Patent ID: 8712376
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computing device-implemented method comprising: maintaining with a computing device an electronic account for a subscriber of a content subscription service, the electronic account indicating a current balance of scrip associated with a subscription of the subscriber, enabling with the computing device the subscriber to use an amount of scrip belonging to the balance to acquire items of content from a source of content, each item of content having an associated value in units of scrip, the associated value in scrip not expressly set to a monetary value, reducing with the computing device the balance by the amount of scrip used to acquire the items of content, and updating with the computing device the balance by adding an amount of scrip corresponding to a purchase of scrip received from the subscriber, the updating based on an exchange rate of scrip to negotiable currency, the exchange rate varying based on at least one of a current time or date or an identity of the subscriber.