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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:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/24 ;
Abstract
A contents utilizing management apparatus includes a utilizing condition storing unit for storing a utilizing condition corresponding to a sum of money of purchased authorization of contents, a determination unit, coupled to a plurality of computers in which contents are utilized, for determining, based on the utilizing condition of the contents referring to a utilizing request supplied from one of the plurality of computers, whether the contents can be utilized, and a utilizing permission unit for supplying permission to utilize the contents to the one of the plurality of computers when the determination unit determines that the contents can be utilized.