Inventors:
Michael Genesereth - Palo Alto CA, US
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Junior, University - Palo Alto
International Classification:
G06Q 30/02
Abstract:
Among other things, the present invention provides an efficient rights management system that can accommodate many pricing and royalty rules so as to be able to deliver digital media to a consumer at an efficient price, preferably a lowest price. In an embodiment, options can be presented to a consumer that affect the price of an item of digital content. For example, a consumer can be presented with an option to receive the digital content at a lower price if he is willing to receive it along with certain advertising. In another situation, a user may be presented with the option of receiving digital media in color, grayscale, or black and white. In each of these and other situations, the consumer can be presented with options that result in differential pricing for digital content. In this situation, a consumer is allowed the flexibility to consume digital content at a price point of his choosing.