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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2000
Applicants:

Marcus Peinado, Bellevue, WA (US);

Rajasekhar Abburi, Medina, WA (US);

Paul England, Bellevue, WA (US);

Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Redmond, WA (US);

Jeffrey R. C. Bell, Seattle, WA (US);

Arnold N. Blinn, Bellevue, WA (US);

Thomas C. Jones, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Marcus Peinado, Bellevue, WA (US);

Rajasekhar Abburi, Medina, WA (US);

Paul England, Bellevue, WA (US);

Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Redmond, WA (US);

Jeffrey R. C. Bell, Seattle, WA (US);

Arnold N. Blinn, Bellevue, WA (US);

Thomas C. Jones, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/60 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

To obtain a digital license for rendering a piece of digital content, a license requester contacts a license provider and sends a license request. The license provider checks the license request for validity and negotiates with the license requestor terms and conditions for the requested license. The license provider generates the requested license and issues the generated license to the license requestor.


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