Patent attributes
Systems and methods of verifying ownership of content can receive and process requests for access to digital content associated with the items. Verifying ownership of content can include receiving, from a device, an image of a first portion of an item. The item can be a book, music disc, movie disc, software disc, or other item having associated digital content. The current location of the device can be transmitted with the image to verify that the device is not in a prohibited location. A comparison of the image received from the device and the current location of the device to verification data associated with the requested digital content can be processed to verify ownership of the physical item. Upon verifying ownership, access to digital content associated with the physical item can be granted on a permanent basis or a temporary basis.
