Accruing and/or providing digital currency for media consumption
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1. A method comprising:
- in response to a request sent to a digital currency server by a digital currency server watchdog module, querying a user account associated with a user, by the digital currency server, to determine if a condition regarding the user account is satisfied; and
automatically crediting the user account with one or more digital tokens, by the digital currency server, if the condition is satisfied;
wherein the one or more digital tokens comprise a digital record or representation of credit redeemable for licensing of digital media content.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for automatically crediting a user account associated with a user by a certain number of digital tokens if the user account satisfies a condition upon querying the user account. Example conditions include the passage of a certain amount of time, the current date is a pre-determined date, and the number of digital tokens in the user account is below a threshold level among others.
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1. A method comprising:
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in response to a request sent to a digital currency server by a digital currency server watchdog module, querying a user account associated with a user, by the digital currency server, to determine if a condition regarding the user account is satisfied; and automatically crediting the user account with one or more digital tokens, by the digital currency server, if the condition is satisfied; wherein the one or more digital tokens comprise a digital record or representation of credit redeemable for licensing of digital media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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determining, or receiving notification by a digital currency server a notification indicating whether a user account associated with a user satisfies a requirement; and automatically crediting by the digital currency server the user account associated with the user with one or more digital tokens if the user satisfies a requirement; wherein the one or more digital tokens comprise a digital record or representation of credit redeemable for licensing of digital media content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving by a digital currency server an electronic request for digital tokens from a user associated with a user account, the request including payment information; verifying or causing to be verified, by the digital currency server the payment information; and crediting by the digital currency server the user account associated with the user by one or more digital tokens if the payment information is verified; wherein the one or more digital tokens have no monetary value once credited to the user account and comprise a digital record or representation of credit redeemable for licensing of digital media content. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A digital currency server comprising:
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a permanent storage device; and a plurality of programming instructions stored on the permanent storage device and adapted to program the digital currency server to; in response to a request sent to the digital currency server by a digital currency server watchdog module, query a user account associated with a user to determine if a condition regarding the user account is satisfied; and automatically credit the user account with one or more digital tokens if the condition is satisfied; wherein the one or more digital tokens comprise a digital record or representation of credit redeemable for licensing of digital media content. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A digital currency server comprising:
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a permanent storage device; and a plurality of programming instructions stored within the permanent storage device and adapted to program the digital currency server to perform a selected one of; (1) determine, or receive a notification indicating, whether a user account associated with a user satisfies a requirement, and automatically credit, by the digital currency server, the user account associated with the user with one or more digital tokens if the user satisfies a requirement;
or(2) receive an electronic request for digital tokens from a user associated with a user account, the request including payment information, then verify or cause to be verified the payment information, and credit the user account associated with the user by one or more digital tokens if the payment information is verified; wherein the one or more digital tokens comprise a digital record or representation of credit redeemable for licensing of digital media content. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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