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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2007
Applicant:

Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/835 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17336 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0766 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/835 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 5/775 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of managing digital rights is disclosed that includes recording media content at one or more servers supporting a multimedia content distribution service. The one or more servers are configured to transmit multimedia data to multiple customer premises equipment (CPE) devices. The method further includes determining recorded media content at the one or more servers that is associated with a content source and providing a graphical user interface (GUI) accessible to a content manager at the content source to manage digital rights. The GUI includes a list of the recorded media content and at least one selectable element associated with each item of the list accessible to select media content and to configure digital rights associated with the selected media content.


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