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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:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Rakuten Kobo Inc., Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RAKUTEN KOBO INC., Toronto, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/1235 (2013.01); G06F 17/241 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0773 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2151 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples described herein include a computing system or environment that enables the user to acquire an option to re-transfer a purchased digital content item at a later date. Data corresponding to the option can be recorded and linked with the user. Subsequent requests from the user to re-transfer the digital content item can be permitted or denied based on whether the user is authorized by way of having acquired the corresponding option.