United States Patent – Digital Download Delivery Confirmation
Description
EDDCS
Anti-Fraud Protection for Digital Products
With the rapid expansion of technology, transferring digital content from one machine to another machine has become a common occurrence. Virtual digital content includes but is not limited to intellectual property, digital music, computer software, cell phone ring tones, documents, video, and images. With the delivery of virtual digital content comes a risk to vendors and intellectual property rights owners from potential fraud in false claims of items not received reported to credit card companies and other intellectual rights organizations, primarily due to not having a method to prove that the virtual digital item has been delivered to a client.
Delivery confirmation exits for physically delivered products through third-party physical delivery companies such as UPS, Federal Express, and the USPS using physical markings on packages and various manual and automated scanning technologies. These physical delivery confirmation systems provide publicly accessible confirmation of physical item delivery. Delivery confirmation of physical items provides the sender with proof that a physical item has been delivered to its destination. Existing physical delivery confirmation methods do not work with digital items due to the lack of physical attributes of virtual items. This invention provides a solution that bridges this gap.