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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:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2002
Applicants:
Bob Atkinson, Woodinville, WA (US);
John Detreville, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian A. Lamacchia, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Bob Atkinson, Woodinville, WA (US);
John DeTreville, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian A. LaMacchia, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented mechanism for granting rights is described. A license may be used to identify one or more principals, resources, rights and conditions. The license also identifies a license format scheme and a license format modification scheme. An access control module or other entity may interpret the license in accordance with the license format scheme and license format modification scheme.