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Reservation of digital media items
Joe Hayashi,Kevin Saul +1 more
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In this article, the authors present a method for interacting with an online media store using a first device to identify a digital media item of interest to a user of the first device.Abstract:
Techniques for interacting with an online media store using a first device to identify a digital media item of interest to a user of the first device, using the first device to store an interest indicator for the digital media item of interest at the online media store, and subsequently interacting with the online media store using a second device to purchase or preview the digital media item of interest as identified by the interest indicator. Additionally, ring tones and graphics associated with the digital media item of interest can also be purchased.read more
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