IP Library Granted Patent US 8,640,260
Granted Patent B2
US 8,640,260 · App. 13/469,120 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Methods, systems and products for distributing digital content

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Patent No.
US 8,640,260
App. No.
13/469,120
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and products distribute digital content based on digital rights license. A digital file may be fragmented into a plurality of unusable fragments. Each unusable fragment is separately unusable. Each unusable fragment may be tagged with a tag to generate tagged unusable fragments. The digital rights license is generated based on the tag, such that the tagged unusable fragments may be reassembled into the digital file.

Claims (31)

1. A method, comprising:

fragmenting a digital file into a plurality of unusable fragments;

tagging each unusable fragment with a tag to generate tagged unusable fragments; and

generating a digital rights license based on the tag that allows reassembly of the tagged unusable fragments into the digital file.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising preventing reassembly of the plurality of unusable fragments.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising deriving a representation of one of the unusable fragments from the tag.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein fragmenting the digital file comprises dividing the digital file into the plurality of unusable fragments.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising distributing the tagged unusable fragments.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising distributing the tagged unusable fragments to different storage locations.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising distributing the tagged unusable fragments to a client device.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

fragmenting a digital file into a plurality of unusable fragments, wherein each of the plurality of unusable fragments is separately unusable;

tagging each unusable fragment with a tag to generate tagged unusable fragments; and

generating a digital rights license based on the tag that allows reassembly of the tagged unusable fragments into the digital file.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise preventing reassembly of the plurality of unusable fragments.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise deriving a representation of one of the unusable fragments from the tag.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise dividing the digital file into the plurality of unusable fragments.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise distributing the tagged unusable fragments.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise distributing the tagged unusable fragments to different storage locations.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise distributing the tagged unusable fragments to a client device.

15. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

fragmenting a digital file into a plurality of unusable fragments;

tagging each unusable fragment with a tag to generate tagged unusable fragments; and

generating a digital rights license based on the tag that allows reassembly of the tagged unusable fragments into the digital file.

16. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise preventing reassembly of the plurality of unusable fragments.

17. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise deriving a representation of one of the unusable fragments from the tag.

18. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise dividing the digital file into the plurality of unusable fragments.

19. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise distributing the tagged unusable fragments to different storage locations.

20. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise distributing the tagged unusable fragments to a client device.

Assignments (9)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE PATENT NUMBERS 10342096;10671117; 10716375; 10716376;10795407;10795408; AND 10827591 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 58314 FRAME: 657. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 17, 2015
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2014
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2013
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2013
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2013
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 030657/0548 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2013
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2012
From: AARON, JEFFREY A.
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
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