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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:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Attila Narin, Bothell, WA (US);
Chandramouli Venkatesh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Frank D. Byrum, Seattle, WA (US);
Marco A. Demello, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter David Waxman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Prashant Malik, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steve Bourne, Seattle, WA (US);
Vinay Krishnaswamy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Yevgeniy (Eugene) Rozenfeld, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attila Narin, Bothell, WA (US);
Chandramouli Venkatesh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Frank D. Byrum, Seattle, WA (US);
Marco A. DeMello, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter David Waxman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Prashant Malik, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steve Bourne, Seattle, WA (US);
Vinay Krishnaswamy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Yevgeniy (Eugene) Rozenfeld, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A licensor receives a request from a requestor including an identifier identifying the requestor and rights data associated with digital content, where the rights data lists at least one identifier and rights associated therewith. The licensor thereafter locates the identifier of the requestor in a directory, and locates in the directory based thereon an identifier of each group which the requestor is a member of. Each of the located requestor identifier and each located group identifier is compared to each identifier listed in the rights data to find a match, and a digital license to render the content is issued to the requestor with the rights associated with the matching identifier.