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US 2006/0143690 A1Published application
Multiple methods for transacting, publishing and purchasing copyrighted digital content
AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute
InventorsYuh-Ren Lin, Ho-Chien Hsu, Wen-Hsi Yeh
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for transacting, purchasing and publishing copyrighted digital content that solves problems of the digital copyright that could not protect by methods of the prior art. The present invention allows various sales methods and licensing methods by using a copyrighted digital content description file, and effectively controls the user's use of the copyrighted digital content.
Claims55
A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing of copyrighted digital content comprising the steps of:
- uploading at least one digital content file to a retrieval platform, the digital content being provided by at least one digital content provider;
- searching from the retrieval platform digital content and an authorization method that is desired by a user;
- obtaining a payment receipt for the digital content with the user paying a fee to a transaction platform;
- obtaining a usage authorization from the digital content provider by the user according to the payment receipt to keep track of the digital content;
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- collecting the user payment receipts and send to the retrieval platform to get charges by the at least one digital content provider.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing of copyrighted digital content with online purchasing method comprising the steps of:
- searching by a user for desired digital content on the retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the digital content and the online purchasing method;
- transmitting a copyright description file of the digital content and the licensed digital content selected by the user from the retrieval platform to a transaction platform;
- connecting the transaction platform to the user for a payment;
- transmitting a digital signature from the transaction platform to the user, wherein the digital signature is a digital signature for the user to be the payment receipt;
- verifying the digital signature by at least one of digital content provider and issuing a new digital content copyright description file for the user based on the user's information and the online purchasing method user selected licensing method;
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- accessing or using the digital content by the user based on the online purchasing method.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing of copyrighted digital content with an online pay-per-use method comprising the steps of:
- searching by a user for desired digital content on the retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the digital content using the online pay-per-use method;
- transmitting a copyright description file of the digital content and the licensed digital content selected by the user from the retrieval platform to a transaction platform;
- connecting the transaction platform to the user for a payment to buy electronic cash;
- transmitting a digital signature and an electronic money from the transaction platform to the user;
- verifying the digital signature and the electronic money by at least one of digital content provider and issuing a new digital content copyright description file for the user based on the user's information and online pay-per-use method user selected licensing method;
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- transferring payment by the user using the electronic money to the at least one digital content provider every time the user accesses or uses the digital content
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing of copyrighted digital content a fixed number of times or for a fixed time period online after the user has finished using the copyrighted digital content, the method comprising the steps of:
- searching by a user for desired digital content on the retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the digital content and the fixed number of times or fixed time period online after the user has finished using the copyrighted digital content method;
- transmitting a copyright description file of the digital content and the licensed digital content selected by the user from the retrieval platform to at least one digital content provider;
- signing a new copyright description file for the selected licensed digital content transmitted to the user from the at least one digital content provider;
- transmitting a signed payment letter of authorization from the user to the at least one digital content provider;
- according to the new copyright description file the user legal using the digital content;
- presetting a predetermined value by the at least one digital content provider to collect payments to the transaction platform;
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- paying by the user to the transaction platform in accordance with any type of transaction.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing of copyrighted digital content using the prepaid offline method comprising the steps of:
- searching by a user for desired digital content on the retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the digital content using the prepaid offline method;
- transmitting a copyright description file of the digital content and the licensed digital content selected by the user from the retrieval platform to transaction platform;
- transmitting a digital signature from the transaction platform to the user, wherein the digital signature is a payment receipt for the user after user make a payment to the transaction platform;
- the digital content provider signing a new digital content copyright description file for the user only after verifying the digital signature's validity than packet the digital content;
- downloading the packet digital content to the user and de-packeting the digital content by the user;
- access and use the digital content by a browser program or a hardware device which can control and management the user accessing and using the licensed digital content legally;
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- collecting all users' payment receipts by the at least one digital content provider and send to the transaction platform to get charges.
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A method for ransoming for purchased copyrighted digital content method comprising the steps of:
- requesting for ransoming of purchased copyrighted digital content from the user to the digital content provider;
- revoking digital content copyright description file by the user which stops the user from accessing or using the copyrighted digital content;
- signing a digital signature by the digital content provider for the user to be a refund voucher;
- requiring a transaction platform payment to the user in accordance with the refund voucher;
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- selecting a payment method by the at least one of digital content providers through the transaction platform.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing with copyright transference online of copyrighted digital content comprising the steps of:
- prepaying a small amount of money or using a gift certificate from a transaction platform;
- requesting for a copyright transfer and providing a new user's information by the legal copyright user to the at least one of digital content provider;
- revoking the user's original digital content copyright description file to stop the user from using the copyrighted digital content file, then re-signing by the at least one of digital content provider a new digital content copyright description file to the new legal copyright user;
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- allowing the legal copyright user to access and use the copyrighted digital content;
- sending users' payment receipts by the at least one digital content provider to the transaction platform in accordance with the prepayment of the small amount of money, the gift certificate or the electronic payment to get the charges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.