发明名称 Providing a gift of downloadable digital content
摘要 Providing digital content is disclosed. An indication that one or more arbitrarily selected downloadable items of third party prerecorded digital content are to be given as a gift is received. A request to deliver the one or more arbitrarily selected downloadable items of third party prerecorded digital content to a recipient of the gift is processed.
申请公布号 US8799166(B1) 申请公布日期 2014.08.05
申请号 US200511249040 申请日期 2005.10.11
申请人 Apple Inc. 发明人 Burkholder Thomas K.;Neumann David L.;Ameerally Debra
分类号 G06F21/00;G06Q30/00 主分类号 G06F21/00
代理机构 Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP 代理人 Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP
主权项 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, an indication that a first downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content was selected by a purchasing user to be given as a gift to a recipient, the first downloadable item associated with a first monetary value required to purchase the first downloadable item; determining, by the processor, whether the first downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items; when the downloadable item is a duplicate of an existing downloadable item present in the recipient's catalog of items, prompting, by the processor, the recipient to select a substitute downloadable item of third party prerecorded digital content, wherein the substitute downloadable item is associated with a second monetary value required to purchase the substitute downloadable item, and the second monetary value is not greater than the first monetary value; receiving, by the processor, a selection from the recipient, the selection: identifying the substitute downloadable item, andindicating that the recipient would like to receive the substitute downloadable item instead of the first downloadable item; delivering, by the processor, the substitute downloadable item to the recipient; and upon a determination that the recipient has received the substitute downloadable item, debiting, by the processor, the second monetary value from an account associated with the purchasing user.
地址 Cupertino CA US