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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Tangentix Limited, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, GB;
Paul Edmund Fleetwood Sheppard, Glasgow, GB;
Edward Michael French, Holmfirth, GB;
Peter Jack Jeffery, Sheffield, GB;
Gareth Edward Lewis, Plymouth, GB;
Tangentix Limited, Sheffield, GB;
Abstract
A client device downloads an interactive multimedia content package, such as a video game, from a server across a network. The package includes executable code and a plurality of graphical asset files. A wrapper component is provided in the package, which provides an intermediate layer between the executable code and a runtime environment of the client device. The wrapper component restricts functionality of the interactive multimedia content package to provide a demonstration or trial mode, in particular having time limitations (e.g. a rental mode) or functional limitations regarding the assets and/or progress within the content by the executable code. The wrapper component may be removed or inactivated, thereby achieving a full or unlimited mode of the package.