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US 2015/0317742 A1Published application
Digital Content Insurance and Restoration
AssigneeDavid L.J. Jenkins
InventorsDavid L.J. Jenkins, Daniel Lamet
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for monitoring a browser's download activity to detect a download event associated with a digital content file, to determine an insurance policy related to the digital content file, and to provide a user with an option to insure the digital content file as described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims16
A cloud-based method of providing digital content insurance comprising:
- sending a request, by a browser to a content server, for a digital content file;
- monitoring activity of the browser to detect a download event associated with the downloading of the digital content file, wherein the download event is the sending of the request;
- sending a request, by an insuring element to a download protection (DLP) server for an insurance policy related to the digital content file, wherein the request for the insurance policy is sent based on a detection of the download event and prior to a downloading of the digital content file to an apparatus hosting the browser;
- receiving, as user input, a selection indicating a desire to insure the digital content file;
- and
- uploading, subsequent to said downloading, the digital content file to the download protection server based on said receiving of the selection.
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A method of restoring insured digital content comprising:
- receiving a restoration request for an insured digital file;
- receiving user credentials;
- validating the restoration request based on the received user credentials;
- and
- providing access to a copy of the digital file.
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A method of insuring digital content stored on a user device comprising:
- scanning a plurality of digital files stored on a user device;
- determining that one or more of the plurality of digital files is eligible for insuring;
- generating an insurance policy associated with at least one of the digital files determined to be eligible for insuring;
- and
- copying the at least one of the digital files to a storage location remote from the user device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.