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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2005
Applicants:

Eduardo P. Oliveira, Redmond, WA (US);

Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);

Sanjay Bhatt, Redmond, WA (US);

Anand Paka, Bellevue, WA (US);

James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);

Inventors:

Eduardo P. Oliveira, Redmond, WA (US);

Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);

Sanjay Bhatt, Redmond, WA (US);

Anand Paka, Bellevue, WA (US);

James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and/or methods ('tools') are described that enable a digital rights management policy to be associated with digital media having an arbitrary content type or transfer control protocol. In some embodiments, the tools encrypt data segments of a media file and add a descriptor to each of those segments. These descriptors can enable a receiver of the encrypted media file to decrypt the file and consume it according to the correct digital rights management policy.


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