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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hiro Mitsuji, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alan Ward, Boulder, CO (US);
Mihailo Despotovic, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sam Gharabally, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6334 (2011.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/8355 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6334 (2013.01); H04N 7/1675 (2013.01); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/26613 (2013.01); H04N 21/63345 (2013.01); H04N 21/8355 (2013.01);
Abstract
A content rental system includes one data store for storing rental content. The content rental system also includes a content server for transferring content to one viewing device based upon a received request. The content server is further configured to authorize the transfer of the content from the viewing device to another viewing device.