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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Glenn E. Brew, Boca Raton, FL (US);
James C. Mahlbacher, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Joseph C. Polimeni, Parkland, FL (US);
Glenn E. Brew, Boca Raton, FL (US);
James C. Mahlbacher, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Joseph C. Polimeni, Parkland, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and computer program product to procure digital rights management (DRM) event data comprises collecting a first set of event data in one or more standardized event data formats, and communicating the first set of event data to an event data collection server for storage. A second set of event data may also be collected in one or more standardized event data formats, which is also communicated to the event data collection server for storage. The method and computer program product may also include storing the first set, and optional second set, of event data in a centralized repository, authorizing access to the event data, and responding to at least one query from an authorized audit computer to provide event data associated with at least one of the first set of event data and the second set of event data retrieved from the centralized repository.