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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);

Inventors:

Bruce W. Wilkinson, Rogers, AR (US);

Charles Harry Lobo, Cave Springs, AR (US);

Sid Shake, Rogers, AR (US);

Assignee:

Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/12 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06Q 20/085 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0755 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to automatically authorizing digital rights access. In some embodiments, the system comprises a content creator server, wherein the content creator server is configured to create a block, wherein the block includes the content, publish, to a public ledger, the block, wherein the public ledger comprises a blockchain, generate, for a user device, a key, wherein the key provides digital rights access to the block, and transmit, to the user device, the key, the user device configured to store a local copy of the public ledger, update the local copy of the public ledger to include the block, receive, from the content creator server, the key, and access, via the local copy of the public ledger with the key, the block, wherein access to the block allows the user device to make use of the content.


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