Rechargeable media distribution and play system
CA 2397717 A1 · Owner: Homer, Gregg S. · Inventors: Homer, Gregg S.
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A system (10) for distributing and playing electronic media includes a service facility (11) having electronically accessible a library (30 32) and catalog , (35) of data files (33). The system can set up customer accounts process , payments from customers for establishing file access authorizations and , transmit user-selected files to customers. The system also provides a player program (42) to each customer for metering access to received data files as limited by the authorization, the selected files being accessed for further processing of orders from the customer while the authorization remains established. The system can encrypt the data files and the player program and , can …
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- Filed January 18, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 18, 2021.
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