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US 9,178,926 B2Granted
Digital media distribution system and method
AssigneeGoFigure Media, LLC
InventorDevon A. Rolf
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Abstract
A system and method employs an online site for making stored digital video recordings available for selection and download to a wireless communications device. Upon receipt of a selection for a digital video recording, the system and method causes the selected digital video recording to be wirelessly transmitted to the wireless communications device. The selected digital video recording is also made available to a personal computer associated with the user who made the selection. At least a title of the selected digital video recording is stored in a personal storage account of the user.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a source of digital media recordings;
- a mobile communications device, wherein said mobile communications device is used by a user and comprises an operating system, a memory, a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, and a digital media player;
- and
- a personal storage unit of the user, wherein said personal storage unit enables the user to access with said mobile communications device a directory comprising at least titles of a plurality of digital media recordings that have been acquired by the user,
- wherein, when the user is in the process of purchasing a digital media recording from said source using said mobile communications device, said system enables said mobile communications device to be used by the user to input a selection of a choice between at least (i) a first available option and (ii) a second available option that is an alternative to said first available option, wherein a selection by the user of said first available option causes said digital media recording to download from said source to said memory of said mobile communications device, and wherein a selection by the user of said second available option results in said digital media recording not downloading to said mobile communications device and enables said mobile communications device to be used to subsequently select, from said directory of acquired digital media recordings, to download said digital media recording from said source to said mobile communications device.
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A system comprising:
- a source of digital media recordings;
- a mobile communications device, wherein said mobile communications device is used by a user and comprises an operating system, a memory, a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, and a digital media player;
- and
- a personal storage unit of the user, wherein said personal storage unit enables the user to access with said mobile communications device a directory comprising at least titles of a plurality of digital media recordings that have been acquired by the user,
- wherein the user uses said mobile communications device to input a request to purchase a digital media recording from said source,
- wherein, when the user is in the process of making said purchase of said digital media recording from said source, said system enables said mobile communications device to be used by the user to input a selection of a choice between at least (i) a first available option and (ii) a second available option that is an alternative to said first available option, wherein a selection by the user of said first available option causes said digital media recording to download from said source to said memory of said mobile communications device, and wherein a selection by the user of said second available option results in said digital media recording not downloading to said mobile communications device and enables said mobile communications device to be used to subsequently select, from said directory of acquired digital media recordings, to download said digital media recording from said source to said mobile communications device.
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A method comprising:
- providing a source of digital media recordings;
- providing a mobile communications device, wherein said mobile communications device comprises an operating system, a memory, a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, and a digital media player and is used by a user;
- providing, to the user of the mobile communications device, a personal storage unit, wherein said personal storage unit enables the user to access with said mobile communications device a directory comprising at least titles of a plurality of digital media recordings that have been acquired by the user;
- processing a request, input by the user using said mobile communications device, to purchase a digital media recording from said source;
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- enabling, when the user is in the process of purchasing said digital media recording from said source using said mobile communications device, said mobile communications device to be used by the user to input a selection of a choice between at least (i) a first available option and (ii) a second available option that is an alternative to said first option, wherein a selection by the user of said first available option causes said digital media recording to download from said source to said memory of said mobile communications device, and wherein a selection by the user of said second available option results in said digital media recording not downloading to said mobile communications device and enables said mobile communications device to be used to subsequently select, from said directory of acquired digital media recordings, to download said digital media recording from said source to said mobile communications device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.