METHOD OF ACCESSING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT
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1. A method of accessing digital media content using a computing device in which a user accesses that digital media content with a first condition set applied to the operation of the computing device;
- in which the user'"'"'s computing device is, after a predetermined time period or use limit has expired, automatically migrated to accessing digital media content with a second condition set applied to the operation of the computing device.
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Abstract
The invention permits a user to be given access to digital media content on one set of conditions, for a limited time period made known to the consumer, but then automatically forces migration to a different set of conditions to retain access to digital media content already listened to and to gain access to new digital media content, without the consumer having to manually download or install new software or in some other manner interact in a manner that will lessen the chance of the consumer embracing or accepting the migration.
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1. A method of accessing digital media content using a computing device in which a user accesses that digital media content with a first condition set applied to the operation of the computing device;
- in which the user'"'"'s computing device is, after a predetermined time period or use limit has expired, automatically migrated to accessing digital media content with a second condition set applied to the operation of the computing device.
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26. A method for automatically defining, and subsequently changing, the conditions under which an end-user may access a service by (a) defining a Condition Set of access conditions which include zero, one or more steps in which the end user is automatically migrated to another Condition Set;
- (b) obtaining user consent to the set of access conditions in (a); and
(c) automatically enforcing the access conditions defined in the Condition Set in (a).
- (b) obtaining user consent to the set of access conditions in (a); and
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