Digital Media Distribution Computer System
OwnerRichard Z. Whiffeninventor
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The invention claimed is a digital media distribution system involving administration of digital copyright ownership registration and license purchase transactions of digital media under copyright licensure. Important aspects of the claimed invention presented include aspects such as user authentication methods, transaction administration methods and server features, and copyright protection mechanisms. The technical field pertaining to the claimed invention is described, and background information related to the claimed invention is given. Background considerations of digital copyright regarding propriety, legal implications, and ethical value of the claimed computer system invention utility are presented. Features and functions of two main types of system clients: a dedicated electronic device and a general-purpose personal computer software program, as well as ancillary types of clients are described in detail. Copyright registration and administration options for digital media distribution methods used by the claimed computer system invention are defined and described. System features related to transaction records and administration servers are described and claimed. Specific invention aspect claims are enumerated. Finally, terminology contemporary to information systems, data processing, and computing industries that are used in this patent document are clearly defined.
A system and method of networked computing devices including general purpose personal computers, dedicated purpose electronic devices, and geographically diverse redundant system servers used to register digital media files for purchase by user accounts that are individually authenticated and either anonymously credentialed, minimally credentialed, or formally credentialed by customary electronic financial system credit transaction records or interchangeable digital data storage modules preloaded with unique encryption key data or digital media pre-prepared for integration into a digital media library and involving:
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