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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:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Jason Cahill, Carnation, WA (US);
Chris Graham, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lauren Antonoff, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Brown, Carnation, WA (US);
Marco A. Demello, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald Eric Gray, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Cahill, Carnation, WA (US);
Chris Graham, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lauren Antonoff, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Brown, Carnation, WA (US);
Marco A. DeMello, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald Eric Gray, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for a recipient to receive rights management (RM) protected content. The protected content is encrypted and decryptable according to a content key (KD), where (KD) is found in a corresponding license. In the method, the protected content is received while connectively coupled to a network through which the protected content may be obtained, and it is recognized that the received protected content is in fact protected content. In response to receiving the protected content and recognizing same, the license for the protected content is obtained from an RM server while still connectively coupled to the network and in an automatic manner. Thus, the license is available to the recipient even when such recipient is not connectively coupled to the RM server by way of the network at a later time. In one particular embodiment of the present invention, the protected content is received within an email.