On
Tuesday, April 9th, Apple was granted a patent for “a system
permitting iTunes purchases using offline credits, according to the 2010 filing.”
I would not consider this patent as an innovation, but more like an improved
way of making more money. At least that’s what I suspect the whole idea got
started. It certainly would also benefit the users to purchase music that they
would like to listen to when there is no internet available. I also agree that
the system will increase the sales of iTunes. I think this patent is considered
as a good business idea rather than an innovated technical idea. It would be interested
to see how
Apple is going to adapt this new system to the iTunes, and how it affects the iTunes’ sales.
Apple is going to adapt this new system to the iTunes, and how it affects the iTunes’ sales.
For more information, visit: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/04/09/offline-itunes-apple/
Interesting, not sure why they didnt think of this before, but this will definitely increase their revenue once users adopt this "offline" system
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great idea for Apple. As you said, it makes making money much easier for them because now people can purchase anytime, anywhere.
ReplyDeleteAs with commentors above, I have trouble finding the 'novelty' in this invention. I mean, I feel that this is something that's been around in terms completing an action while offline then having it process once a connection is established. I'm curious how the actual claim turns out to be, and whether they are boasting an existing technology to deploy this.
ReplyDeleteI think the idea is fairly interesting. I wonder how people use the offline credit to purchase the music. I would like to see the tech when it releases. Nice share!
ReplyDeleteAnother example of patent overlap. I am pretty sure that there are many similar patents exist and already applied to different electronic devices
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