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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2001
Klaus Hofrichter, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richter A. Rafey, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ravi Gauba, Fremont, CA (US);
Annie Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Clement Lau, Los Altos, CA (US);
Klaus Hofrichter, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richter A. Rafey, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ravi Gauba, Fremont, CA (US);
Annie Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Clement Lau, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for enabling distribution and brokering of content information are described. A request to download data is transmitted to a server. Information on multiple content providers storing data obtained from the server is received. Finally, identification information for one content provider, which allowed the download of data, is transmitted to the server along with payment for the download of data.