Providing notice of patent rights
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1. A method for providing notice of patent rights, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
- presenting a notice to a device user indicating that the device is subject to rights under a patent; and
preventing, through program code/hardware restrictions, user access to at least one feature of the device unless and until an indication is made that the user has reviewed the patent;
and at least one of;
displaying a copy of the patent to the user in response to the user following a hyperlink, allowing the user to assert that the user has previously reviewed the patent; and
thenallowing the user access to the feature, said access having been previously prevented by the preventing step;
thereby confirming that the user has actual notice of the patent and its purported coverage of the device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides tools and techniques for providing users of devices with actual notice of patent rights by displaying applicable patents, or by allowing users to indicate they have previously reviewed those patents, or both, before permitting use of core features of the device.
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1. A method for providing notice of patent rights, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
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presenting a notice to a device user indicating that the device is subject to rights under a patent; and preventing, through program code/hardware restrictions, user access to at least one feature of the device unless and until an indication is made that the user has reviewed the patent; and at least one of;
displaying a copy of the patent to the user in response to the user following a hyperlink, allowing the user to assert that the user has previously reviewed the patent; and
thenallowing the user access to the feature, said access having been previously prevented by the preventing step; thereby confirming that the user has actual notice of the patent and its purported coverage of the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device configured to provide notice of patent rights, comprising:
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a notice to a user of the device indicating that the device is subject to rights under a patent; a screen capable of displaying the patent; and a program code/hardware restrictions barrier preventing the user from accessing at least one feature of the device unless and until an indication is made that the user has reviewed the patent, thereby confirming that the user has actual notice of the patent and its purported coverage of the device, by at least one of the following;
the screen displays a copy of the patent to the user, the screen displays a hyperlink to a copy of the patent, the user asserts that the user has previously reviewed the patent. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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