公开(公告)号：US09805374B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US11734694

申请日：2007-04-12

申请人： Patrik Schnell ,  Clifford P. Strom ,  Adrian J Oney ,  Mark L. Beaubien ,  Kedarnath A. Dubhashi ,  Alexandre V. Grigorovitch ,  Anand Paka ,  Satvir Randhawa

发明人： Patrik Schnell ,  Clifford P. Strom ,  Adrian J Oney ,  Mark L. Beaubien ,  Kedarnath A. Dubhashi ,  Alexandre V. Grigorovitch ,  Anand Paka ,  Satvir Randhawa

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/02

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06C3/00 ,  G06Q20/00

摘要： 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.