US 2015/0170124 A1 · METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCTS, SUCH AS DIGITAL CONTENT INCLUDING GAMES, RING TONES, AND/OR GRAPHICS; AND SERVICES, SUCH AS COMPUTER NETWORK SERVICE INCLUDING INTERNET SERVICE

Abstract

Methods and systems for exchanging various forms of value, including coins, paper currency, credit, and/or debit, for Internet service and digital content. Such digital content can include, for example, online games and content for mobile phones. In one embodiment, a value exchange machine includes a coin input region, a coin sorting/counting apparatus, a card reader, and a communications facility configured to communicate with a remote computer network. A user wishing to purchase Internet service, for example, can visit the value exchange machine, select the desired transaction, and pay for the Internet service with coins, paper currency, a credit card, a debit card, and/or bank account funds. After confirming payment, the value exchange machine can issue a code to the user, for example, on a card enabling the user to obtain the Internet service.

Claims13

Dependent claims

-43. (canceled)

A method for providing digital content for down-loading, the method comprising:

providing a kiosk having:
a user interface;
and
a funds input portion;
displaying a plurality of types of digital content for down-loading;
receiving a selection of at least one of the displayed types of digital content from a user via the user interface;
receiving funds from the user via the funds input portion to purchase the selected digital content
at least partially in response to receiving the funds from the user, communicating with a digital content provider to enable the purchase of the selected digital content, wherein the digital content provider is remote from the kiosk;
in response to receiving confirmation from the digital content provider that the purchase of the selected digital content has been enabled, providing the user with a unique code;
receiving the unique code from the user via a computer separate from the kiosk;
and
at least partially in response to receiving the unique code, down-loading the selected digital content from the digital content provider to the computer separate from the kiosk.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/628,965Filed 23 Feb 2015

Priority

3 Jun 2003

Published

18 Jun 2015

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification28 codes

G06Q 20/18
Payment architectures: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
G06Q 20/123
Specially adapted for electronic shopping systems: shopping for digital content
G06Q 20/381
Payment protocols; Details thereof: currency conversion
G06Q 30/04
Commerce: billing or invoicing

Methods and systems for providing products, such as digital content including games, ring tones, and/or graphics; and services, such as computer network service including internet service

Life of this patent

Methods and systems for providing products, such as digital content including games, ring tones, and/or graphics; and services, such as computer network service including internet service

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims13