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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Mark J. Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Peter L. T. Pirolli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark J. Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Peter L. T. Pirolli, San Francisco, CA (US);
ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and media for rendering digital content by at least one recipient computing device in accordance with usage rights information. An exemplary method comprises receiving the digital content by the at least one recipient computing device from at least one sending computing device only if the at least one recipient computing device has been determined to be trusted to receive the digital content from the at least one sending computing device, receiving, by the at least one recipient computing device, a request to render the digital content, determining, based on the usage rights information, whether the digital content may be rendered by the at least one recipient computing device, and rendering the digital content, by the at least one recipient computing device, only if it is determined that the content may be rendered by the at least one recipient computing device.
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