Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070136608
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | This prior art covers most or all the aspects of the application that concern royalty payment. Also, the methods described are immediately and obviously applicable to "offline" transactions in the definition of the application. (The first and second devices in fact form a network between each other for the duration of each communication transfer, so "offline" is with respect to the parts of the described method that are not the two devices, making the distinction irrelevant in this comparison.) |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6282653 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | International Business Machines Corporation |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | |
| URL | http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/... |
| Filing Date | August 28, 2001 |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | This prior art could cover more of the application, and more detail could be lifted out of it. |
Excerpt
Excerpt A method, system and computer program product to facilitate royalty collection with respect to online distribution of electronically published material over a computer network. |
Relevance
Claims
1
A method, comprising:
performing a secure off-line transfer of a digital media content from a first media playback device of a first user to a second media playback device of a second user for a price via an off-line transaction;
securely storing a proof of the off-line transaction;
providing a first percentage of the price to an owner of a copyright of the digital media content based on the stored proof; and
providing a second percentage of the price to the first user based on the stored proof.
Relevance
Prior art claim 1 covers the secure transfer of the digital media content from the first device to the second device. Claims 2 and 11 further match the description in this claim. Prior art claim 12 covers the part that provides the first percentage of the price to the copyright owner.
Prior art claim 1 covers the secure transfer of the digital media content from the first device to the second device. Claims 2 and 11 further match the description in this claim. Prior art claim 12 covers the part that provides the first percentage of the price to the copyright owner.
Claim Chart
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The method as recited in Claim 1, wherein prior to the off-line transaction the first and second media playback devices:
authenticate each other by exchanging certificates;
create a session key;
establish a data encryption and a data compression capability; and
establish a session identifier.
Relevance
Covered by prior art claim 1.
Covered by prior art claim 1.
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The method as recited in Claim 1, further comprising reselling. the digital media content from the second user to subsequent users, including:
transferring the digital media content from the second media playback device to a subsequent media playback device for a subsequent price via a subsequent off-line transaction;
providing a first percentage of the subsequent price to the owner of the copyright of the digital media content; and
providing a second percentage of the subsequent price to the second user.
Relevance
Prior art claims 22 and its reverse references, 36 and reverse references and 42 and reverse references describe this.
Prior art claims 22 and its reverse references, 36 and reverse references and 42 and reverse references describe this.
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9
The method as recited in Claim 1, wherein providing the first and second percentages of the price to the owner of the copyright and to the first user, respectively, includes sending a notification of the off-line transaction to a service provider, wherein the service provider debits an amount of the price from an account of the second user, provides the first percentage of the amount to the copyright owner, and provides the second percentage of the amount to the first user.
Relevance
Prior art claim 45 covers this, except it does not explicitly state that a royalty is given to the user.
Prior art claim 45 covers this, except it does not explicitly state that a royalty is given to the user.
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The method as recited in Claim 9, wherein either the first media playback device or the second media playback device sends the notification of the off-line transaction to the service provider, wherein regardless of whether the first or second media playback device notifies the service provider, the service provider debits the amount of the price from the account of the second user and provides the first percentage of the amount to the copyright owner and the second percentage of the amount to the first user.
Relevance
Prior art claim 45 covers this, except it does not explicitly state that a royalty is given to the user.
Prior art claim 45 covers this, except it does not explicitly state that a royalty is given to the user.
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A media player, comprising:
a storage medium for storing digital media content;
a communication engine for communicating off-line with a second media player; and
an off-line media distribution engine for negotiating prices and securely buying and selling a media content off-line, wherein a first percentage of each sale price is applied to a copyright holder associated with the media content being sold and a second percentage of each sale price is applied to the seller of the media content.
Relevance
Prior art claims 36, 42 and 45 describe essentially this.
Prior art claims 36, 42 and 45 describe essentially this.
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The media player as recited in Claim 18, further comprising an authenticator to provide secure communication and secure transactions between the media player and the second media player.
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Prior art claims 37, 38 and 40 describe essentially this.
Prior art claims 37, 38 and 40 describe essentially this.
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