Patent ID: 7174054
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for providing user access to electronic images of a physical text based on user ownership of the physical text, comprising: (a) receiving a request for access to one or more electronic images of a physical text in which the request identifies the user submitting the request; (b) confirming user ownership of the physical text based on the user identity; (c) consulting one or more access rules that define an amount of content in electronic images of the physical text that can be provided to the user based on the user's ownership of the physical text, wherein the defined amount of content for users who own the physical text is greater than an amount of content that may otherwise be provided to users who do not own the physical text; and (d) providing user access to the one or more electronic images of the physical text in accordance with the one or more access rules.