Patent ID: 7848954
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for ordering a digital media asset from an on-line media store prior to the digital media asset being released, the on-line media store being hosted by a media store server, said method comprising: (a) configuring the on-line media store to provide media content for the digital media asset in advance of the digital media asset being released; (b) subsequently receiving a pre-order request for the digital media asset via the on-line media store; (c) subsequently determining, at the media store server, when the digital media asset of the pre-order request is released; (d) determining whether the pre-order request has been cancelled; and (e) processing a purchase operation for the digital media asset of the pre-order request after said determining (c) determines that the digital media asset of the pre-order request has been released so long as the pre-order request has not been cancelled.