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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2002
Xin Wang, Torrance, CA (US);
Eddie J. Chen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Thomas Demartini, Culver City, CA (US);
Charles P. Gilliam, Darien, CT (US);
Guillermo Lao, Torrance, CA (US);
Aram Nahidipour, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Michael Raley, Downey, CA (US);
Thanh Ta, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Bijan Tadayon, Germantown, MD (US);
Xin Wang, Torrance, CA (US);
Eddie J. Chen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Thomas DeMartini, Culver City, CA (US);
Charles P. Gilliam, Darien, CT (US);
Guillermo Lao, Torrance, CA (US);
Aram Nahidipour, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Michael Raley, Downey, CA (US);
Thanh Ta, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Bijan Tadayon, Germantown, MD (US);
ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A rights management system including one or more consequential rights associated with digital content, and specifying a manner of use of the digital content, a right management module that enforces the rights permitting use of the digital content in accordance with the rights upon occurrence of a consequential event. The consequential event is based on another usage right. In one embodiment, the consequential event is the exercise, expiration, or possession of another usage right.