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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:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2011
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Heller, San Jose, CA (US);
Mike Wiese, Cupertino, CA (US);
Patrice Gautier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ellis M. Verosub, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Heller, San Jose, CA (US);
Mike Wiese, Cupertino, CA (US);
Patrice Gautier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ellis M. Verosub, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for interacting with an online media store to obtain a media asset bundle, such as a digital boxset, are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, browsing for a media asset bundle that includes at least one non-playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets contained in the media asset bundle, determining if a presentation request has been made for a media asset in the media asset bundle, and presenting the requested media asset. Further, these techniques involve playing the media assets in a media asset bundle by selecting a media asset in the media asset bundle, determining whether the media asset is playable or non-playable, presenting the media asset using an appropriate media asset viewer if it is playable, not playing (skipping) the media asset if it is non-playable, and selecting/playing other media assets in the media asset bundle until no more media assets are available to be played.