Patent Document ID: 9171179
Application ID: 13684510

Base Claim:
1. A method for enabling the storage, distribution, and use of associated text and media files, comprising: (a) inputting a textual content file comprising a story into a text database storage medium coupled to an operator system computing device; (b) inputting a non-textual content file into a non-text database storage medium coupled to said operator system computing device; (c) associating said textual content files with said non-textual content files forming a combined media format, said combined media format comprising segregated and encrypted text content file components and non-text content file components; (d) independently restricting access and/or independently granting access to said segregated and encrypted text content file components; (e) independently restricting access and/or independently granting access to said segregated and encrypted non-text content file components; (f) inputting a user investment marking point into said combined media format, said user investment marking point indicating a user experience point where a user is likely to have gained sufficient understanding and attachment to the story to have a high interest in additional non-textual media associated with said combined media format; (g) inputting event marking points into said combined media format; (h) associating creator information with said text content file and said non-text content file, receiving purchasing information, and associating said creator information, said text content file and said non-text content file with said purchasing information to generate a purchased product file; (i) inputting creator identification information into a creator identification information database storage medium coupled to an operator system computing device; (j) sending a purchaser purchase identification information; (k) inputting creator contract information into a creator contract information database storage medium coupled to an operator system computing device; (l) associating said creator contract information to said text and/or non-text content files comprising said combined media format; (m) inputting purchase identification information into a purchase identification information database storage medium coupled to an operator system computing device; (n) associating said purchase identification information to said combined media format and generating a user-downloadable user-specific combined media format instance; (o) receiving from the purchaser said purchase identification information and comparing said purchase identification information associated with said user-downloadable user-specific combined media format instance with said purchase identification information in said purchase identification information database; and (p) facilitating the communication of said user-downloadable user-specific combined media format instance to a local user computing device using an internet connection, at least one of the above steps being implemented by a computer processor.

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Claim 6:
6. A method as in claim 1 , wherein said purchaser purchase identification information is resident on said local user computing device and said user-specific combined media format instance is only played after verification over the internet of said purchaser purchase identification information resident on said local user computing device against said purchase identification information in said purchase identification information database.