SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION

摘要

A system and method for digital media distribution wherein a media creator may provide digital media to a distribution system or distribution company, and wherein a media consuming user may obtain the media creator's digital media via the distribution system in exchange for viewing one or more advertisements.

主权项

1. A method of operating a computer-implemented media distribution system over a global computer network, comprising the steps of:
receiving a request from an authenticated user for at least one unit of media; providing a response to the request with at least one computer-selected advertisement; requiring the authenticated user to consume the at least one computer-selected advertisement and provide a response representative of the completion of the consumption of the at least one computer-selected advertisement; receiving the response representative of the completion of the consumption of the at least one computer-selected advertisement from the authenticated user; validating the response representative of the completion of the consumption of the at least one computer-selected advertisement from the authenticated user; and providing, upon a successful validation step, the at least one unit of media in downloadable form to the authenticated user over the global computer network.