Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc.

Leland Stanford Junior University

David Asao

Daniel Barber

Toshiro Fujimori

Philip Wu

Rabindra Pathak

Michael Genesereth

Roland Vogl

Frances Lee

A method and related apparatus for managing files for producing a compilation of works, including the step of obtaining a complete file of a work to be compiled in the compilation of works, selecting a portion of the complete file as a separate excerpt file to be compiled in the compilation of works, and independently managing the complete file and the excerpt file for producing the compilation of works.

Method and related apparatus for generating online and printing on-demand compilation of works with excerpts handling features

A method and related computer program product for customizing price-related options for printing a compilation of works, including the steps of: compiling the compilation of works; setting different options for customers to print the compilation of works with different prices; and allowing a customer to change one or more of the options to print the compilation of works with a price based on the customer's needs and budget.

Method and related apparatus for generating online and printing on-demand compilation of works with customer selectable printing options

A method for automating the management and interpretation of digital documents and their rights metadata to generate user access of a document protected by digital rights management (DRM), comprising the steps of a server obtaining a digital document and its associated rights metadata, the server interpreting the metadata to ascertain DRM useful information including identifications (IDs) of the document and its users and associated digital rights, and the server generating entries for a DRM database including policies associated with the document ID and users IDs based on the ascertained DRM useful information to enable DRM protection to the document.

Method for automating the management and interpretation of digital documents and their owners rights metadata for generating digital rights management protected contents

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

David Asao