Asynchronous download
US7933408B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/63345
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that asynchronously disseminates multimedia content to disparate clients. The disclosed system can include a component that receives multimedia content supplied by a multimedia publisher, encrypts or applies a time sensitive lock to the received multimedia content, disseminates the encrypted or locked multimedia content to the disparate clients, and a time subsequent, generates and distributes to the disparate clients a counterpart to the time sensitive lock necessary to unlock and play the disseminated and encrypted or locked multimedia content on the clients.
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