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US 8,799,166 B1Granted
Providing a gift of downloadable digital content
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsThomas K. Burkholder, David L. Neumann, Debra Ameerally
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Abstract
Providing digital content is disclosed. An indication that one or more arbitrarily selected downloadable items of third party prerecorded digital content are to be given as a gift is received. A request to deliver the one or more arbitrarily selected downloadable items of third party prerecorded digital content to a recipient of the gift is processed.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an indication that a first downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content was selected by a purchasing user to be given as a gift to a recipient, the first downloadable item associated with a first monetary value required to purchase the first downloadable item;
- determining, by the processor, whether the first downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items;
- when the downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items, prompting, by the processor, the recipient to select a substitute downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content, wherein the substitute downloadable item is associated with a second monetary value required to purchase the substitute downloadable item, and the second monetary value is not greater than the first monetary value;
- receiving, by the processor, a selection from the recipient, the selection:
- identifying the substitute downloadable item, and
- indicating that the recipient would like to receive the substitute downloadable item instead of the first downloadable item;
- delivering, by the processor, the substitute downloadable item to the recipient;
- and
- upon a determination that the recipient has received the substitute downloadable item, debiting, by the processor, the second monetary value from an account associated with the purchasing user.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- receive an indication that a first downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content was selected by a purchasing user to be given as a gift to a recipient, the first downloadable item associated with a first monetary value required to purchase the first downloadable item;
- determine whether the first downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items;
- when the downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items, prompt the recipient to select a substitute downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content, wherein the substitute downloadable item is associated with a second monetary value required to purchase the substitute downloadable item, and the second monetary value is not greater than the first monetary value;
- receive a selection from the recipient, the selection:
- identifying the substitute downloadable item, and
- indicating that the recipient would like to receive the substitute downloadable item instead of the first downloadable item;
- deliver the substitute downloadable item to the recipient;
- and
- upon a determination that the recipient has received the substitute downloadable item, debit the second monetary value from an account associated with the purchasing user.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instruction that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to:
- receive an indication that a first downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content was selected by a purchasing user to be given as a gift to a recipient, the first downloadable item associated with a first monetary value required to purchase the first downloadable item;
- determine whether the first downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items;
- when the downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items, prompt the recipient to select a substitute downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content, wherein the substitute downloadable item is associated with a second monetary value required to purchase the substitute downloadable item, and the second monetary value is not greater than the first monetary value;
- receive a selection from the recipient, the selection:
- identifying the substitute downloadable item, and
- indicating that the recipient would like to receive the substitute downloadable item instead of the first downloadable item;
- deliver the substitute downloadable item to the recipient;
- and
- upon a determination that the recipient has received the substitute downloadable item, debit the second monetary value from an account associated with the purchasing user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.