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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey M. Brown, Bellevue, WA (US);
Umesh R. Dhond, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit Fulay, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jody A. Hendrix, Kirkland, WA (US);
Krassimir E. Karamfilov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yevgeniy Rozenfeld, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Yuhui Zhong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey M. Brown, Bellevue, WA (US);
Umesh R. Dhond, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit Fulay, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jody A. Hendrix, Kirkland, WA (US);
Krassimir E. Karamfilov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yevgeniy Rozenfeld, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Yuhui Zhong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for pre-performing operations for accessing protected content. Cryptographic user key pairs can be pre-generated and distributed in response to a variety of different events prior to provisioning client machine for accessing protected content. Usage licenses can be pre-generated and allocated prior to requests for usage licenses. Usage licenses can be pre-obtained for client machines prior to client machines access protected content. Pre-performed operations can be performed in response to detected events, such as, for example, reduced resource consumption in a Digital Rights Management system.