Licensed content purchasing and delivering
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1. A method comprising:
- enabling, by a content server, a purchase of licensed content by a first user of a first device for a second user of a second device, wherein the enabling includes enabling the first user to adjust a purchase price based on a total number of users covered by one or more licenses to the shareable, licensed content, a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to consume the shareable, licensed content, and a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to share the shareable, licensed content; and
automatically delivering, by the content server, the licensed content to the second device to enable consumption of the licensed content by the second user of the second device.
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Abstract
A content server enables one user to purchase licensed content for another user and, in response to the purchase, automatically delivers the content to the other user'"'"'s device. The content server further configures the other user'"'"'s device to receive and utilize the licensed content, thus enabling the other user to consume the content.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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enabling, by a content server, a purchase of licensed content by a first user of a first device for a second user of a second device, wherein the enabling includes enabling the first user to adjust a purchase price based on a total number of users covered by one or more licenses to the shareable, licensed content, a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to consume the shareable, licensed content, and a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to share the shareable, licensed content; and automatically delivering, by the content server, the licensed content to the second device to enable consumption of the licensed content by the second user of the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; memory coupled to the processor and storing executable instructions that are configured to be operated by the processor to perform operations including; enabling a purchase of sharable, licensed content by a first user of a first device for one or more second users of one or more second devices, including enabling the first user to adjust a purchase price based on a total number of users covered by one or more licenses to the shareable, licensed content, a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to consume the shareable, licensed content, and a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to share the shareable, licensed content; and automatically delivering the sharable, licensed content to the second device to enable the second user to share the sharable, licensed content by engaging in a session associated with the sharable, licensed content between the second device and other device(s). - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media and configured to program a content server to perform operations including:
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enabling a purchase of licensed content by a first user of a first device for a second user of a second device, wherein the enabling includes enabling the first user to adjust a purchase price based on a total number of users covered by one or more licenses to the shareable, licensed content, a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to consume the shareable, licensed content, and a number of users allowed by the one or more licenses to share the shareable, licensed content; and automatically delivering the licensed content to the second device to enable consumption of the licensed content by the second user of the second device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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