Thomas J Tuttle

US Patent:

20140067686, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/597619

Inventors:

Thomas James Tuttle - Somerville MA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 21/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

705 51, 705 261

Abstract:

Content is pre-downloaded to a client device used by user. The pre-downloaded content is received and stored at the client device and has an access restriction to prevent the user from consuming the pre-downloaded content. The client device interacts with the user to facilitate purchase transactions for the pre-downloaded content. After the pre-downloaded content is purchased, the client device removes the access restriction to allow the user to consume the pre-downloaded content on the client device. Pre-downloading digital content allows the user, for example, to access the pre-downloaded content without needing to download the content at the time of purchase.