METERING ACCESSING OF CONTENT AND THE LIKE IN A CONTENT PROTECTION SYSTEM OR THE LIKE
Application 892/DEL/2005 published 2006-11-10, filed 2005-04-07
Metered data is accumulated and is indexed within a metering databse of a client according to a metering ID (MID)and a content-associated ID(KID. The client selects a particular MID and metered data in the metering database having the selected MID, and costructs a challenge based on the selected metered data and sends same to a metering service. The metering service obtains the metered data from the challenge, stores same, and constructs a resonse. The client receives the response including a list of KIDs of the selected metered data in the challenge, and processes the list of KIDs by, for each KID in the list, deleting the metered data from the metering database having the selected MID and the KID.
Applicant
1)MICROSOFT CORPORATION
:One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, United States of America U.S.A.
Inventor
1)BENJAMIN BROOKS CUTTER 2)BRIAN P. EVANS 3)CLIFFORD P. STROM 4)MICHAEL JAY PARKS
International Info
Classification: GO6F1/00
Priority Information
10/830,632 U.S.A. 2004-04-23