Patent ID: 7848955

Claim:
A method for pre-ordering a group of digital media assets from an on-line media store, said method comprising: (a) configuring the on-line media store to invite pre-ordering of bundles of digital media assets in advance of the bundles of digital media assets being released; (b) subsequently receiving a pre-order request for a bundle of digital media assets via the on-line media store; (c) determining whether one or more of the digital media assets within the bundle are available from the on-line media store; (d) processing a purchase operation for the one or more of the digital media assets within the bundle that are available when said determining (c) determines that the one or more of the digital media assets within the bundle are available; (e) pre-ordering the remaining digital media assets within the bundle when said determining (c) determines that the one or more of the digital media assets within the bundle are available; (f) subsequently determining when the remaining digital media assets within the bundle become available from the on-line media store; and (g) processing a purchase operation for the remaining digital media assets within the bundle after said determining (f) determines that the remaining digital media assets within the bundle have become available.