Hugh P Spain

US Patent:

20080281917, Nov 13, 2008

Filed:

Jan 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/306595

Inventors:

Scott Douglas Wolf - Newport News VA, US
Bryan Allan White - Newport News VA, US
Hugh Parker Spain - Yorktown VA, US
Bryan S. Carrington - Norfolk VA, US

Assignee:

ARCAMAX PUBLISHING, INC. - Newport News VA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709205

Abstract:

A system and method of publishing digital media content works is provided in which an individual content work is divided into multiple segments, and when a subscriber initiates a subscription to the content work, each individual content work segment is published via email to the subscriber on a fixed periodic basis until either the work is completely published or the subscriber terminates the subscription. The subscriber may interactively access the segments of the digital media content work via directly accessing the publication website or via an embedded link in the published segment. During interactive access, the subscriber may update subscription control data controlling segment publication so that the next segment published to the subscriber will be the next successive segment after the segment being accessed interactively. A table of unique book positions is maintained to control segment publication and thereby avoid excess accesses to underlying subscription data for a subscriber. The subscription control data and book position data is recorded independently of segment positions to enable modification of segment boundaries data while assuring subscriber receipt of the entirety of the segmented digital media content work.