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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:

David Giroux, Sharon, MA (US);

Kenneth Allen Rogers, Hudson, MA (US);

Inventors:

David Giroux, Sharon, MA (US);

Kenneth Allen Rogers, Hudson, MA (US);

Assignee:

EMC CORPORATION, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A DRM system is provided wherein a policy can be established such that the DRM system controls access to a protected content unit, wherein the policy evaluates a condition so that the DRM system adaptively varies the actions that a user is authorized to perform with the protected content unit in response to changes in the condition. The techniques described herein enable a protection level for a protected content unit to be varied in response to changes in one or more condition, such as environmental conditions and/or an historical usage conditions. The techniques described herein also enable a set of policies to be established for a DRM system such that the DRM system controls access to multiple protected content units in accordance with the set of policies. Pursuant to these policies, the DRM system can adaptively vary access to multiple protected content units in response to one or more conditions.


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