Verifying ownership of content

A system for verifying ownership of content, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive, from a first device, a first image of a first portion of an item;
• determine a current location of the first device;
• compare the current location of the first device to a plurality of locations in at least one database, the plurality of locations including a plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations, wherein the at least one database includes a location database including the plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a customer database including the plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations;
• determine that the current location corresponds to a non-prohibited geographic location from the customer database, from which one or more physical copies of the item is accessible;
• retrieve verification data associated with the item based at least in part on the received first image;
• send, to the first device, a request for a second image of a different portion of the item;
• receive, from the first device and in response to the request, the second image of the different portion of the item;
• determine that at least a portion of the second image represents the verification data associated with the item;
• determine that the second image was captured subsequent to, and contemporaneous with, the request;
• and
• grant, to the first device, access to a digital version of the item.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for verifying ownership of content, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to:

• transmit a request to access digital content associated with an item;
• receive a request for information indicative of physical possession of the item, the request comprising a request for an image of a portion of the item;
• transmit information indicative of physical possession of the item, the information comprising location data indicative of a geographic location of the item and the image of the portion of the item;
• wherein the location data is compared to a plurality of locations in at least one database, the plurality of locations including a plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations, wherein the at least one database includes a location database including the plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a customer database including the plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations;
• cause physical possession of the item to be verified based upon the image of the portion of the item and a determination that the location of the device corresponds to a non-prohibited geographic location from the customer database, from which one or more physical copies of the item is accessible, based on a comparison of the geographic location of the item to the plurality of locations in at least one database;
• and
• wherein verification data associated with the item is retrieved based at least in part on the received first image;
• receive a request for a second image of a different portion of the item;
• transmit the second image of the different portion of the item, wherein at least a portion of the second image is determined to represents the verification data associated with the item, and that the second image was captured subsequent to, and contemporaneous with, the request;
• and
• receive access to digital content associated with the item in the event physical possession of the item is verified.

A device comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication module;
• a camera module;
• a location detector:
• and
• a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• cause the camera module to capture first image of an item;
• cause the communication module to transmit, to a verification system, a request for digital content associated with the item, wherein the request includes the first image of the item;
• cause the communication module to receive a request for a second image of the item;
• cause the camera module to capture the second image of the item;
• cause the communication module to transmit the second image of the item to the verification system;
• and
• receive access to digital content associated with the item, in the event that the verification system (1) verifies physical possession of the item based on the image of the item and the second image of the item and (2) determines that the location of the device corresponds to a non-prohibited geographic location from a customer database, from which one or more physical copies of the item is accessible, based on a comparison of the geographic location of the item to a plurality of locations in at least one database, wherein the location data is compared to a plurality of locations in at least one database, the plurality of locations including a plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations, wherein the at least one database includes a location database including the plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a customer database including the plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations.