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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Stephen James Bye, Atlanta, GA (US);

Lyle W. Paczkowski, Mission Hills, KS (US);

Matthew C. Schlesener, Shawnee, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2009.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to methods and systems for delivering digital or media content to a mobile device and associating the digital rights for the content with an identifier of the mobile device or user of the mobile device. In some embodiments, a clearing house may store the digital rights for the content and provide authorization for delivery requests from the mobile device. In some embodiments, the mobile device may receive the content via communication with one or more of: the clearing house, a media provider, and/or a transport provider.


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