Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Dartmouth College

Other

Digimarc Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

John S Erickson

David Murray Banks

Mark Henry Butler

Mark Schlageter

An apparatus to render content according to pre-established permissions associated with the content is provided. The apparatus includes: i) electronic processing circuitry; ii) executable instructions for execution by the processing circuitry, and iii) an output to render content. The executable instructions include instructions to control rendering of content according to pre-established permissions associated with the content. At a minimum, the rendering provides at least a preview of the content. The instructions further include instructions to facilitate communication with an external processor to obtain at least one of: i) content; and ii) supplemental permissions. The supplemental permissions extend permissible rendering of the content beyond the pre-established permissions.

Apparatus for rendering content

A digital repositoryincludes data items. A user can add additional functionality or program routines to data item by including as a data item a data processing identifier pointing to at least one data processing routine. Such routines are accessed by a clientby sending from a client to the digital repositorya request to access a data item, wherein the repository provides an interface description documentfrom the digital repositoryto the clientas the response to the request. The clientcan then transmit a data processing request from the client to a serviceidentified by the data processing identifier of the interface description document, the data processing request including the identifier from the interface description document.

Database extension structure

A database structure that may be used for semistructured databases assigns each node of a database to a collection. For each collection, create rights, retrieve rights, associate rights and dissassociate rights are provided to one or more users, the rights being assigned in common for all nodes of the collection. Users can only carry out the task if they have the appropriate rights. In this way, a flexible database security structure is provided that can deliver appropriate security for different elements of a semistructured database.

Database security structure

One aspect of the present invention is a method of playing multi-media content through a personal computer. The personal computer includes a processor and memory, with the memory having software instructions stored therein. The processor executes the instructions to carry-out the method. The method includes: receiving data representing multi-media content at the personal computer; receiving at the personal computer an initial set of data representing a base set of usage rights that is associated with the multi-media content, wherein the initial set of data defines a first set of rights that is permissible without upgrading or renewing the base set of usage rights; and upon receiving a request to perform an action involving the multi-media content, checking the initial set of data representing the base set of usage rights to determine whether the action is permissible, and providing an option to a user through the personal computer to contact a remote computer to negotiate for an upgraded set of usage rights. The transmission of the multi-media content is among those actions that are not permissible.

Methods for playing protected content

Apparatus for controlling cross-organizational access by end users associated with a plurality of organizations to one or more distributed object services available via a resource server across an information technology communications network. The apparatus comprises at least one Requesting Organization (RO) having access to services via the resource server, the Requesting Organization being adapted to issue enrollments to one or more end users upon request and electronically transmitting the enrollments to the respective end users. The apparatus further comprises at least one Servicing Organization (SO) communicating with the Requesting Organization and defining the credentials required for access to a service via the resource server by end users associated with each of the organizations. A Clearance Service (CS) is provided in which is stored one or more mappings of enrollments to credentials, the end user being adapted to transmit to the resource server a request for access to a resource together with data relating to their respective enrollment, in response to receipt of which request, the Requesting Organization is adapted to transmit the data relating to the enrollment to the Clearance Service which is adapted to map the enrollment to one or more respective credentials and return data representative of the credentials to the resource server which in turn is adapted to compare the data representative of the credentials to the original resource request and to comply (or otherwise) with the request. The Requesting Organization the resource server and the Clearance Service are all implemented as web or e-services.

Policy enforcement and access control for distributed networked services

A method of providing internet access to a data object repository comprising managing data objects hosted by said repository using a generalised repository directed graph data model having object nodes and resources, said resources comprising at least one of

Digital object repositories, models, protocol, apparatus, methods and software and data structures, relating thereto

Copyrighted electronic media are packaged in a secure electronic format, and registered on associated registration server, which serves to provide on-line licensing and copyright management for that media. Users are connected to the server, e.g., through a computer network or the Internet, to enable data transfers and to transact licenses to utilize the media. Packaged electronic media are typically created by an author or derivative user of the work. Once the packaged media is registered on the server, the media is made available for limited use and possible license through an authorization server. This limited use is specified within the minimum permissions data set assigned to each packaged media. Without a license, users are typically permitted to view the packaged media&#x2014;through a system which unpackages the media&#x2014;but cannot save or otherwise transfer the media without obtaining auxiliary permissions to do so from the authorization server. The electronic media is authenticated through digital signatures and optional encryption.

