Method of bundling player software and music
AssigneeMusicPlayground, Inc.
InventorBradley J. Naples
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Abstract
A bundling method involving storing a number of performances on a storage medium, wherein each of the performances is formatted to play on a standard player application program and wherein among the plurality of performances is an enhanced performance that includes enhanced features that are not accessible using the standard player application program; and also storing on the storage medium a reference to an enhanced player application program that enables a computer to play the enhanced performance along with its enhanced features.
Claims21
A bundling method comprising:
- storing a plurality of performances on a storage medium, wherein each of said plurality of performances is formatted to play under a standard player application program and wherein among the plurality of performances is an enhanced performance that includes enhanced features that are not accessible using the standard player application program;
- and
- storing on said storage medium a reference to an enhanced player application program, said enhanced player application program that enables a computer to play said enhanced performance along with its enhanced features.
A storage medium having stored thereon:
- a plurality of performances each of which is formatted to play under a standard player application program running on a computer and wherein among the plurality of performances is an enhanced performance that includes enhanced features that are not accessible using the standard player application program;
- and
- a reference to an enhanced player application program that enables the computer to play said enhanced performance along with its enhanced features.
A bundling method comprising:
- storing a plurality of objects on a storage medium, wherein each of said plurality of objects is formatted to run under a standard application program and wherein among the plurality of objects is an enhanced object that includes enhanced features that are not accessible using the standard application program;
- and
- storing on said storage medium a reference to an enhanced application program, said enhanced application program enabling a computer to run said enhanced object along with its enhanced features.
A storage medium having stored thereon:
- a plurality of objects each of which is formatted to run under a standard application program running on a computer and wherein among the plurality of objects is an enhanced object that includes enhanced features that are not accessible using the standard application program;
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- a reference to an enhanced application program that enables the computer to run said enhanced object along with its enhanced features.
A method of distributing music comprising:
- distributing to customers a plurality of storage media each of which includes a plurality of music performances and an enhanced player application program stored thereon, wherein each of said plurality of music performances is formatted to play using a standard player application program, wherein among the plurality of music performances is an enhanced music performance that includes enhanced features that are not accessible using the standard player application program, and wherein said enhanced application program enables a computer to play said enhanced music performance along with its enhanced features;
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- in response to further purchases from customers who have bought said plurality of storage media, enabling the purchasing customers to access enhanced versions of said plurality of performances that are playable using the enhanced application program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.