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US 2013/0298261 A1Published application
Activating licensable component provided by third party to audio video device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsPeter Shintani, Ludovic Etienne Douillet
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Abstract
An audio-video display device can download from a third party server a licensable component on which a royalty is to be paid. Various methods are disclosed for accounting for royalties associated with downloading the licensable component to the client device between the third party server and a client device manufacturer server.
Claims19
Client device comprising:
- processor;
- input device communicating with the processor to indicate selection of a link to a third party server (TPS) providing a licensable component;
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- responsive to the signal and prior to accessing the licensable link pursuant to selection of the link, request permission from a client device manufacturer server (CDMS) affiliated with a manufacturer of the client device permission to download the licensable component from the TPS;
- responsive to a determination that permission to download the licensable component from the TPS is not granted, not download the licensable component;
- and
- responsive to a determination that permission to download the licensable component from the TPS is granted, download from the TPS the licensable component.
4 more elements
Client device comprising:
- processor;
- input device communicating with the processor to indicate selection of a link to a third party server (TPS) providing a licensable component;
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- obtain the licensable component from the TPS;
- and
- responsive to obtaining the licensable component from the TPS, inform a client device manufacturer server (CDMS) affiliated with a manufacturer of the client device that the licensable component has been obtained from the TPS to facilitate accounting for royalties for the licensable component.
3 more elements
A third party server (TPS) not affiliated with a manufacturer of a client device, the manufacturer of the client device being associated with a client device manufacturer server (CDMS), comprising:
- processor;
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- download to the client device the licensable feature;
- and
- communicate with the CDMS to inform the CDMS that the client device has obtained the licensable component such that royalty accounting therefor is facilitated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.