System and method for managing copyrighted electronic media

Messages including encrypted data and having the form of XML documents are exchanged within an information technology network according to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Each message includes a session key (encrypted to the public key of the party receiving the message) within the XML document containing the encrypted data, meaning that each message is interpretable in a 'stand alone' condition, without reference to some shared state (such as the session key for instance) between the parties involved in the messaging. Tags are used to generate modules within the document, and enable easy and convenient separation of elements of the document for distribution by the SOAP gateway protocol handler to the relevant application.

Message exchange in an information technology network

Digital Creative Works such as copyrighted electronic media are packaged in a secure electronic format, or CONTAINER, and registered on associated registration server, which serves to provide on-line licensing and copyright management for that Work. Users are connected to the registration server through a computer network or the Internet to enable data transfers and to transact licenses to utilize the media. Packaged electronic media are typically created by an author or derivative user of the work. Once the packaged media is registered on the server, the media is made available for limited use and possible license through an authorization server. This limited use is specified within the minimum permissions data set assigned to each packaged media. Without a license, users are typically permitted to view the packaged media&#x2014;through a system which unpackages the media&#x2014;but cannot save, print or otherwise transfer the media without obtaining auxiliary permissions to do so from the authorization server. The electronic media is authenticated through digital signatures and optional encryption.

System and methods for managing digital creative works

Copyrighted electronic media are packaged in a secure electronic format, and registered on associated registration server, which serves to provide on-line licensing and copyright management for that media. Users are connected to the server, e.g., through a computer network or the Internet, to enable data transfers and to transact licenses to utilize the media. Packaged electronic media are typically created by an author or derivative user of the work. Once the packaged media is registered on the server, the media is made available for limited use and possible license through an authorization server. This limited use is specified within the minimum permissions data set assigned to each packaged media. Without a license, users are typically permitted to view the packaged media&mdash;through a system which unpackages the media&mdash;but cannot save or otherwise transfer the media without obtaining auxiliary permissions to do so from the authorization server. The electronic media is authenticated through digital signatures and optional encryption.

Copyrighted electronic media are packaged in a secure electronic format, and registered on associated registration server, which serves to provide on-line licensing and copyright management for that media. Users are connected to the server, e.g., through a computer network or the Internet, to enable data transfers and to transact licenses to utilize the media. Packaged electronic media are typically created by an author or derivative user of the work. Once the packaged media is registered on the server, the media is made available for limited use and possible license through an authorization server. This limited use is specified within the minimum permissions data set assigned to each packaged media. Without a license, users are typically permitted to view the packaged media--through a system which unpackages the media--but cannot save or otherwise transfer the media without obtaining auxiliary permissions to do so from the authorization server. The electronic media is authenticated through digital signatures and optional encryption.

Ski pole modifying apparatus including a support portion, a hanger portion, a pivoting portion and a stabilizer portion; the support portion including an elongated main section, the main section being capable of mounting on a ski pole intermediate the ends thereof; the hanger portion extending from the support portion, the hanger portion including an arm member with a free end, the arm member being capable of extending generally perpendicularly from the main section; the pivoting portion including mechanism for changing the position of the hanger portion about a transverse axis through the ski pole from a position in which the free end of the arm member of the hanger portion is remote from the ski pole to a position in which the free end is disposed adjacent to the ski pole; the stabilizer portion retaining the position of the hanger portion with respect to the ski pole; whereby when the modifying apparatus is mounted on a ski pole, the hanger portion can be pivoted to a position so it can lay on a ski lift seat to enable a skier to rest his feet on ski pole baskets.

Ski pole modifying apparatus

Ski pole modifying apparatus includes a seat contacting member and a ski/boot contacting member. The seat contacting member includes a pole encircling portion with an elongated collar section. An arm portion extends from the collar section and includes a transverse section extending the full length of the arm portion disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to an axis of the collar section. A radial section extends from the periphery of the collar section along substantially the full height thereof and tapers downwardly toward the free end of the transverse section. The ski/boot contacting member includes a platform portion with a central opening surrounded by a cylindrical section and an odd number of substantially equal length peripheral edges with a minimum of five. A generally circular opening extends through the platform portion adjacent a midpoint of each peripheral edge thereof. Each circular opening includes a channel communicating with the adjacent peripheral edge with the channel having a width less than the diameter of the circular opening. A reinforcing portion extends downwardly from the platform portion with a rib section extending toward each circular opening. A stiffening section extends to one corner of the platform portion radially from the cylindrical section along substantially the full height thereof tapering upwardly to the corner and also extends downwardly from the platform portion.

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Norwich, VT, United States of America

John S Erickson