Contentguard Holdings, Inc.

Contentgaurd Holdings, Inc.

Michael Charles Raley

Thanh Ta

Guillermo Lao

Bijan Tadayon

Xin Wang

Aram Nahidipour

Charles P Gilliam

Daniel C Chen

Hsi-Cheng Wu

Eddie J Chen

Thomas DeMartini

Manuel Ham

Anant Kansal

Tushar N Padhye

M S Roopa

C V Joshi

Arun Ray

Deepanjan Kanungo

Edgardo Valenzuela

Basavaraj B H

Daniel Chen

Thomas Soestini

B H Basavaraj

Manual Ham

Thomas M Demartini

Thanh T Ta

Thahn Ta

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 method, apparatus, media and data structure for rendering a wrapper. The wrapper includes at least one data structure in a format that is renderable by a standard rendering engine and containing censored content comprising source content identification information. When the wrapper is opened by a standard rendering engine, the censored content is rendered. When opened by a trusted rendering engine, the source content is rendered.

Multi-mode protected content wrapper

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 controlling use of content in accordance with usage rights associated with the content and determined in accordance with the environment of a user device. A request is received for secure content from a user device and the integrity of the environment of the user device is verified. Appropriate usage rights are retrieved based upon the results of the verification of integrity and the content is rendered on the user device in accordance with the appropriate usage rights.

Method and apparatus for identifying installed software and regulating access to content

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 method and apparatus for dynamically protecting content in a system for managing use of the content in accordance with usage rights. A request is received from a user device for content stored on a server. Information is gathered from at least one source to build the content in accordance with the request and the content is mapped to usage rights. A reply including the usage rights is sent to the user device, and use of the content is permitted based on the usage rights under control of a security module for enforcing usage rights.

Method and apparatus for dynamic protection of static and dynamic content

A method, system, and device for license-centric content use or distribution, including a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of content; a shared license repository configured to access the data to govern the use of the content and to communicate with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system; and a user interface configured to interact with the pre-existing DRM system, and configured to allow the user to send a license associated with the content from the shared license repository to the pre-existing DRM system or to another shared license repository.

Method, system, and device for license-centric content consumption

A method and apparatus for managing use of protected content by providing a specific user interface to an application program used to render the content. The method includes identifying a user interface description associated with content, building a specific user interface based on the user interface description, and replacing the standard user interface of an application program used to render the content with the specific user interface. The specific user interface can be unique to the user, unique to a Web site, or otherwise customized.

Method and apparatus for providing a specific user interface in a system for managing 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.

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Michael Charles Raley