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Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2006
Applicants:

Gidon Elazar, Foster City, CA (US);

Dan Harkabi, Foster City, CA (US);

Nehemiah Weingarten, Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gidon Elazar, Foster City, CA (US);

Dan Harkabi, Foster City, CA (US);

Nehemiah Weingarten, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0786 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are described for reselling digital data content, such as books, other types of documents, music, video, software and games. Such data are stored in a small portable digital rights management (DRM) device, such as a non-volatile memory card or flash drive, along with a license that defines the extent of the use permitted of the data. The content and license data are processed by a microprocessor that is included in the memory card or flash drive, including modification of the license in response to the data content being resold and transferred to another memory card or flash drive. The process is a digital version of selling a book, CD, DVD or the like in a second-hand market.


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