US 6,983,479 B1
Dynamic content activation by locating, coordinating and presenting content publishing resources such that content publisher can create or change content
Jonathan C. Salas, Byron, Calif. (US); Edwin J. Lau, San Jose, Calif. (US); Prashant Navare, Fremont, Calif. (US); and Sanjeev Radhakrishnan, San Jose, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Tarantella, Inc., Santa Cruz, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jun. 08, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/877,761.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 725—23 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distributed computing system, comprising:
a plurality of content subscribers coupled to a plurality of managed content locators and a plurality of managed content publishers on a network; and
a system to manage content subscribers' access to content publishing resources including
a content subscriber to request content;
a content locator including downloadable features and receiving configuration updates through a component manager with configuration information in a central configuration database and/or directory service that enables a content subscriber to access an appropriate content publisher, wherein the appropriate content publisher includes downloadable features, receives configuration updates through a component manager, with configuration information in a central configuration database and/or directory service, and dynamically activates the requested content by locating, coordinating and presenting one or more content publishing resources to activate said requested content such that the appropriate content publisher can create or change content; and
a license manager to control the content subscriber's access to said content publishing resources.