Incentivizing software sharing thru incentive points
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment America LLC
InventorMasayuki Chatani
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Abstract
A method for incentivizing sharing of a software product through awarding incentive points utilizing unique identifiers including removable storage identification, user console identification and user identification. The granting of access permissions and the awarding of incentive points are facilitated through a host server.
Claims20
A method to incentivize sharing of a software product residing on a removable storage medium, comprising:
- reading a storage medium identifier from the removable storage medium at a user console;
- transmitting the storage medium identifier from the user console to a server;
- transmitting a user console identifier associated with the user console to the server;
- identifying a user account associated with the storage medium identifier;
- and
- assigning incentive points to the user account associated with the storage medium identifier.
A method to incentivize sharing of a software product residing on a removable storage medium, comprising:
- reading a storage medium identifier from a removable storage medium at a user console;
- transmitting the storage medium identifier from the user console to a server;
- transmitting a user identifier to the server;
- identifying a user account associated with the storage medium identifier;
- and
- assigning incentive points to the user account associated with the storage medium identifier.
A machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for executing a method to incentivize sharing of a software product residing on a removable storage medium, the method comprising:
- receiving a storage medium identifier read from the removable storage medium at a user console;
- receiving a user console identifier associated with the user console;
- identifying a user account associated with the storage medium identifier;
- and
- assigning incentive points to the user account associated with the storage medium identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.