PROVISIONING OF DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL MEDIA

摘要

In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with provisioning of downloadable content. In various embodiments, an image may be taken of physical media under control of a content consumer, such as a videodisc or CD (or of packaging associated with such physical media). A piece of downloadable content may be identified that is associated with the physical media. After determination of whether provisioning of the downloadable content is authorized, the downloadable content may then be provisioned to the content consumer. In various embodiments, streaming content may be similarly provisioned. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

主权项

1. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions configured to cause a computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the computing device, to provision downloadable content associated with physical media by causing the computing device to:
identify downloadable content associated with the piece of physical media based at least in part on an image taken from a piece of physical media under control of a content consumer; determine that provision of the downloadable content to the content consumer is authorized; and facilitate provision of the downloadable content to the content consumer.