Patent ID: 7043447
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating a transaction for purchasable musical content over an electronic network, the method comprising: maintaining a first network server that hosts a first web page on the electronic network to which a consumer may connect; transmitting the first web page from the first network server to the consumer over the electronic network, the first web page including a listing of purchasable musical content, the purchasable musical content including two types, the first type comprising downioadable digital musical data and the second type comprising physical musical media, wherein the first network server is enabled to allow the consumer to complete a purchase transaction for the physical musical media, but is not enabled to allow the consumer to complete a purchase transaction for the downloadable digital musical data; allowing the consumer to browse the listing of purchasable musical content at the first web page on the electronic network; receiving a command at the first network server from the consumer over the electronic network indicating that the consumer has selected certain of the purchasable musical content to purchase; determining by the first network server based on the received command if the selected purchasable musical content is either the first type being downloadable digital musical data or the second type being physical musical media; executing a computer program stored in the first network server, the computer program comprising instructions for receiving the determination, and if the selected purchasable musical content is determined by the first network server to be the first type of purchasable musical content, the computer program automatically linking the consumer to a second network server which maintains custody of the selected downloadable digital musical data and hosts a second web page on the electronic network, the second web server: executing a computer program stored in the first network server, the computer program comprising instructions for receiving the determination, and if the selected purchasable musical content is determined by the first network server to be the second type of purchasable music content, the first web server: