Computer architecture for managing courseware in a shared use operating environment
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems are provided in a multi-level computer architecture which provides improved capabilities for managing courseware and other content in a shared use operating environment such as a computer network. In particular, the invention provides a commercial networked instruction content delivery method and system which does not exclude synchronous sharing but is focused on asynchronous sharing. Security means in the architecture provide content property holders with the ability to know how many minutes of use an individual made of licensed material and with increased certainty that their material cannot be used, copied, or sold in usable form unless and until a user site is connected or reconnected to a minute-by-minute counter which is located off the premises of the user. This security link helps protect software and other works which are being sold or licensed to an individual, organization, or entity, and creates income opportunities for owners of such content.
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175 Claims
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1-155. -155. (canceled)
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156. A system for managing shared content, the system comprising:
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a server computer having a memory configured with content serving software in operable communication with a processor of the server computer; a pseudo-random number generator in the server computer configured to generate a sequence of pseudo-random numbers; and a manager configured to prevent the content serving software from serving content to a client computer if the pseudo-random numbers are not paired with corresponding numbers from the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165)
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166. A computer-implemented method for managing shared content, the method comprising the steps of:
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a client computer generating a first number; a server computer generating a second number; and allowing usage at the client computer of content served by the server computer if the first number and the second number are the same, and otherwise preventing usage at the client computer of content served by the server computer. - View Dependent Claims (167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175)
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