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US 7,627,892 B2Granted
Multiple methods for transacting, publishing and purchasing copyrighted digital content
AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute
InventorsYuh-Ren Lin, Ho-Chien Hsu, Wen-Hsi Yeh
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for transacting, purchasing and publishing copyrighted digital content that solves problems of the digital copyright that could not protect by methods of the prior art. The present invention allows various sales methods and licensing methods by using a copyrighted digital content description file, and effectively controls the user's use of the copyrighted digital content.
Claims48
A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing copyrighted digital content, comprising:
- providing digital content files on a retrieval platform, each digital content file being provided by a digital content provider and having a copyright description file describing copyright information of the digital content file and authorization methods required by the digital content provider;
- searching for a specific digital content file from the digital content files on the retrieval platform by a user;
- obtaining a payment receipt for the specific digital content file from a transaction platform by the user using one of the authorization methods of the specific digital content file, and sending the obtained payment receipt to a corresponding digital content provider of the specific digital content file;
- issuing a new copyright description file for the specific digital content file to the user by the corresponding digital content provider upon receiving the payment receipt, so as to allow the user to use the specific digital content file;
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- collecting payment receipts for the digital content files for each digital content provider and sending the payment receipts to the transaction platform for obtaining payments.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing a copyrighted digital content with an online purchasing method, comprising:
- searching by a user for a desired digital content on a retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the desired digital content using the online purchasing method as defined in a copyright description file of the desired digital content;
- transmitting the copyright description file of the desired digital content and a user-selected licensing method to a transaction platform;
- connecting the transaction platform to the user for a payment;
- transmitting a digital signature from the transaction platform to the user, the digital signature being a payment receipt of the desired digital content for the user;
- verifying the digital signature by a digital content provider of the desired digital content and issuing a new copyright description file for the desired digital content for the user based on information of the user and the user-selected licensing method;
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- accessing the desired digital content by the user according to the user-selected licensing method.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing copyrighted digital content with an online pay-per-use method, comprising:
- searching by a user for a desired digital content on a retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the desired digital content using the online pay-per-use method as defined in a copyright description file of the desired digital content;
- transmitting the copyright description file of the desired digital content and a user-selected licensing method to a transaction platform;
- connecting the transaction platform to the user for a payment to buy electronic money;
- transmitting a digital signature and the electronic money from the transaction platform to the user;
- verifying the digital signature and the electronic money by a digital content provider of the desired digital content and issuing a new copyright description file for the desired digital content for the user based on the user's information and the user selected licensing method;
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- transferring payment by the user using the electronic money to the digital content provider every time the user accesses the digital content.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing copyrighted digital content a fixed number of times or for a fixed time period online after the user has finished using the copyrighted digital content, comprising:
- searching by a user for a desired digital content on a retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the desired digital content and to use a fixed number of times or fixed time period online after the user has finished using the copyrighted digital content method as defined in a copyright description file of the desired digital content;
- transmitting the copyright description file of the digital content and a licensed digital content selected by the user from the retrieval platform to a digital content provider of the desired digital content;
- signing a new copyright description file for the selected licensed digital content transmitted to the user from the digital content provider;
- transmitting a signed payment letter of authorization from the user to the digital content provider;
- using the desired digital content legally according to the new copyright description file by the user;
- presetting a predetermined value by the digital content provider to collect payments to the transaction platform;
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- paying by the user to the transaction platform for transactions.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing a copyrighted digital content using a prepaid offline method, comprising:
- searching by a user for a desired digital content on a retrieval platform;
- selecting by the user to purchase the digital content using the prepaid offline method as defined in a copyright description file of the desired digital content;
- transmitting the copyright description file of the digital content and a licensed digital content selected by the user from the retrieval platform to a transaction platform;
- transmitting a digital signature from the transaction platform to the user, wherein the digital signature is a payment receipt for the user after the user makes a payment to the transaction platform;
- the digital content provider signing a new copyright description file for the user after verifying the digital signature's validity and packeting the desired digital content;
- downloading the packeted content of the desired digital content to the user and de-packeting the packeted content by the user;
- accessing and using the digital content by a browser program or a hardware device which can control and management the user accessing and using the licensed digital content legally;
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- collecting all users′ payment receipts by the at least one digital content provider and send to the transaction platform to get charges.
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A method for ransoming purchased copyrighted digital content, comprising:
- requesting for ransoming of a purchased copyrighted digital content from a user to a digital content provider of the copyrighted digital content;
- revoking a copyright description file of the purchased copyrighted digital content by the user, so as to stops the user from accessing or using the copyrighted digital content;
- signing a digital signature by the digital content provider for the user as a refund voucher;
- requiring a transaction platform payment to the user in accordance with the refund voucher;
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- selecting a payment method by the digital content providers through the transaction platform.
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A method for transacting, purchasing and publishing copyrighted digital content with online copyright transference, comprising:
- prepaying an amount of money or using a gift certificate from a transaction platform;
- requesting a copyright transfer and providing information of a new user by current copyright user to a digital content provider of the copyrighted digital content;
- revoking a copyright description file for the current copyright user's to stop the current copyright user from using the copyrighted digital content file;
- re-signing a new copyright description file by the digital content provider to the new copyright user, so as to allow the new copyright user to access and use the copyrighted digital content;
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- sending payment receipts by the digital content provider to the transaction platform in accordance with the prepayment of the small amount of money, the gift certificate or the electronic payment to obtain payments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.