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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. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Benoit Pol Menez, Carmel, IN (US);
Carolynn Rae Johnson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Benoit Pol Menez, Carmel, IN (US);
Carolynn Rae Johnson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for processing user programming request are described. A request entered by a user is detected. An entry for a time period based user spending limit is provided, in respond to the entered user request. The time period based user spending limit entry is received by the system and system tracks the user spending during the time period. In another embodiment, more than one spending limit, corresponding to different time periods, may be entered.