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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Clifford P. Van Dyke, Bellevue, WA (US);
David J. Cheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Siva Mohan, Bothell, WA (US);
Clifford P. Van Dyke, Bellevue, WA (US);
David J. Cheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Siva Mohan, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
To communicate requirements for a digital license from a receiver of corresponding digital content to a computing device upon which the digital content is to be rendered, the receiver tunes the content and locates within the content information relating to the requirements for the license, constructs the requirements from the located information, and sends such constructed requirements to the computing device. The computing device upon receiving the sent requirements constructs the license based on such received requirements, stores such constructed license in a license store of such computing device, and thereafter renders the content only in accordance with the license. Thus, the receiver need not communicate the license itself to the computing device.