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Electronic content distribution and exchange system

A technology of electronic content and customer system, applied in the direction of selective content distribution, storage system, analog confidentiality/charging system, etc., can solve the problems of no payment or transaction system supporting sales and transactions, and difficulty in realizing copyright restrictions, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-07-04
TIVO SOLUTIONS INC
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[0016] · It is difficult to implement copyright restrictions on protected content in the system
[0017] · No payment or transaction system to support sales and transactions of protected content

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[0052] The present invention is specifically an electronic content publishing and trading system. A system according to the present invention can download reliable electronic content to client systems with tracking capabilities. Furthermore, the present invention provides a system that ensures authenticated, secure distribution of content between servers and clients.

[0053] The present invention is specifically a system for transmitting and collecting television viewing information, which improves the ability of individual viewers to select and automatically record television programs, and at the same time provides opportunities for service providers to improve and guide viewing experience. The present invention describes a fully distributed system in which individual viewer information calculations are provided for individual viewers within local client devices while ensuring reliable centralization and distribution of information about viewing habits, preferences or purcha...

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An electronic content distribution and exchange system provides authenticated, reliable content downloads and tracking capabilities. Content is distributed to users through the invention's architecture. A user registers for the purchase of content through an interface on a client system or via a Web site. The purchase is for a license to the content, not for the content itself. A list of available content is displayed to the user through the client system or the Web site. The invention's central servers log the purchase of the content into a licnese database. The electronic copy of the song may be already resident on the client system in a hidden area, carouseled in a protected broadcast channel, in the central database ready to be sent out in slices, or resident on a secure server on the Internet. The user accesses content through the client system's user interface where the user plays the content and controls its playback. The invention's service provides an exchange capability similar to stock trading whereby owners offer licenses to various electronic for sale. A seller places his license for a particular content up for a particular content up for sale on the central server where a buyer that is interested in teh license places a bid. When a price is agreed to, the inventio's central server transfers license ownership in the license database to the new owner.

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of a patent application whose filing date is January 8, 2003, the application number is 03802034.3, and the invention name is "Electronic Content Distribution and Exchange System". technical field [0002] The present invention relates to the distribution and exchange of electronic data packets in a computer environment. More particularly, the present invention relates to establishing ownership of, and distributing and exchanging electronic content in a computer environment. Background technique [0003] Today, there are two competing automated data processing systems, purely client-server based systems (such as mainframe computer systems or the World Wide Web) and purely distributed systems (such as those used to solve complex computer problems (such as modeled atomic explosions) or the key to crack the cipher) network of workstations (NOWS). [0004] Client-server systems are popular because they rely on a clear division...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N21/258H04N21/443G06Q30/02G06F21/10G06F12/00G06F12/14G06F15/00G06F21/00G06F21/60G06F21/62G06Q30/00H04N7/025H04N7/16
CPCH04N21/4334H04N21/44222H04N21/4331H04N21/25816H04N21/4147G06Q30/02H04N21/4788H04N21/443H04N21/2543H04N21/4382H04N7/162H04N7/025H04N21/44224
Inventor 詹姆士·M·巴顿
Owner TIVO SOLUTIONS INC