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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:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Vallance Cole, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Glenn Epis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vallance Cole, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Glenn Epis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0603 (2013.01); G06Q 20/354 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01);
Abstract
Digital media products and methods for making them are disclosed. A digital media product can effectively not have any value until purchased and activated at a point-of-sale. In one embodiment, the digital media product is content specific and provided to allow acquisition of a particular collection of digital media assets upon activation. As one example, the collection can pertain to a playlist, album or set of content.