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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:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Echostar Technologies L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Inventor:
Thomas S. Taylor, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6334 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6334 (2013.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04L 2463/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile device embodiment communicates program distribution account information to a program distributor. The mobile device embodiment receives from the program distributor, authorization to use programming that is conditioned on the communicated program distribution account information. The mobile device embodiment communicates the authorization to a receiving device.