Techniques for acquiring a media season of digital media assets

US7657459B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Alexandrea Anderson · Clovis, US
• Debbie Shimizu · San Jose, US
• Elizabeth d'Errico · Redwood City, US
• Robert Kondrk · San Francisco, US
• Patrice Gautier · San Francisco, US
• Thomas Burkholder · North Vancouver, CA
• Colin Meldrum · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques to facilitate acquiring a media season, or a related series, of digital media assets from an on-line media store are disclosed. A user can view various media seasons that have been listed as available for purchase from the on-line media store. A user can choose to purchase a particular media season, either before or during the season. Subsequent to the purchase of the particular media season, digital media assets of the particular media season can be delivered to the user once the digital media assets become available. Since the monitoring is computerized and the delivery is electronic, once a digital media asset becomes available, delivery can be automatically processed.