Virtual 'web radio' that allows for the free on-demand streaming of individual files of songs, films, and other media in digital format that would otherwise need to be purchaed, which depends upon revenue earned from advertisers who pay to have their advertisements appended to the front of files streams available on the virtual 'web radio'

摘要

This online file streaming and advertising business method allows for the creation of an internet community based around a virtual “web radio” wherein any song, movie, TV show, fashion video or sound clip, etc. can be made individually available for free. Any and all media companies may provide exclusive media content for the virtual “web radio” and its associated web site. When a file is streamed to an individual's computer, the file cannot be saved to the computer or copied by the individual in any way. The files are available for free to the individual on the virtual “web radio” because they are pre-paid for by advertisers who pay to have their advertisement put at the beginning of the file being streamed. Similar to television and radio, this business method improvement comprises offering content to the public for free as a platform for advertising. Yet this business method is unlike radio or TV however, because the individual is literally forced to view or hear the advertisement: they have the ability to pause the transfer, but cannot fast-forward or skip past the advertisement. This method of appending advertisements to the beginning of digital streams constitutes an improvement on existing business methods for combining advertising with such content as television programs, web pages, films, or radio. This business method is an improvement on the effectiveness of advertising.