REALIZING BOXED EXPERIENCE FOR DIGITAL CONTENT ACQUISITION

摘要

Example apparatus and methods concern realizing the boxed experience for digital content acquisition. Example apparatus and methods associate a digital content purchase with digital metadata. The digital content purchase may be a computer game, a console video game, a film, a television program, or an e-book. The digital metadata may describe a user-customizable physical item portrayed within the digital content purchase. Example apparatus and methods include digital metadata with a digital content purchase, and control the re-creation of a physical item from the digital metadata. Example apparatus and methods may limit the number of times the physical item may be re-created from the digital metadata, and may control the frequency with which the physical item may be re-created.