US 2003/0144960 A1Published application

Method for online commercial distribution of digital goods through a comminication network and eletronic device for purchasing electronic goods distributed by said method

OwnerRadoslaw Galkainventor

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Abstract

The invention concerns a method for distributing digital goods via a communication network (R), comprising steps which consist in: (a) connecting with a terminal (T), electronic payment means (P); (b) following an order instruction made by said client to the purchase terminal to order a digital good of his choice, sending said credit data (7) to a supplier server, (d) sending, from the server to the purchase terminal said digital good (26) comprising a file of digital data executable or not The invention is characterised in that said digital good comprises a separate file of rights to use (225) defining terms and conditions of use of the digital good selected by the client, said method comprising steps which consist in: (f) storing in said storage (1) of the electronic payment means said data concerning rights to use (25).

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Dependent claims

A method of on-line commercial distribution of digital products by way of a communication network (R), said method comprising the steps consisting in:

(a) placing an electronic means of payment (P), intended to be carried by a customer (C), in communication in a removable manner with a first computer terminal (T), the so-called purchase terminal, credit data (7) identifying a credit of said customer being stored in a memory (1) of said electronic means of payment,
(b) subsequent to an order command (11) given by said customer to the purchase terminal so as to order a digital product of his choice, sending said credit data. (7) from the purchase terminal (T) to a second computer terminal (S), the so-called server, of a supplier (F), said credit data being encrypted, said server and said purchase terminal being able to communicate by way of said communication network (R),
(c) verifying the validity of said credit data and, when said credit data are valid,
(d) sending, from the server to the purchase terminal, said digital product (26) comprising at least one executable or non-executable digital data file, characterized in that said digital product comprises a separate file of rights of use data (225) defining the digital product's terms of use chosen by the customer and one or more other data file(s), said rights of use data being sent encrypted according to an encryption code for which a secret decryption key (12) is stored in the memory (1) of said electronic means of payment (P), said method comprising the steps consisting in:
(e) storing said other data file or files (26a, 226b) on the purchase terminal,
(f) storing in said memory (1) of the electronic means of payment (P) said rights of use data (25) by decrypting them with the aid of said decryption key (12), said rights of use data being indispensable to the use of said digital product.

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An electronic device for purchasing digital products on-line by way of a communication network (R), said device comprising:

an electronic means of payment (P) intended to be carried by a customer (C) and furnished with a memory (1), credit data (7) identifying a credit of said customer (C) being stored in said memory (1),
a purchase computer terminal (T) linked to a computer server (S) of said supplier (F) by said communication network (R), and furnished with a control interface (5) for receiving an order command (11) given by the customer so as to order a digital product of his choice,
an electronic interface (3) linked to said purchase terminal (T), said electronic interface being able to receive in a removable manner said electronic means of payment (P) so as to allow an exchange of data between said purchase terminal (T) and said electronic means of payment (P),
software drive means (4) for driving the operations consisting in:
(a) sending said credit data (7) from said electronic means of payment to said server (S) , said credit data being encrypted, (b) when said credit data have been validated, receiving from the server said digital product (26) comprising at least one executable or non-executable data file, characterized in that said digital product comprises a separate file of rights of use data (225) defining the digital product's terms of use chosen by the customer and one or more other data file(s), said rights of use data being received encrypted, said software drive means (4) being able to drive the operations consisting in:
(c) storing said other data file(s) (26a, 226b) on the purchase terminal, (d) storing said rights of use data (225, 25) in said memory (1) of the electronic means of payment (P) by having them decrypted by the electronic means of payment with the aid of a secret decryption key (12) stored in the memory (1), said rights of use data being indispensable to the use of said digital product.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.