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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:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Robin J. Landry, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Robin J. Landry, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 20/145 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment relates generally to a method of monitoring playback of content. The method includes providing for a file of content and embedding a playback counter in the file of content, the playback counter associated with a vendor. The method also includes distributing the file of content with the playback counter without restriction and incrementing a value of the playback counter in response to a viewing of the file of content with the embedded playback counter. The method further includes forwarding the value to the vendor to determine a payment to an author of the content.