The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Kay Johansson, Alamo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kay Johansson, Alamo, CA (US);
Assignee:
MobiTV, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/85406 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/1093 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); Y10S 705/908 (2013.01);
Abstract
Media rights are managed to include not just device authentication, but to include elements of user, device, and service authorization. A user can play media on a mobile device, continue playing the media on a desktop computer, and subsequently move to a large screen television and media rights are automatically identified to provide the most appropriate authorized content. This allows an authorized user to seamlessly access different forms of the same content on a variety of authenticated devices using the same digital rights management mechanisms.