Method and system for shelving digital content items for restricted access within an e-library collection

Abstract

A method and system of shelving digital content items, including e-books, for restricted access within an e-library collection. The method is executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device further including a display screen and a memory storing instructions and a database of fingerprint records associated with respective ones of a plurality of enrollees, and comprises receiving, at the display screen, a selection of a digital content item stored within an e-library collection of digital content items, receiving, at a fingerprint authentication interface, a superimposed fingerprint; authenticating the superimposed fingerprint by detecting a valid fingerprint record match with one of the plurality of enrollees; and requesting an input transferring the selected digital content item to a restricted-access digital bookshelf location in the memory.

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