Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al
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COMPLAINT against AVG Technologies USA, Inc., Adobe Systems Incorporated, Electronic Arts, Inc., Symantec Corporation, UbiSoft Entertainment, Inc., Valve Corporation, Zynga Game Network Inc., Zynga, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 350 receipt number 0540-3078865.), filed by Digital Reg of Texas, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5, # 6 Exhibit 6, # 7 Exhibit 7, # 8 Civil Cover Sheet)(Albritton, Eric)
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United States Patent
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Patterson
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Assignee: First Union National Bank, Atlanta,
GA(US)
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Notice:
This patent issued on a continued prosecution application filed under 37 CFR
1.53(d), and is subject to the twenty year
patent term provisions of 35 U.S.c.
154(a)(2).
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
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Appl. No.: 09/079,545
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Filed:
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Int. Cl? .................................................. H04K 1/00
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U.S. Cl. ....................... 713/201; 713/185; 713/200;
705/53; 705/56; 705/57; 705/58; 705/59
Field of Search .............................. 705/56, 57, 58,
705/59, 53; 713/185, 201
May 15, 1998
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Patrick E. Patterson, Arlington, VA
(US)
Inventor:
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5,671,279 A
5,703,951 A
REGULATING ACCESS TO DIGITAL
CONTENT
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Patent No.:
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Date of Patent:
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
InterTrust Technology "MetaTrust Overview"; http:www.intertrust.com/technology/tech.html (8 pages).
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Primary Examiner-Albert Decady
Assistant Examiner-Paul E. Callahan
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Troutman Sanders LLP
(57)
ABSTRACT
Digital content such as text, video, and music are stored as
part of a compressed and encrypted data file, or object, at a
client computer, such as a personal home computer. The
content is inaccessible to a user until a payment or use
authorization occurs. Payment or use authorization occurs
via a real-time, transparent authorization process whereby
the user enters account or use data at the client computer, the
account or use data is transmitted to a payment server
computer, the account or use data is preprocessed at the
payment server computer and if payment information is
required and is present, the payment information is transmitted to a payment authorization center. The payment
authorization center approves or rejects the payment
transaction, and bills the corresponding account. The authorization center then transmits an authorization signal to the
payment server computer indicating whether the transaction
was approved and if not, which information was deficient. In
response, the payment server computer transmits a token to
the client computer, and if the token indicates approval, an
installation process is initiated at the client computer
whereby the object is activated and locked to the particular
client computer. The object can be reopened and reused at
any time on that particular computer. If the object is transmitted or copied to a different computer, the required payment or use information must again be tendered for access
to the content.
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