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US 8,751,607 B2Granted
Digital content download insurance
AssigneeJudedavid LLC
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.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a browser configured to be communicatively coupled to a network;
- and
- a download agent coupled to the browser and including
- a monitoring element configured to operate contemporaneously with the browser
- to monitor activity of the browser to detect a download event associated with downloading a digital content file from a content server, wherein the download event is a request sent by the browser to the content server;
- and
- an insuring element configured:
- to send a request, 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 in response to a detection of the download event by the monitoring element and prior to downloading of the digital content file to the apparatus;
- to provide a user of the apparatus with an option to insure the digital content file based at least in part on receipt of the insurance policy;
- to receive, as user input, a selection indicating a desire to insure the digital content file;
- and
- to upload, subsequent to a downloading of the digital content file to the apparatus, the digital content file to the download protection server based on receipt of the selection.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a database having digital content insurance policies;
- and
- a controller coupled to the database and configured
- to receive, from a client device, metadata describing a digital content file,
- to access the database to determine an insurance policy related to the digital content file based on the metadata,
- to provide the insurance policy to the client device,
- to receive, subsequent to receipt of the metadata and provision of the insurance policy, the digital content file, and
- to store and index the digital content file,
- wherein the client device is configured
- to send via a browser, a request comprising the metadata describing the digital content file;
- to monitor activity of the browser to detect a download event associated with downloading of the digital content file, wherein the download event is the sending of the request;
- and
- to send 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.
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A method 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;
- providing a user with an option to insure the digital content file based at least in part on the insurance policy;
- 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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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.