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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Peter David Waxman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vinay Krishnaswamy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Chandramouli Venkatesh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Attilla Narin, Bothell, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Prashant Malik, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Frank Byrum, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas K. Lindeman, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Peter David Waxman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vinay Krishnaswamy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Chandramouli Venkatesh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Attilla Narin, Bothell, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Prashant Malik, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Frank Byrum, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas K. Lindeman, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing digital rights management services are disclosed. Such a system includes a service program that provides a processing framework for performing a digital rights management service, such as publishing or licensing rights managed digital content. A plurality of plug-in components are provided, each of which performs a respective task associated with the digital rights management service. The plug-in components are integrated into the processing framework according to predefined sets of interface rules.