System and method for transfer of digital media
Digital content can be sold by an original sales entity (OSE) to an affiliate sales entity (ASE) for playing of the content by the ASE. The ASE is permitted to transfer the content to another ASE, and sales credit for the secondary transfer is split between the transferring ASE and the OSE upon synchronization of a ledger of the recipient ASE with the system database.
1. A method compromising:
selling content from an original sales entity (OSE) to a first affiliate sales entity (ASE);
permitting the first ASE to transfer the content to a second ASE such that the second ASE receives the content from the first ASE in a transaction;
synchronizing the second ASE with a system database to exchange ledger information therebetween; and
using the ledger information to credit a first portion of a sales amount to the first ASE and a second portion of the sales amount to the OSE, wherein the OSE is associated with a seller unique identification (SUID) and a token including an encrypted version of the SUID is conveyed with the content, and the first and second ASEs must successfully decrypt the SUID and compare it against a list of authorized SUIDs to verify that the SUID is on the list prior consummating the transaction.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first ASE is associated with plural multimedia players, and transfers of the content between the players within the first ASE are cost-free.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the token is stored in a ledger associated with the first ASE for subsequent transfer at least of the SUID to the second ASE during the act of permitting.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein he content is first content associated with a content identification (CID) and the method further comprises:
transferring second content without a CID from the first ASE to the second ASE in a cost-free transaction;
maintaining a record of cost-free transfer of the second content at least on the first and/or second ASE; and
transferring the record of cost-free transfer to the OSE.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ledger information includes a transaction level ID.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the ledger information includes a device ID.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second. ASE transfers the content to a third ASE and receives a third portion of the sales amount therefor.