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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:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2001
Applicants:
Yossi Tsuria, Jerusalem, IL;
Moshe Shlissel, Jerusalem, IL;
Ezra Darshan, Beit Shemesh, IL;
Stephanie Wald, Givat Zeev, IL;
Reuven Wachtfogel, Jerusalem, IL;
Aharon Rozenhauz, Jerusalem, IL;
Leonid Sandler, Jerusalem, IL;
Inventors:
Yossi Tsuria, Jerusalem, IL;
Moshe Shlissel, Jerusalem, IL;
Ezra Darshan, Beit Shemesh, IL;
Stephanie Wald, Givat Zeev, IL;
Reuven Wachtfogel, Jerusalem, IL;
Aharon Rozenhauz, Jerusalem, IL;
Leonid Sandler, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
NDS Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling access to content, including preventing access to content that corresponds to a blacked out event, until at least one of a time criterion and payment criterion is met. Related methods and apparatus are also disclosed.