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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jason A. Skinder, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sanjay S. Gadkari, San Jose, CA (US);

Alan C. Cannistraro, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for determining ownership of an asset and providing access to alternate versions of the asset are provided. A system and method can include associating a unique identifier with an asset stored in one or more locations, receiving a request for an asset interaction, validating the request using the unique identifier, determining an asset storage location, identifying whether an enhanced version of the asset is available, and granting the request for an asset interaction when the unique identifier is validated and when the asset storage location is a local storage location. In one aspect, the asset interaction can be with an enhanced version of the asset when an enhanced version of the asset is available.


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