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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:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Augustin J. Farrugia, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Gianpaolo Fasoli, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/1235 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2135 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2137 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for determining whether a subscription for using digital content on a user device has elapsed. The method compares a first collision free image of a first set of entities in the user device with a second collision free image for a second set of entities in the user device at a second instance in time. Based on the comparison, the method determines whether the subscription has elapsed.