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US 2010/0169463 A1Published application
Digital content distribution systems and methods
AssigneeTrans World New York LLC
InventorGregory W. HARPER
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention enable a user to acquire an item (e.g., a digital song, digital video, etc.) using one device (e.g., a portable device) and to easily move a copy of the acquired item from the one device to another device so that a user of the other device can play the item.
Claims16
A method for enabling a user having a portable device to acquire an item, comprising:
- (a) operating a server;
- (b) enabling the user to connect the portable device to the server;
- and
- (c) while the portable device is connected to the server, transmitting from the server to the portable device (1) a helper application and (2) a copy of an item requested by the user, wherein the portable device is configured to store the helper application and the copy of the requested item on a storage unit contained within or connected to the portable device, wherein
- the helper application is configured to download a second helper application after the portable device connects to a computer.
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A method for enabling a user having a portable device to acquire an item, comprising:
- (a) operating a server;
- (b) enabling the user to connect the portable device to the server;
- and
- (c) while the portable device is connected to the server, transmitting from the server to the portable device (1) a helper application and (2) a copy of an item requested by the user, wherein the portable device is configured to store the helper application and the copy of the requested item on a first storage unit contained within or connected to the portable device, wherein
- the helper application is configured such that, in response to the user connecting the portable device to a particular computer, the helper application automatically begins a process for storing a copy of the item stored on the first storage unit in a content library stored in a second storage unit, said second storage unit being contained within the computer or connected to the computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.