System and method for permitting use of content using transfer rights

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9727876
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13600907

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Apparatus, method, and media for permitting use of content. An exemplary method comprises associating a transfer right with content, the transfer right specifying that the content is permitted to be transferred from a first computing device to a second computing device, transferring the content from the first computing device to the second computing device in accordance with the transfer right, updating information associated with the transfer right based on the transfer of the content from the first computing device to the second computing device, and associating a usage right with the content, the usage right corresponding to a utilization of the content, wherein the first computing device includes at least a server mode of operation, and wherein the second computing device includes both a requester mode of operation and a server mode of operation.

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CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS INC103 FOULK ROAD SUITE 200-M WILMINGTON DE 19803

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Pirolli, Peter L T San Francisco, US 58 4325
Stefik, Mark J Portola Valley, US 151 10940

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