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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DELIVERING ELECTRONIC CONTENT
4,888,798
4,999,806
5,023,907
5,033,084
5,057,935
5,103,476
5,113,518
5,191,611
5,204,897
5,319,705
Patrick E. Patterson, Arlington, VA
(US)
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Inventor:
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Assignee: DRM Technologies, LLC, Tucson, AZ
(US)
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Notice:
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U.S.c. 154(b) by 0 days.
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This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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Appl. No.: 11/889,610
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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Continuation of application No. 111412,827, filed on
Apr. 28, 2006, now Pat. No. 7,272,655, which is a
continuation of application No. 09/231,714, filed on
Jan. 15, 1999, now Pat. No. 7,127,515.
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Int. Cl.
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U.S. Cl. ....................................... 7091229; 709/206
Field of Classification Search ......... 709/202-203,
(2006.01)
G06F 15116
709/206-207,229,225,223
See application file for complete search history.
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Delivering electronic content includes providing instructions
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received information and sends the selected electronic content to the network address included in the received information. Access to the electronic content might be selectively
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