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Lending digital items to identified recipients

  • US 8,799,363 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2011
  • Issued: 08/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, instruct a processor to perform acts comprising:

  • identifying a recipient for a copy of a digital item;

    permitting lending of the copy of the digital item from a lender to the recipient;

    storing annotations of the copy of the digital item generated by the recipient while the recipient is accessing the copy of the digital item, the annotations of the copy of the digital item being associated with the recipient, and the copy of the digital item being associated with the lender;

    providing, to the lender, an option to receive the copy of the digital item with the annotations or without the annotations; and

    in response to receiving an indication that the lender has responded to the option, permitting return of the copy of the digital item to the lender.

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