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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2009
Payam Mirrashidi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Neale Patton, Twickenham, GB;
Colin Meldrum, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Neumann, Portland, OR (US);
Alan Ward, Boulder, CO (US);
Hiro Mitsuji, San Francisco, CA (US);
Payam Mirrashidi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Neale Patton, Twickenham, GB;
Colin Meldrum, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Neumann, Portland, OR (US);
Alan Ward, Boulder, CO (US);
Hiro Mitsuji, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Improved techniques that enable users to download digital media assets are disclosed. According to one aspect, digital media assets that a user has acquired from a remote media repository can be authorized for download multiple times. This, for example, allows a user to subsequently re-downloaded digital media assets that the user previously acquired. In one embodiment, digital media assets that a user previously downloaded to a user client device from a remote media repository can be made available to the user for subsequent re-download. Advantageously, a remote media repository can, in effect, provide users with a remote backup for previously acquired digital media assets.