US 10,311,121 B2Granted

Validation and delivery of digital assets

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsJason A. Skinder, Sanjay S. Gadkari, Alan C. Cannistraro

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Abstract

Systems and methods for determining ownership of an asset and providing access to alternate versions of the asset are provided. A system and method can include associating a unique identifier with an asset stored in one or more locations, receiving a request for an asset interaction, validating the request using the unique identifier, determining an asset storage location, identifying whether an enhanced version of the asset is available, and granting the request for an asset interaction when the unique identifier is validated and when the asset storage location is a local storage location. In one aspect, the asset interaction can be with an enhanced version of the asset when an enhanced version of the asset is available.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

associating a unique identifier with an asset stored in one or more storage locations, wherein asset storage locations include local storage locations and remote storage locations;
receiving a first request for an asset interaction with the asset, wherein the first request includes an alternate unique identifier of the asset, the alternate unique identifier corresponding to a physical copy of the asset;
validating the first request, wherein the validating includes matching the alternate unique identifier to the unique identifier associated with the asset;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first request is validated,
identifying whether an enhanced version of the asset that includes additional content distinct from content of the physical copy of the asset is available, wherein the enhanced version of the asset includes an upgrade corresponding to the quality of the asset or additional data associated with the asset, wherein the additional data is additional content that supplements the asset;
and
in accordance with a determination that the enhanced version of the asset is available:
determining an asset storage location of the enhanced version of the asset distinct from the one or more storage locations of the asset;
and
granting the first request for an asset interaction, including, using the asset storage location, granting access to the enhanced version of the asset that includes additional content distinct from content of the physical copy of the asset;
and
after granting the first request for an asset interaction, receiving a second request for an asset interaction with the asset;
in response to the second request, granting access to a respective asset storage location of the one or more storage locations of the asset, distinct from the asset storage location of the enhanced version of the asset.

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A system, comprising:

a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
associating a unique identifier with an asset stored in one or more storage locations, wherein asset storage locations include local storage locations and remote storage locations;
receiving a first request for an asset interaction with the asset, wherein the first request includes an alternate unique identifier of the asset, the alternate unique identifier corresponding to a physical copy of the asset;
validating the first request, wherein validating includes matching the alternate unique identifier to the unique identifier associated with the asset;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first request is validated,
identifying whether an enhanced version of the asset that includes additional content distinct from content of the physical copy of the asset is available, wherein the enhanced version of the asset includes an upgrade corresponding to the quality of the asset or additional data associated with the asset, wherein the additional data is additional content that supplements the asset;
and
in accordance with a determination that the enhanced version of the asset is available:
determining an asset storage location of the enhanced version of the asset distinct from the one or more storage locations of the asset;
and
granting the first request for an asset interaction, including, using the asset storage location, granting access to the enhanced version of the asset that includes additional content distinct from content of the physical copy of the asset;
and
after granting the first request for an asset interaction, receiving a second request for an asset interaction with the asset;
in response to the second request, granting access to a respective asset storage location of the one or more storage locations of the asset, distinct from the asset storage location of the enhanced version of the asset.

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A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing system to:

associate a unique identifier with an asset stored in one or more storage locations, wherein asset storage locations include local storage locations and remote storage locations;
receive a first request for an asset interaction with the asset, wherein the first request includes an alternate unique identifier of the asset, the alternate unique identifier corresponding to a physical copy of the asset;
validate the first request, wherein validating includes matching the alternate unique identifier to the unique identifier associated with the asset;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first request is validated,
identify whether an enhanced version of the asset that includes additional content distinct from content of the physical copy of the asset is available, wherein the enhanced version of the asset includes an upgrade corresponding to the quality of the asset or additional data associated with the asset, wherein the additional data is additional content that supplements the asset;
and
in accordance with a determination that the enhanced version of the asset is available:
determine an asset storage location of the enhanced version of the asset distinct from the one or more storage locations of the asset;
and
grant the first request for an asset interaction, including, using the asset storage location, granting access to the enhanced version of the asset that includes additional content distinct from content of the physical copy of the asset, and
after granting the first request for an asset interaction, receiving a second request for an asset interaction with the asset;
in response to the second request, granting access to a respective asset storage location of the one or more storage locations of the asset, distinct from the asset storage location of the enhanced version of the asset.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/152,971Filed 10 Jan 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 11 Jan 2013
Published: US 2014/0201164 A117 Jul 2014
Granted: 4 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06F 16/957
Retrieval from the web: browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
G06F 21/6218
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file…
G06F
Computing and data processing

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Application61/751,770Us provisional application · filed 11 Jan 2013
US 2014/0201164 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Jul 2014
US 10,311,121 B2This patent

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