Patent ID: 8126812
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method for marketing digital content, comprising: a) storing an inventory of assets in a hard drive of a personal computer prior to delivery of said personal computer to a user, wherein said assets are instances of the digital content and are protected from unauthorized use by a digital wrapper requiring at least one key for unwrapping; b) subsequent to said delivery of said personal computer to said user, displaying on the personal computer information about said inventory; c) accepting a selection representing a particular said asset from said user; d) transmitting money representing payment for said selection and an identifier associated with said selection from the personal computer to a clearing house, via a communications system; e) receiving at the personal computer a first key, associated with said selection, from said clearing house; f) transmitting from the personal computer the received first key to a master server, via said communications system; g) receiving back at the personal computer a second key from said master server; and h) unwrapping said digital wrapper protecting said selection using the received second key required for unwrapping said selection.