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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Patrik Schnell, Issaquah, WA (US);
Clifford P. Strom, Sammamish, WA (US);
Adrian J Oney, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mark L. Beaubien, Kent, WA (US);
Kedarnath A. Dubhashi, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, Redmond, WA (US);
Anand Paka, Redmond, WA (US);
Satvir Randhawa, Redmond, WA (US);
Patrik Schnell, Issaquah, WA (US);
Clifford P. Strom, Sammamish, WA (US);
Adrian J Oney, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mark L. Beaubien, Kent, WA (US);
Kedarnath A. Dubhashi, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, Redmond, WA (US);
Anand Paka, Redmond, WA (US);
Satvir Randhawa, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques enable creation of a preview license for digital content. In some instances, the preview license indicates that it allows a content-consuming device to consume less than all of the content. This preview license may create a list specifying multiple portions of the digital content that the content-consuming device may consume. These techniques may also present to a device user an offer to purchase rights to consume all of the digital content after consumption of the preview-licensed portion(s). In other instances, a content server may embed the preview license into a content package that contains the digital content, allowing the server to distribute the package to multiple devices. In still other instances, the preview license may be bound to a domain rather than to individual devices. This allows member devices to share the digital content and the preview license, such that each member device may enjoy the preview experience.