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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Michael Raley, Downey, CA (US);

Daniel Chen, Torrance, CA (US);

Hsi-cheng Wu, Alhambra, CA (US);

Thanh Ta, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Raley, Downey, CA (US);

Daniel Chen, Torrance, CA (US);

Hsi-Cheng Wu, Alhambra, CA (US);

Thanh Ta, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing use of protected content by providing a specific user interface to an application program used to render the content. The method includes identifying a user interface description associated with content, building a specific user interface based on the user interface description, and replacing the standard user interface of an application program used to render the content with the specific user interface. The specific user interface can be unique to the user, unique to a Web site, or otherwise customized.


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