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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Bob Greene, Lone Tree, CO (US);
John C. Beyler, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Rebecca R. Lim, Englewood, CO (US);
John S. Fukuda, Denver, CO (US);
Bob Greene, Lone Tree, CO (US);
John C. Beyler, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Rebecca R. Lim, Englewood, CO (US);
John S. Fukuda, Denver, CO (US);
Starz Entertainment Group LLC, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
According to the invention, a video system for playing licensed video content is disclosed. The video system includes a video, a video selection interface, a video storage device, and a license control process. The video is selected from a plurality of videos stored on the video storage device. There is a plurality of content licenses for the video, where the plurality of content licenses is comprised of at least a first content license and a second content license. The first content license has a first time period where viewing is allowed and the second content license has a second time period where viewing is allowed, where the first time period is different from the second time period. The license control process enforces the content licenses.