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Administrative tasks in a media consumption system

US9568984B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateAug 5, 2013
Grant dateFeb 14, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/109
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system and the user device include functionality for providing upgrade-related items to the user device in a transparent manner. The item-providing system and the user device also include testing functionality.

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