Token based digital content licensing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9633182
APP PUB NO 20160012211A1
SERIAL NO

14862208

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A method and apparatus for weighted leveling license unit based digital content access control are disclosed. Weighted leveling license unit based digital content access control may include enabling access to a first digital content object by a first user device associated with a first unique user identifier, receiving a request for access to a second digital content object, wherein the request indicates the first unique user identifier, identifying a weighted leveling licensing weight, and, on a condition that a product of the weighted leveling licensing weight and a sum of an assigned unit count for the first digital content object and an assigned unit count for the second digital content object is within a cardinality of a plurality of available license units, enabling access to the second digital content object by the first user device.

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ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC1820 EAST BIG BEAVER ROAD TROY MI 48083

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Scapa, James West Bloomfield, US 4 29

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