Claims
- 1. A method of processing transactions related to content distribution comprising:
a user device requesting content; the user device receiving a direction to request a security component required to render the content; the user device requesting the security component from a computer associated with a transaction aggregator; collecting billing information of a user of the user device; returning the requested security component to the user device; creating a protected instance of a rendering engine on the user device with the security component; rendering the content within the protected instance; and reporting said rendering to the transaction aggregator.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the security component is unique to each user device.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the security component uniquely identifies the user device to a document distribution system.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of receiving a direction to request a security component is generated in response to said requesting step.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said requesting step comprises requesting the purchase of the one or more documents and the security component controls the rendering of the one or more documents.
- 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising grouping together one or more similar transactions that are reported in said reporting step.
- 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising processing the one or more similar transactions in a batch-like manner.
- 8. A system for processing transactions related to content use comprising:
means for requesting content with a user device; means for the user device to receive a direction to request a security component required to render the content; means for requesting the security component from a computer associated with a transaction aggregator; means for collecting user billing information; means for returning the requested security component to the device; means for creating a protected instance of a rendering engine on the user device with the security component; means for rendering the content in the protected instance; and means for reporting the rendering to the transaction aggregator.
- 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the security component is unique to each user computer environment.
- 10. The system of claim 8, wherein the security component uniquely identifies the user device to a document distribution system.
- 11. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for receiving a direction to request a security component is generated in response to the request for the security component.
- 12. The system of claim 11, wherein said means for requesting comprises means for requesting the purchase of the one or more documents and wherein the security component controls the rendering of the one or more documents.
- 13. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for grouping together one or more similar transactions that are reported in said reporting step.
- 14. The system of claim 13, further comprising means for processing the one or more similar transactions in a batch-like manner.
- 15. The system of claim 8, wherein said means for requesting content, said means for receiving, said means for requesting the security component, said means for collecting, said means for returning, said means for creating, said means for rendering, and said means for reporting comprise devices of a computer system.
- 16. The system of claim 8, wherein said means for requesting content, said means for receiving, said means for requesting the security component, said means for collecting, said means for returning, said means for creating, said means for rendering, and said means for reporting comprise computer readable instructions recorded on a medium.
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 10/046,670 filed Jan. 16, 2002, which claims benefit of priority to Provisional Application Serial No. 60/261,803 filed on Jan. 17, 2001 and is a Continuation-In-Part of application Ser. No. 09/649,841 filed Aug. 28, 2000, the entire disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60261803 |
Jan 2001 |
US |
Continuations (1)
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10046670 |
Jan 2002 |
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10425933 |
Apr 2003 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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09649841 |
Aug 2000 |
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10046670 |
Jan 2002 |
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