, specifying, without user intervention, a commercial transaction to obtain said set of digital media items, such that said database would contain a complete copy of said defined digital media collection, wherein the method is performed by one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising;
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maintaining a first database and a second database, wherein said first database is logically related to a user and maintained on a digital media storage device, and wherein said second database is logically related to a vendor; defining a collection model, wherein said defined collection model includes a set of selected features indicative of a class of preferred items; based at least in part on said defined collection model, automatically identifying a set of items in said second database not present in said first database; determining if a threshold number of digital media items present in said second database are present in said first database; and in response to said determining, specifying, without user intervention, a commercial transaction to obtain said identified set of items, wherein the method is performed by one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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comparing a user media library with a digital media collection, wherein said user media library comprises a plurality of digital media accessible via a digital media storage device, and said digital media collection comprises a first listing of digital media items with a shared characteristic; based at least in part on said shared characteristic, automatically identifying a set of digital media items from said digital media collection not present in said user media library; dynamically updating said digital media collection with a second listing of digital media items; examining said user media library with reference to a threshold value, wherein said threshold value indicates how many of said first or second listing of digital media items with a shared characteristic should appear in said user media library. comparing said user media library with said updated digital media collection; and if said threshold value is exceeded, preparing a commercial transaction to obtain each of said set of digital media items, if available, from a specified vendor for inclusion in said user media library, wherein the method is performed by one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system, comprising:
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means for comparing a user media library with a digital media collection, wherein said user media library comprises a plurality of digital media accessible via a digital media storage device, and said digital media collection comprises a first listing of digital media items with a shared characteristic; means for automatically identifying a set of digital media items from said digital media collection not present in said user media library, wherein said identifying said set of digital media items is based at least in part on said shared characteristic; means for dynamically updating said digital media collection with a second listing of digital media items; means for examining said user media library with reference to a threshold value, wherein said threshold value indicates how many of said first or second listing of digital media items with a shared characteristic should appear in said user media library. means for comparing said user media library with said updated digital media collection; and means for preparing a commercial transaction to obtain each of said set of digital media items, if available, from a specified vendor for inclusion in said user media library, if said threshold value is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A system, comprising:
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a device including a processor and a database, wherein the database includes a second plurality of digital media items; and wherein the processor is configured to; receive a request regarding a digital media collection; based at least in part on the request, compare a list of the second plurality to a list of a first plurality of digital media items, wherein items on the list of the second plurality of digital media items share a similar set of characteristics, the set of characteristics indicative of intrinsic and extrinsic features of the second plurality of the digital media items; based at least in part on information regarding the digital media collection, automatically identify a set of digital media items present in the second plurality and not present in the first plurality; determine if a threshold number of digital media items present in the second plurality are present in said first plurality; and in response to the determination, specify, without user intervention, a commercial transaction to obtain the set of digital media items, such that the device offers for sale the set of digital media items. - View Dependent Claims (55)
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