Digital media distribution system and method
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1. A system comprising:
- a source of digital media recordings;
wherein said source of digital media recordings is accessible via a communications network and stores in a database memory and makes available for purchase a plurality of digital media recordings;
a mobile communications device associated with a user, wherein said mobile communications device has an operating system and is for wireless communication and comprisesa processor,a display,a digital media player application that is pre-installed in the mobile communications device before the mobile communications device is provided to the user;
a memory, andan input;
an account associated with the user of said mobile communications device, wherein said account is accessible to the user using said mobile communications device, and wherein said account comprises a directory of a plurality of digital media recordings that have been obtained by the user;
wherein said source of digital media recordings processes a request, received from said mobile communications device, to purchase a digital media recording, wherein said request to purchase said digital media recording is input via said mobile communications device by the user of said mobile communications device;
wherein, when said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said source of digital media recordings makes said purchased digital media recording available for transmission to said mobile communications device;
wherein, said system does not transmit, at the time said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device for either (i) play;
or (ii) complete storage and subsequent play of said purchased digital media recording in said mobile communications device;
wherein, when said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said system identifies said purchased digital media recording in said directory of obtained digital media recordings in said account of the user;
wherein, said source of digital media recordings receives from said mobile communications device, via a communications interface initiated subsequent to said purchase of said digital media recording and by the user using the mobile communications device, a selection to transmit to said mobile communications device said purchased digital media recording that was previously purchased by the user using said mobile communications device and was identified by said system in said account of the user in the directory of digital media recordings obtained by the user;
wherein, based on said selection to transmit said purchased digital media recording to the mobile communications device of the user, said source of digital media recordings accesses in said database memory said digital media recording that was purchased by the user and transmits said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device of the user;
wherein said mobile communications device wirelessly receives said purchased digital media recording and stores said purchased digital media recording in said memory of said mobile communications device; and
wherein said purchased digital media recording stored in said memory of said mobile communications device is available for play in said mobile communications device with said pre-installed digital media player application.
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Abstract
A system and method employs an online site for making stored digital video recordings available for selection and download to a wireless communications device. Upon receipt of a selection for a digital video recording, the system and method causes the selected digital video recording to be wirelessly transmitted to the wireless communications device. The selected digital video recording is also made available to a personal computer associated with the user who made the selection. At least a title of the selected digital video recording is stored in a personal storage account of the user.
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31 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a source of digital media recordings; wherein said source of digital media recordings is accessible via a communications network and stores in a database memory and makes available for purchase a plurality of digital media recordings; a mobile communications device associated with a user, wherein said mobile communications device has an operating system and is for wireless communication and comprises a processor, a display, a digital media player application that is pre-installed in the mobile communications device before the mobile communications device is provided to the user; a memory, and an input; an account associated with the user of said mobile communications device, wherein said account is accessible to the user using said mobile communications device, and wherein said account comprises a directory of a plurality of digital media recordings that have been obtained by the user; wherein said source of digital media recordings processes a request, received from said mobile communications device, to purchase a digital media recording, wherein said request to purchase said digital media recording is input via said mobile communications device by the user of said mobile communications device; wherein, when said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said source of digital media recordings makes said purchased digital media recording available for transmission to said mobile communications device; wherein, said system does not transmit, at the time said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device for either (i) play;
or (ii) complete storage and subsequent play of said purchased digital media recording in said mobile communications device;wherein, when said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said system identifies said purchased digital media recording in said directory of obtained digital media recordings in said account of the user; wherein, said source of digital media recordings receives from said mobile communications device, via a communications interface initiated subsequent to said purchase of said digital media recording and by the user using the mobile communications device, a selection to transmit to said mobile communications device said purchased digital media recording that was previously purchased by the user using said mobile communications device and was identified by said system in said account of the user in the directory of digital media recordings obtained by the user; wherein, based on said selection to transmit said purchased digital media recording to the mobile communications device of the user, said source of digital media recordings accesses in said database memory said digital media recording that was purchased by the user and transmits said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device of the user; wherein said mobile communications device wirelessly receives said purchased digital media recording and stores said purchased digital media recording in said memory of said mobile communications device; and wherein said purchased digital media recording stored in said memory of said mobile communications device is available for play in said mobile communications device with said pre-installed digital media player application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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providing