Resolving station for system for permitting access to media selections
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Mar 3, 2009
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Apr 6, 2006
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Nov 23, 2005
filing date -
Oct 16, 1997
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In a system for providing access to media selections stored on a remote storage medium, a resolving station is electronically linked to a remote station from which a user transmits a request for access to a selected data composition, the request comprising user identification information and a code corresponding to the selected data composition. The resolving station stores, regarding each of a plurality of data compositions, information regarding access authorized and accounting information; accepts from a user a request for access to a selected composition; verifies, based on identification information provided by the user, the code and the access information corresponding to the selected composition, whether or not the user is authorized for the requested access; implements, based on the accounting information and the code corresponding to the selected data composition, a predetermined accounting process for access by the user to the selected data composition, if the user is authorized for the requested access; and transmits information regarding authorization of said user and the result, if any, of said accounting process for said selected composition.
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