US 9,805,374 B2Granted

Content preview

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsPatrik Schnell, Clifford P. Strom, Adrian J Oney, Mark L. Beaubien, Kedarnath A. Dubhashi, Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, Anand Paka, Satvir Randhawa

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Abstract

Techniques enable creation of a preview license for digital content. In some instances, the preview license indicates that it allows a content-consuming device to consume less than all of the content. This preview license may create a list specifying multiple portions of the digital content that the content-consuming device may consume. These techniques may also present to a device user an offer to purchase rights to consume all of the digital content after consumption of the preview-licensed portion(s). In other instances, a content server may embed the preview license into a content package that contains the digital content, allowing the server to distribute the package to multiple devices. In still other instances, the preview license may be bound to a domain rather than to individual devices. This allows member devices to share the digital content and the preview license, such that each member device may enjoy the preview experience.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

establishing a domain including
devices of a specific make and model;
obtaining a preview license to control access to digital content by the devices included in the domain, the preview license being obtained to control consumption of the digital content by the devices included in the domain;
binding the preview license to the domain based at least in part on identifying the domain in the preview license;
identifying a first member device for inclusion in the domain;
sending to the first member device of the domain, a package containing the digital content and the preview license associated with the digital content;
and enabling communicating, by the first member device, the package containing the digital content and the preview license to a second member device of the domain to allow the second member device to consume the digital content according to the preview license based at least on:
the preview license being bound to the domain;
and
the second member device being a member of the domain.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.