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LICENSING PROTECTED WORKS WITHIN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION NETWORKS

  • US 20130312112A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2013
  • Published: 11/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of managing a license for a protected audio work, the method comprising:

  • receiving a license request from a client device over a communications network, the license request indicating a protected audio work;

    responsive to the license request, transmitting a license identifier indicating a valid license for the protected audio work to the client device over the communications network;

    associating the license identifier with a user account attributed to the license request;

    receiving a license inquiry from a license auditor over a communications network, the license inquiry indicating a user account attributed to publication of the protected work and including discovered license information at a discovered network location of publication of the protected audio work;

    referencing the database system based, at least in part, on the user account attributed to publication of the protected work indicated by the license inquiry to determine whether the discovered license information indicates the valid license for the protected audio work; and

    outputting a determination of whether the discovered license information indicates the valid license for the protected audio work.

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