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Rights management system for streamed multimedia content

  • US 8,290,874 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2005
  • Issued: 10/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a computing device to store digital licenses for rendering corresponding pieces of digital content, the method comprising:

  • the computing device receiving a first license corresponding to a first content and a second license corresponding to a second content, wherein each of the first content and the second content are corresponding streams of digital content tuned from a combined signal comprising a plurality of streams of digital content, and wherein the second content has been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying and the first content has not been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying;

    the computing device storing the first license in a temporary license store;

    the computing device storing the second license in a permanent license store;

    the computing device deleting the first license when the temporary license store is turned off or reset; and

    the computing device maintaining the second license in the permanent license store when the permanent license store is turned off or reset.

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