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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Florian Pestoni, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dalit Naor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Florian Pestoni, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dalit Naor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides for the protection of and ability to upgrade to new formats of digital content by providing consumers of the digital content the capability of purchasing content insurance on digital content they consume. By purchasing insurance on content, at a later time consumers are able to return to the content distribution channels and re-obtain the previously purchased content in the same, or new format as the original purchased.