System and method for on-demand delivery of media products
OwnerEsmond Goeiinventor
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Abstract
A system and method of providing media on demand to a mobile device user having a wireless enabled mobile device is disclosed. The method includes identifying the mobile device user at a first retail location, providing a first set of media purchase options to the wireless enabled mobile device, receiving a first selection from the mobile device responsive to the first set of media purchase options, preparing a media product responsive to the first selection, and providing the media product at a predetermined pickup location for pickup by the mobile device user.
Claims20
A method of providing media on demand to a mobile device user having a wireless enabled mobile device, comprising:
- identifying the mobile device user at a first retail location;
- providing a first set of media purchase options to the wireless enabled mobile device;
- receiving a first selection from the mobile device responsive to the first set of media purchase options;
- preparing a media product responsive to the first selection;
- and
- providing the media product at a predetermined pickup location for pickup by the mobile device user.
A system for providing media on demand to a customer having a wireless enabled mobile device, comprising:
- a first wireless access point configured to identify a first customer in proximity thereto by a unique customer identifier submitted to the first wireless access point by the wireless enabled mobile device;
- an application server configured to provide a plurality of media purchase offers based on a customer profile associated with the first customer identifier;
- and
- a media server configured to prepare at least one copy of a media title in response to an acceptance by the customer communicated through the wireless enabled mobile device of one of the plurality of media offers.
A method of providing motion picture media to a customer having a wireless enabled handheld device comprising:
- providing an application to the customer for execution on the handheld device, the application operable to provide a unique customer identifier for the customer;
- determining when the customer is proximate a retail location by receiving the unique customer identifier transmitted from the wireless enable device;
- retrieving a customer profile associated with the customer based on the unique identifier;
- providing a series of choices for motion picture media to the customer via the wireless enabled device;
- receiving a customer choice responsive to the choices of motion picture media and transmitted by the wireless enabled device;
- and
- encoding a digital video disc (DVD) to contain a motion picture identified by the customer choice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.