Moore Matthew D.,Bradley Joel J.,Crane Jennifer N.,Kalkur Naveen,Mercer Thomas C.,Nees Terry S.,Van Vliet Emily M.
申请号：
US201615384585
公开号：
US2017103449(A1)
申请日:
2016.12.20
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
An electronic book (ebook) lending system for requiring at-library book activation. The lending system includes a central system for managing and hosting ebooks, the central system including a storage device and a processor to control a user interface that enables a user to interact with the central system. The central system also includes an access device for activating ebooks at the library. A user may reserve an ebook through the user interface accessed by a remote user device or a library device. The content of the ebook is inaccessible to the user until the ebook is activated, wherein a user may activate the ebook by providing user identification information to the access device, and after the ebook is activated, the user may access the content of the ebook remotely. The present disclosure further includes an ebook lending system for incentivizing library visits by patrons and a digital content lending system for requiring at-library digital content activation.