a source of digital media recordings that is accessible via a communications network and stores and makes available a plurality of digital media recordings; providing to a user a mobile communications device that comprises a processor; an operating system; a display; a memory; a digital media player application that is pre-installed in said mobile communications device before the mobile communications device is provided to the user; an input; providing an account to the user of said mobile communications device, wherein said account is accessible to the user using said mobile communications device, wherein said account comprises a directory of a plurality of digital media recordings that have been obtained by the user from said source of digital media recordings; receiving, from the mobile communications device of the user, a request to purchase a digital media recording, wherein said request to purchase said digital media recording is received in a communication initiated from said mobile communications device by the user; processing a purchase of said digital media recording; when said digital media recording is purchased, making said purchased digital media recording available for transmission to said mobile communications device of the user; identifying said purchased digital media recording in said directory of obtained digital media recordings in said account of the user and not transmitting, at the time said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device for either (i) play;
or (ii) complete storage and subsequent play;receiving from said mobile communications device at said source of digital media recordings, via a communications interface initiated subsequent to said purchase of said digital media recording and by the user using the mobile communications device, a request to transmit said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device; and in response to said receiving said request to transmit said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device, transmitting said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device for play of the digital media recording as it is received in said mobile communications device; playing said transmitted digital media recording in said mobile communications device as it is received from said source; enabling, via said mobile communications device, the user to select to download said purchased digital media recording to said memory of said mobile communications device so that said purchased digital media recording is available in said mobile communications device for subsequent play with said pre-installed digital media player application in said mobile communications device; receiving, from a computing device of the user, a request to access said account of the user; providing access to said account of the user by the computing device of the user; receiving, from the computing device of the user, a request to transmit to the computing device of the user said digital media recording that was purchased by the user using the mobile communications device and was identified in said account of the user in the directory of digital media recordings obtained by the user; and based on said request to transmit said purchased digital media recording to the computing device of the user, accessing said requested digital media recording at said source of digital media recordings and causing said requested digital media recording to be initially transmitted to the computing device of the user. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system comprising:
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a source of digital media recordings; wherein said source of digital media recordings is accessible via a communications network and stores in a database memory and makes available for purchase a plurality of digital media recordings; a mobile communications device associated with a user, wherein said mobile communications device has an operating system and is for wireless communication and comprises a processor, a display, a digital media player application that is pre-installed in the mobile communications device before the mobile communications device is provided to the user; a memory, and an input; an account associated with the user of said mobile communications device, wherein said account is accessible to the user using said mobile communications device, and wherein said account comprises a directory of a plurality of digital media recordings that have been obtained by the user; a media unit located in a residence of the user, wherein said media unit comprises a memory and a digital media decoder; wherein said source of digital media recordings processes a request, received from said mobile communications device, to purchase a digital media recording, wherein said request to purchase said digital media recording is input via said mobile communications device by the user of said mobile communications device; wherein, when said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said source of digital media recordings makes said purchased digital media recording available for transmission to said mobile communications device; wherein, said system does not transmit, at the time said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device for either (i) play;
or (ii) complete storage and subsequent play of said digital media recording in said mobile communications device;wherein, when said digital media recording is purchased from said source, said system identifies said purchased digital media recording in said directory of obtained digital media recordings in said account of the user; wherein, when said digital media recording is purchased from said source based on said request to purchase said digital media recording received from said mobile communications device, said source of digital media recordings transmits said purchased digital media recording to said media unit located in the residence of the user; wherein said source of digital media recordings receives from said mobile communications device, via a communications interface initiated subsequent to said purchase of said digital media recording and by the user using the mobile communications device, a selection to transmit to said mobile communications device said purchased digital media recording that was previously purchased by the user using said mobile communications device and was identified by said system in said account of the user in the directory of digital media recordings obtained by the user; wherein, based on said selection to transmit said purchased digital media recording to the mobile communications device of the user, said source of digital media recordings accesses in said database memory said digital media recording that was purchased by the user and transmits said purchased digital media recording to said mobile communications device of the user; wherein said mobile communications device wirelessly receives said purchased digital media recording and stores said purchased digital media recording in said memory of said mobile communications device; and wherein said purchased digital media recording stored in said memory of said mobile communications device is available for complete play in said mobile communications device with said pre-installed digital media player application. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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