Patent ID: 9317669
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for granting access to digital content, the method comprising: receiving, from a first device, a first image of a first portion of an item; determining a current location of the first device; comparing the current location of the first device to a plurality of locations in at least one database, the plurality of locations including a plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations, wherein the at least one database includes a location database including the plurality of prohibited geographic locations and a customer database including the plurality of non-prohibited geographic locations; determining that the current location corresponds to a non-prohibited geographic location from the customer database, from which one or more physical copies of the item is accessible; retrieving verification data associated with the item based at least in part on the received first image; sending, to the first device, a request for a second image of a different portion of the item; receiving, from the first device and in response to the request, the second image of the different portion of the item; determining that at least a portion of the second image represents the verification data associated with the item; determining that the second image was captured subsequent to, and contemporaneous with, the request; and granting, to the first device, access to a digital version of the item.