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Online multimedia e-commerce refers to a secure transfer of multimedia data over the Internet.
Introduction
This article outlines some of the main concepts and use-cases associated with online multimedia e-commerce. By online multimedia e-commerce, we mean to imply a transfer of multimedia data achieved securely (or within the requirements of the participants) over the Internet (via wireline or wireless network infrastructure). The transferred data has some intrinsic value to the buyer and so a payment to the seller follows or precedes the data transfer in some secure fashion. Buying and activating a new ringtone from a mobile cellular phone or buying digital audio (a song) from a desktop PC are two quintessential examples, though the concept generalizes.
At the time of writing, digital multimedia e-commerce is on the rise. Digital audio, video, ringtones, and imagery lead the way. The International...
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Falchuk, B., Jayaraman, V. (2008). Online Multimedia E-Commerce. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78414-4_169
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