Solomon D Goldfarb

US Patent:

20040205028, Oct 14, 2004

Filed:

Dec 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/734991

Inventors:

Ellis Verosub - San Francisco CA, US
Sanjeev Tenneti - Milpitas CA, US
Kamal Acharya - Los Altos CA, US
Solomon Goldfarb - San Jose CA, US
Todd Pringle - San Mateo CA, US
David Bill - San Francisco CA, US
Shailesh Prakash - Redmond WA, US
Adam Milligan - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/059000

Abstract:

The digital content store provides users with an opportunity to purchase authorized usage of digital content, such as single or multiple music tracks, video, movies, and/or video games. The users can also buy license to a desired track for a fixed number of times, e.g. preferably the users can listen on three different machines simultaneously. Users can also burn a play list of X number of times, for example ten. The burn limit preferably applies to the play list, not the song. Mixed media capability is provided that allows the purchase of digital content and/or physical media. The digital content store system comprises a unique digital rights management system and a back-end enabling system that controls these digital rights.

US Patent:

20090164794, Jun 25, 2009

Filed:

Dec 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/337984

Inventors:

Ellis Verosub - San Francisco CA, US
Sanjeev Tenneti - Milpitas CA, US
Kamal Acharya - Los Altos CA, US
Solomon D. Goldfarb - San Jose CA, US
Todd Pringle - San Mateo CA, US
David S. Bill - San Francisco CA, US
Shailesh Prakash - Redmond WA, US
Adam Milligan - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/32
G06F 21/00

US Classification:

713181, 726 29

Abstract:

The digital content store provides users with an opportunity to purchase authorized usage of digital content, such as single or multiple music tracks, video, movies, and/or video games. The users can also buy license to a desired track for a fixed number of times, e.g. preferably the users can listen on three different machines simultaneously. Users can also burn a play list of X number of times, for example ten. The burn limit preferably applies to the play list, not the song. Mixed media capability is provided that allows the purchase of digital content and/or physical media. The digital content store system comprises a unique digital rights management system and a back-end enabling system that controls these digital rights.