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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Boyd Cannon Multerer, Redmond, WA (US);
William T. Flora, Seattle, WA (US);
Bret P. O'rourke, Kirkland, WA (US);
John Mark Miller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eric Peter Wilfrid, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nigel Stuart Keam, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven N. Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Oliver Roup, Seattle, WA (US);
James Morris Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);
Zachary Lewis Russell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, Sammamish, WA (US);
Andrew David Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);
Boyd Cannon Multerer, Redmond, WA (US);
William T. Flora, Seattle, WA (US);
Bret P. O'Rourke, Kirkland, WA (US);
John Mark Miller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eric Peter Wilfrid, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nigel Stuart Keam, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven N. Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Oliver Roup, Seattle, WA (US);
James Morris Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);
Zachary Lewis Russell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, Sammamish, WA (US);
Andrew David Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system to facilitate royalty tracking is provided. The system includes at least one tag to identify a portion of a creative work. A distribution component tracks the portion of the creative work and a crediting component reports usage of the creative work when the portion is detected in a larger body of work.