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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:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minerva Ming-Yee Yeung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew J. Holliman, Libertyville, IL (US);
Robert G. Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William W. Macy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Boon-Lock Yeo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
Abstract
A content distribution system comprising a server platform and a client platform. The server platform includes a memory unit to store digital content and access control logic to activate content protection mechanisms that provide multiple levels of access protection to the digital content. In communication with the server platform, the client platform plays back segments of the digital content at one of a plurality of quality levels.