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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:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Applicants:
Daniel R. Salmonsen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Don Shulsinger, Waban, MA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel R. Salmonsen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Don Shulsinger, Waban, MA (US);
Assignee:
Zoran Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for securely accessing digital content is provided. The method of providing secure access to content comprises determining an identification (ID) from a secure medium including content. The method further comprises sending a session key and the ID to a server. Furthermore, the method includes requesting user authentication and if the user is successfully authenticated, receiving the session key from the server to enable reading of the content on the secure medium.