EP1085443A2
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Method and apparatus for uniquely identifying a customer purchase in an electronic distribution system
Assignee: Wistron Corp
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Filing: 2000-09-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2020-09-14
Abstract
Abstract A system for tracking usage of digital content on user devices. Content sites for distributing digital content over a computer readable medium to users. The content sites associate unique content identifier with the content associated. Electronic stores coupled to a network sell licenses to play digital content data to users. The licenses contain a unique transaction identifier for uniquely identifying the transaction, and the licenses contain a unique item identifier for uniquely identifying at least one item in the transaction. Content players, which receive from the network the licensed content data, are used to play the licensed content data. The content players produce a purchase identifier based upon the mathematical combination of the content identifier, the transaction identifier and the item identifier.
Inventors
- 👤 John J. Jr. c/o IBM United Kingdom Ltd Dorak
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 08:46
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/06; G06F; G06F21/00; G06F21/10; G06F21/107; G06F21/1078; G06F21/108; G06F21/1088; G06F21/16; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; H; H04; H04L; H04L63/00; H04L63/04; H04L63/0428; H04L67/00; H04L67/50; H04L67/52; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/25; H04N21/266; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/835; H04N21/8352; G06F2221/00; G06F2221/21; G06F2221/2101; G06F2221/2107; G06F2221/2115; G06F2221/2119; G06F2221/2129; G06F2221/2135; H04L2463/00; H04L2463/101; H04L2463/102
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A method for uniquely identifying digital content on an digital content
player comprising the steps of: receiving a first identifier which uniquely identifies the content
received from a content provider; receiving a second identifier which uniquely identifies a transaction
by which the content was received; receiving a third identifier which uniquely identifies the item in a
transaction by which the content was received; and producing a fourth unique identifier based upon the mathematical
combination of the first identifier, the second identifier, and the third
identifier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of producing includes
producing a fourth unique identifier based upon the concatenation of the
first identifier, the second identifier and the third identifier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a second
identifier includes receiving a unique identifier from a store which sells
the content.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step of receiving a third
identifier includes receiving a unique identifier from a store which sells
the content. uniquely identifies a transaction by which the content was
received.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: associating the forth unique identifier with the content including any
usage conditions; and reviewing the usage conditions by indexing the fourth unique identifier
prior to playing the content.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of producing a fourth
unique identifier includes producing a forth unique identifier in a tamper
resistant environment to prevent unauthorized access thereto.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
145 words
A system for tracking usage of digital content on user devices, said
system comprising: a plurality of content sites for distributing digital content over
computer readable medium to users, wherein the content contains a unique
content identifier associated therewith; a plurality of electronic stores for granting licenses to play digital
content data to users, each electronic store being coupled to a network,
wherein the licenses contain a unique transaction identifier for uniquely
identifying the transaction, and the licenses contain a unique item
identifier for uniquely identifying at least one item in the transaction;
and a plurality of content players for playing content data, each digital
content player receiving, from the network the digital content data
licensed by one of the users; wherein the content players produce a
purchase identifier based upon the mathematical combination of the content
identifier, the transaction identifier and the item identifier.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
22 words
A system for tracking usage of digital content on user devices as
claimed in 7, wherein the mathematical combination is a concatenation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A system for tracking usage of digital content on user devices as
claimed in claim 7, wherein the content player comprises a tamper resistant
environment and the purchase identifier is produced in the tamper resistant
environment to prevent unauthorized accessed thereto.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
87 words
A digital content player for uniquely identifying digital content
comprising: means for receiving a first identifier which uniquely identifies the
content received from a content provider; means for receiving a second identifier which uniquely identifies a
transaction by which the content was received; means for receiving a third identifier which uniquely identifies the
item in a transaction by which the content was received; and means for producing a fourth unique identifier based upon the
mathematical combination of the first identifier, the second identifier,
and the third identifier.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A digital content player for uniquely identifying digital content as
claimed in claim 10, wherein the means for producing includes producing a
forth unique identifier based upon the concatenation of the first
identifier, the second identifier and the third identifier.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
A digital content player for uniquely identifying digital content as
claimed in claim 10, wherein the means for receiving a second identifier
includes receiving a unique identifier from a store which sells the
content.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The digital content player for uniquely identifying digital content as
claimed in claim 10, wherein the means for receiving a third identifier
includes receiving a unique identifier from a store which uniquely
identifies a transaction by which was received.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
A digital content player for uniquely identifying digital content as
claimed in claim 10, further comprising: means for associating the fourth unique identifier with the content
including any usage conditions; and means for reviewing the usage conditions by indexing the fourth unique
prior to playing the content.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
A computer readable medium containing program instructions for
uniquely identifying digital content on an digital content player tracking
comprising the steps of any one of claim 1 to claim 6.
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