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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
Raymond Emilio Reeves, Olathe, KS (US);
Ryan Alan Wick, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Wen Xue, Overland Park, KS (US);
Thomas M. Hughson, Boscawen, NH (US);
Raymond Emilio Reeves, Olathe, KS (US);
Ryan Alan Wick, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Wen Xue, Overland Park, KS (US);
Thomas M. Hughson, Boscawen, NH (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Provides a consumer of digital products with an experience like that of visiting a shopping mall, where a product may be 'tried on,' or downloaded, without having to pay until it's actually used. A consumer may download three identical copies of an item, but not be billed for any of the downloads until one of the copies of the item is actually installed or used on the client device. At that point, a purchase of that particular copy of the item is deemed to have occurred and the user is billed for that particular copy. The sale is credited to the provider that the particular copy is associated with, based on a transaction identifier that associates that particular copy of the item with the client device and the provider. The unused copies of the item may automatically be deleted or disabled once the purchase has occurred.