Social License for Interactive Applications and Content
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1. A method of distributing access rights to a licensable interactive application, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a first user to purchase at least one sublicense to a licensable interactive application;
responsive to the request, granting the at least one sublicense to the first user to distribute; and
providing access to the licensable interactive application to the at least one sublicensed user, thereby enabling the first user to interact with the at least one sublicensed user through the interactive application.
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Abstract
To encourage purchases and use, licenses to certain interactive applications and/or content are able to be given as gifts to others as part of a user purchasing a license for herself. In one implementation, each purchase of a license to an application includes the right to give a license to up to a predefined limit of other people. For example, the purchasing user buys a license for herself and the right to name a number of other people to also receive licenses to the same interactive application or content.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of distributing access rights to a licensable interactive application, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user to purchase at least one sublicense to a licensable interactive application; responsive to the request, granting the at least one sublicense to the first user to distribute; and providing access to the licensable interactive application to the at least one sublicensed user, thereby enabling the first user to interact with the at least one sublicensed user through the interactive application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of distributing an interactive game, the method comprising:
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receiving a purchase request from a first user for an interactive game; responsive to the purchase request, licensing a first user to play the interactive game and distribute at least one sublicense to at least one other user to play the interactive game; and providing the first user and the at least one sublicensed user access to play the interactive game with each other.
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20. A system for distributing access rights to a licensable interactive application, the system comprising:
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an order system for receiving a request from a first user to purchase at least one sublicense to a licensable interactive application; and a license tracking module for; responsive to the request, granting the at least one sublicense to the first user to distribute; and providing access to the licensable interactive application to the at least one sublicensed user, thereby enabling the first user to interact with the at least one sublicensed user through the interactive application. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for distributing an interactive game, the system comprising:
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an order system for receiving a purchase request from a first user for an interactive game; a license tracking module for; responsive to the purchase request, licensing a first user to play the interactive game and distribute at least one sublicense to at least one other user to play the interactive game; and providing the first user and the at least one sublicensed user access to play the interactive game with each other.
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