US 10,346,114 C1 (13,186th)
Digital content services over the internet that transmit or stream projected digital content to mobile devices, display devices, audio output devices, printing devices, televisions, or television controllers
William Ho Chang, Vancouver, WA (US); and Christina Ying Liu, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Vancouver, WA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,721, Apr. 8, 2021.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 10,346,114, issued Jul. 9, 2019, Appl. No. 15/973,317, May 7, 2018.
Application 90/014,721 is a continuation of application No. 09/992,413, filed on Nov. 18, 2001, granted, now 9,965,233.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/252,682, filed on Nov. 20, 2000.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Feb. 20, 2026.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/565 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/565 (2022.05) [G06F 3/126 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 8-14 are cancelled.
Claims 1-7 and 15-20 were not reexamined.
8. An information apparatus for obtaining digital content from a digital content service provided by one or more servers over a network, the digital content accessible, at least partly, by the information apparatus, the information apparatus including:
at least one processor;
an operating system;
an interface for interacting with a user;
memory or storage;
software or firmware stored, at least partly, in the memory or storage, at least part of the software or firmware is executable, by the at least one processor at the information apparatus, for accessing the digital content service provided by the one or more servers over the network; and
wherein the information apparatus is configurable for:
sending, from the information apparatus to the one or more servers over the network, authentication information associated with the user of the information apparatus for authentication of the user or the information apparatus, the one or more servers being distinct and separate from the information apparatus;
sending, from the information apparatus to the one or more servers, subscription information for accessing the digital content service provided by the one or more servers;
delivering, from the information apparatus, one or more device objects to the one or more servers over the network, the one or more device objects are related to one or more devices, the one or more devices are for outputting or playing the digital content, and the one or more devices being distinct and separate devices from the one or more servers, and the one or more device objects including information, related to at least one of device identification information, device address information, device capability information, model information, brand information, registration information, or IP address information, individually or in any combination, related to the one or more devices;
accessing, by the information apparatus, one or more digital content that are available at the digital content service, the access of the one or more digital content, provided by the one or more servers, is based, at least in part, on having successfully sent the authentication information and the subscription information;
receiving, via the interface of the information apparatus, an indication from the user of selected digital content from among the one or more digital content that are available from the digital content service;
delivering, from the information apparatus to the one or more servers, at least a pointer or reference to the selected digital content; and
receiving, at the information apparatus and from the one or more servers, output data corresponding to at least part of the selected digital content, the output data is related, at least in part, to the information included in the one or more device objects, delivered from the information apparatus to the one or more servers, and the output data, corresponding to at least part of the selected digital content, is at least in part device dependent with respect to the one or more devices for outputting or playing at least part of the selected digital content at the one or more devices; and wherein at least part of the device dependent output data includes an encryption scheme for ensuring security of the selected digital content.