Patent ID: 9471923
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a browser residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor that provides an interface for a user to request licensed content; a licensing policy residing in the memory and defined by the user that specifies at least one criterion for automatically acquiring at least one license; and a dynamic licensing mechanism that requests the licensed content from a content provider in response to the user requesting the licensed content via the browser, queries the content provider for license information for the licensed content that specifies at least one available license for the licensed content, and when the license information satisfies the at least one criterion in the licensing policy, the dynamic licensing mechanism acquires a license for the licensed content without requiring further input from the user, allowing the user to received the licensed content, and when the license information does not satisfy the at least one criterion in the licensing policy, the dynamic licensing mechanism prompts the user for authorization to acquire the license for the licensed content.