TORONTO - YANGAROO Inc., the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, announced in a Wednesday press release that it has received allowance of its United States Patent Application #10/431,854 titled “Content Distribution System and Method” from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The formal Letters Patent grant is expected to follow shortly.
The patent in the US for “Content Distribution System and Method” covers a method of distributing digital content, such as music and advertising, to selected individuals over the Internet, in which the uploading content provider selects the individuals that are entitled to access the content and sets release conditions, like a time and date, and where the identities of the selected individuals are verified at login and are provided with access to the uploaded content if the release conditions are met.
YANGAROO’S Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) is the only such system available to the North American record, radio and advertising industries today that has US and Canadian patent protection for all of these crucial features.
“The allowance of this broad, industry-defining patent confirms YANGAROO as the foremost innovator in its field,” YANGAROO President and CEO John Heaven said.
“This patent will provide us with a further significant competitive advantage and will add substantial value to our company,” he added.
“The music and advertising industries understand and respect the value of Intellectual Property and we will continue to lead our sector through innovation and invention. We will maintain our focus on expanding our patent portfolio and plan to vigorously protect our Intellectual Property Rights,” Heaven continued.
This US patent will complement YANGAROO’s Canadian patent number 2,407,774 of the same title that was granted in 2005, providing a North America-wide safeguard for the company’s Intellectual Property (IP).
These “Content Distribution System and Method” patents augment YANGAROO’S IP portfolio which includes US patent No. 7,003,670 titled “Biometric Rights Management System”, which is also pending in Canada as patent application number 2,349,797, and pending US patent application No. 11/854,289 titled “Media File Distribution System and Method”.
From:AGIPNEWS
