Contentguard Holdings, Inc.

Broadcom Corporation

Avago Technologies General IP (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Aram Nahidipour

Xin Wang

Guillermo Lao

Bijan Tadayon

Thanh Ta

Michael Charles Raley

Edgardo Valenzuela

Eddie J Chen

Charles P Gilliam

Daniel C Chen

Anant Kansal

Ivy Y Chen

Mark Berchowitz

Deepanjan Kanungo

Arun Ray

C V Joshi

M S Roopa

Tushar N Padhye

Basavaraj B H

Ralph H Brenner

Thomas DeMartini

B H Basavaraj

Ralph H Brenner, Jr

Thanh T Ta

A master communications device/slave device configuration is disclosed where a master communications device discovers a slave device when the master communications device does not have the necessary features and resources to perform a service requested by an operator. The master communications device utilizes the slave device to provide additional features and resources to the master communications device in performing the service requested by the operator. The master communications device and the slave device interact as a single device provided by the master communications device/slave device configuration. The slave device serves as an extension to the master communications device providing a larger interface to the operator.

Device configuration including a master communications device with a slave device extension

A mobile device is disclosed that is not only capable of wirelessly receiving power from a source device, but also of wirelessly transmitting power to a destination device. The device includes one or more power modules and corresponding coils for transmitting/receiving signals from which power can be loaded/extracted. In addition, the device can receiving initiation information identifying power transfer standards supported by each of the source and destination devices, and can control its one or more power modules to operate in accordance with the standards identified in the initiation information.

Portable device capable of wireless power reception and transmission

Portable device capable of sensing an amount of wirelessly transferred power and optimizing coil selection

A self-contained device for protecting content, the content having usage rights associated therewith, includes a usage rights portion having usage rights that control the use of the content; a rights management module that authorizes a request to access to the content based on the usage rights; a rights assignment module that generates and updates the usage rights based on the content access; and an interface module that allows accessing of the content.

Method and apparatus for hierarchical assignment of rights to documents and documents having such rights

A method and system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith including a point of capture system adapted to generate content of a future event when the event occurs, a content distributor adapted to generate a rights label having usage rights associated with content of the future event before the content is created, the rights label having a distribution key for encrypting the content as the content is generated, the distribution key being encrypted with a public key. The system also includes a license server adapted to generate a license associate with the content from the rights label before the content is generated, the license including the distribution key encrypted with the public key, and a content distributor adapted to distribute the license before the content is generated.

Digital rights management of content when content is a future live event

A powerless/wireless peripheral device is disclosed that engages in wireless communication such as near field communication (NFC) and/or far field communication with other communication devices capable of NFC and/or far field communication. The powerless/wireless peripheral device harvests power from the NFC and/or far field communication and operates of the harvested power eliminating the need for an internal battery and/or an external power supply. The powerless/wireless peripheral device supplements a computing device in enabling an operator to interact with the computing device. The powerless/wireless peripheral device is inexpensive, portable and easy to use.

Wireless peripheral device powered by harvested power generated by wireless communication

The publishing system and method automates at least some portion of a publishing process. The system publishes content using metadata, rights templates and/or specifications, publishing profiles and business rules.

Method and system for automatically publishing content

Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation, such as a video recorder or a still camera, device can store labels of the rights and can associate usage rights with content in real time as the content is created.

Method and apparatus for establishing usage rights for digital content to be created in the future

A system for managing use of digital content within a trusted community. An access list defines the trusted community. License requests for use of content made from outside the trusted community are handled in accordance with a license request policy process.

Method, system, and computer readable medium for automatically publishing content

A method and apparatus for facilitating transfer of usage rights for digital content. The system comprises digital content, a usage rights module containing usage rights information associated with the content for a user, a transfer permission module containing transfer permission information for the content, a current user identification module containing identity information indicating the identity of the user, and means for manipulating the current user identification module to change the identity information. The content can be transferred form one user to another and the current user identification module can be manipulated to reflect the current user and to permit the current user to have usage rights in the document.

Method and apparatus for transferring usage rights and digital work having transferrable usage rights

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Laguna Niguel, CA, United States of America

Aram Nahidipour