Contentguard Holdings, Inc.

Xerox Corporation

Contentgaurd Holdings, Inc.

Guillermo Lao

Xin Wang

Bijan Tadayon

Thanh Ta

Michael Charles Raley

Aram Nahidipour

Eddie J Chen

Charles P Gilliam

Thomas DeMartini

Edgardo Valenzuela

Manuel Ham

Mohamad M Mojaradi

Dale Sumida

Tuan Anh Vo

Daniel C Chen

Mai Nguyen

Anant Kansal

Arun Ray

Karimireddy Hari Reddy

Andrej Budo-Marek

Tushar N Padhye

M S Roopa

C V Joshi

Deepanjan Kanungo

Mark Berchowitz

Ivy Y Chen

Basavaraj B H

Anh K Hoang-Le

Ralph H Brenner

Steven A Buhler

Alan J Werner, Jr

Mostafa R Yazdy

Harry Jonathan McIntyre

Mehrdad Zomorrodi

Arun Ramanujapuram

David Plakosh

Joseph Zhung Yee Fung

Vincent Hsiang Tieu

Prasad Ram

Frederic J Stann

Juan A Romano

Robert Schuler

Ralph H Brenner, Jr

Thomas Soestini

Rory Jacobs

Manual Ham

B H Basavaraj

Thanh T Ta

Michael Raley

Thahn Ta

Robert E Schuler

Arun Ramanujpuram

A method, system, and computer program product for controlling consumption of a distributed network service in accordance with rights expression information associated with the distributed network service and specifying a manner of use of the distributed network service, including interpreting the rights expression information associated with the distributed network service, the rights expression information indicating a manner of use of the distributed network service; and controlling consumption of the distributed network service based on the rights expression information.

Networked services licensing system and method

A system and method for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, including specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item, the rights expression information including at least one element, the element having a variable and corresponding value for the variable; and performing an encoding process, including determining an identifier associated with a template corresponding to the rights expression information, extracting from the rights expression information the value for the variable corresponding to the element, and encoding a license adapted to be enforced on a device based on the variable and the identifier, the license including an identification of the template and the value for the variable.

Rights expression profile system and method using templates

A system and method for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith. The system includes an activation device adapted to issue a software package having a public and private key pair, the public key being associated with a user, a license device adapted to issue a license, a usage device adapted to receive the software package, receive the license and allow the user to access the item in accordance with the license, and a subscription managing device adapted to maintain a subscription list including the public key associated with the user. License's is issued by the license device upon verifying presence of the public key in the subscription list corresponding to requested content.

Method and system for subscription digital rights management

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

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.

An enforceable property right and a system for controlling the manner of use of an item in accordance with usage rights. The enforceable property right includes an item ticket having a security mechanism incorporated therein and specifying an item for which the item ticket can be redeemed and a license associated with the item ticket. The license includes usage rights specifying a manner of use for redeeming the item ticket and a mechanism for unlocking said security mechanism.

Method and apparatus for distributing enforceable property rights

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Guillermo Lao