Method and system to confirm ownership of digital goods
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorFrank Anthony Nuzzi
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Abstract
A method and system to confirm ownership of digital goods is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, from a client device via a data network interface, a request for a digital good, completing one or more micro transactions with respect to a financial account, generating a code utilizing information derived from the one or more micro transactions and embedding the code into a first copy of the digital good, the code to be used to confirm ownership of the digital good.
Claims20
A computer-implemented system comprising:
- receiving, from a client device via a data network interface, a request tier a digital good;
- completing one or more micro transactions with respect to a financial account;
- generating, using at least one processor, a code utilizing information derived from the one or more micro transactions;
- embedding the code into a first copy of the digital good, the code to be used to confirm ownership of the digital good.
The method of claim wherein the one or more micro transactions comprise a withdrawal transaction.
A computer-implemented system comprising:
- a communications module to receive, using at least one processor, from a client device via a data network interface, a request for a digital good;
- a transaction module to complete, using the at least one processor, one or more micro transactions with respect to a financial account;
- a code generator to generate, using the at least one processor, a code utilizing information derived from the one or more micro transactions;
- embedding module to embed, using the at least one processor, the code into a first copy of the digital good, the code to be used to confirm ownership of the digital good.
A machine-readable non-transitory, storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:
- receive, from a client device via a data network interface, a request for a digital good;
- complete one or more micro transactions with respect to a financial account;
- generate a code utilizing information derived from the one or more micro transactions;
- embed the code into a first copy of the digital good, the code to be used to confirm ownership of the digital good.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.