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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:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Paul L. Hickman, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Michael L. Gough, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul L. Hickman, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Michael L. Gough, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
G&H Nevada-Tek, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A content server system includes a remote content server including content license information and a local content player coupled to the remote content server by a network, the local content player requiring verification of a license by a user of the local content player as administered by the remote content server. In an alternate embodiment the network includes a local area network. In another alternate embodiment, the network includes the Internet.