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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.:

US 7222104 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007

Filed:

May. 31, 2001

Method and apparatus for transferring usage rights and digital work having transferrable usage rights

Applicants:

Bijan Tadayon, Germantown, MD (US);

Aram Nahidipour, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Xin Wang, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Michael C Raley, Downey, CA (US);

Guillermo Lao, Torrance, CA (US);

Thanh T Ta, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Charles P Gilliam, Darien, CT (US);

Inventors:

Bijan Tadayon, Germantown, MD (US);

Aram Nahidipour, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Xin Wang, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Michael C Raley, Downey, CA (US);

Guillermo Lao, Torrance, CA (US);

Thanh T Ta, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Charles P Gilliam, Darien, CT (US);

Assignee:

ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorneys:

Marc S. Kaufman

Carlos R. Villamar

Nixon Peabody, LLP

Primary Examiner:

James P Trammell

Assistant Examiner:

Cristina Owen Sherr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for facilitating transfer of usage rights for digital content. The system comprises digital content, a usage rights module containing usage rights information associated with the content for a user, a transfer permission module containing transfer permission information for the content, a current user identification module containing identity information indicating the identity of the user, and means for manipulating the current user identification module to change the identity information. The content can be transferred form one user to another and the current user identification module can be manipulated to reflect the current user and to permit the current user to have usage rights in the document.

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Tadayon, Bijan. (2007). Method and apparatus for transferring usage rights and digital work having transferrable usage rights (U.S. Patent No. 7222104). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7222104

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