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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Application digital rights management (drm) and portability using a mobile device for authentication
Applicant:
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and medium are provided for operating a computing device and a mobile device to access computer software with a secure access and to access a packet network, and for operating a computer software on a mobile device with different computing devices. A mobile device is used to authenticate a user's access to computer software. The computer software may reside on the mobile device, the user's computing device, or another computing device. A unique identifier is stored in the mobile device associated with the computer software to enable the authentication.