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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Charles E. Hunter, Hilton Head, SC (US);
John H. Hebrank, Durham, NC (US);
Kelly C. Sparks, Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventors:
Charles E. Hunter, Hilton Head, SC (US);
John H. Hebrank, Durham, NC (US);
Kelly C. Sparks, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ochoa Optics LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's computer-based user station. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to have recorded for unlimited playback, for example, by a 'CD burner'. An 'ID tag' is woven into the recorded music so that any illegal copies therefrom may be traced to the purchase transaction.