Data processing system and method to enforce payment of royaltie

Details Data processing system and method to enforce payment of royaltie Data processing system and method to enforce payment of royaltie

1994-12-28

1996-07-02

McElheny, Jr., Donald E.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

395144, 395145, 380 3, 380 55, G06F 314, G06F 1721, G09C 300, G09C 500

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055329209

ABSTRACT:
A publisher of a softcopy book includes royalty payment information either within the structured document text of the book or in a royalty payment information file which accompanies the book. To read the book from the storage disk, the user applies a special softcopy book reading program at his workstation. If the user enters a command to copy the book onto a writable storage medium such as a magnetic disk or to print a hardcopy of the book with a printer or to transmit a copy of the book over a modem, a royalty payment program intercepts the copying command and suspends the copying operations. Instead, the royalty payment program presents the user with a display of the royalty payment information stored in the book text or in a file accompanying the book. The user must select the option of paying a royalty to the publisher before the royalty payment program permits a copy of the book to be made.

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