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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170955 | System and method for enforcing usage rights associated with digital content A method, system and software for permitting use of digital works having rights associated therewith in a system having repositories configured to enable use of the digital work in accordance with the rights, including associating a transfer right with a digital wor... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8108313 | Rights expression profile system and method using templates A system and method for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, including specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item, ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099364 | Digital rights management of content when content is a future live event A method and system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith including a point of capture system adapted to generate content of a future event when the event occurs, a content distributor adapted to generate a rights label having usage righ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8078542 | System and method for managing transfer of rights using shared state variables A method, system and device for transferring rights adapted to be associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, including obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including meta-rights specifying derivable rights that... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069116 | System and method for supplying and managing usage rights associated with an item repository A system and method for enforcing rights expressions, include specifying a repository rights expression indicating a manner of use of an item at a repository; and associating the repository rights expression with the repository. In a further embodiment, the system i... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8001053 | System and method for rights offering and granting using shared state variables A method, system and device for sharing rights adapted to be associated with items, the method and system including generating at least one of usage rights and meta-rights for the items; defining, via the usage rights, a manner of use for the items; and defining, vi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001022 | Construct separation for resource amount determination A technique is provided for managing bundles of constructs that may individually fail. Each bundle has a repetitively updated resource amount for counterbalancing a transfer of a failure risk pertaining to the respective bundle. Construct data is stored and a value ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7974923 | Extensible rights expression processing system Extensible grammar-based rights expression system for processing rights expressions including an interpreter with plug-in subcomponents, a validator, and a framework. In another embodiment, system includes a framework having an extensible architecture with extensibi... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970709 | Method and apparatus for client customization by executing software parts on plural servers A client computer requests plural program parts from various servers. The plural parts are authorized in accordance with usage rights and combined to create a new computer program. The parts can be executed as the new computer program on the servers, on the client, ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7949691 | Methods of catalog data maintenance, storage, and distribution An invention is described herein that provides methods and apparatus for collecting, distributing and storing product data. A data structure suitable for use in collecting, distributing or storing product data for use in a catalog is disclosed. More particularly, th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7913095 | Method and apparatus for providing a specific user interface in a system for managing content A method and apparatus for managing use of protected content by providing a specific user interface to an application program used to render the content. The method includes identifying a user interface description associated with content, building a specific user i... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907749 | Multi-stage watermarking process and system A multi-stage watermarking system and process that creates a watermark specification which describes how to generate a watermark, generates a template specification which describes how to merge the watermark into a target document, generates the watermark based on t... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7853531 | Method and apparatus for supporting multiple trust zones in a digital rights management system Digital rights management method and system for items having usage rights. A first activation device defines a first trust zone. A first license device associated with the first trust zone generates an open license having usage rights associated with a first item. A... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840488 | System and method for granting access to an item or permission to use an item based on configurable conditions A method, system, device, and computer program product for processing plural rights expressions associated with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expressions, including receiving a request to use an item, the i... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7809644 | Digital work structure A digital work and data structure for use within a system for enforcing usage rights associated with digital content, including a description tree file including descriptor blocks organized in a hierarchical manner. The descriptor blocks include usage rights associa... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805703 | System and method for representing the interactions between multiple inputs and at least one output The invention relates to a system and method for visually representing the interactions of input variables and output variables using a visualization field. The method comprises generating a visualization field on a display device, generating input variable indicato... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805371 | Rights expression profile system and method A system, method and device for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, including specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of a... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7788182 | Method for loaning digital works A method, system and software for permitting use of digital works having rights associated therewith within a system having repositories configured to enable use of the digital work in accordance with the rights, including associating a transfer right with a digital... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7774280 | System and method for managing transfer of rights using shared state variables A method, system and device for transferring rights adapted to be associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, including obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including meta-rights specifying derivable rights that... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774279 | Rights offering and granting Processes and systems for offering and granting digital rights that govern distribution and usage of content, services and resources. The processes and systems provide a basis for flexible business models and negotiation transactions between content providers and us... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765403 | System for controlling the distribution and use of rendered digital works through watermarking A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7743259 | System and method for digital rights management using a standard rendering engine A system and method for the secure distribution and consumption of electronic documents using a standard rendering engine. The documents can usage rights associated therewith. A server stores at least one of the documents in computer readable form. A client having a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7725401 | Method and apparatus for establishing usage rights for digital content to be created in the future Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation, such as a video recorder or a still camera, device can store labels of the... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720767 | Method and system to support dynamic rights and resources sharing The invention relates to method for deriving a sub-right from a right, the right comprising a plurality of components, each of which specifies an aspect of the right. A component may be, for example, a principal, an action, a resource, and a condition. The invention... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7709410 | Silica gel compositions containing alkali metals and alkali metal alloys The invention relates to Group 1 metal/silica gel compositions comprising silica gel and an alkali metal or an alkali metal alloy. The compositions of the inventions are described as Stage 0, I, II, and III materials. These materials differ in their preparation and ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7685642 | System and method for controlling rights expressions by stakeholders of an item A system and method for controlling a rights expression specifying a manner of use of an item, including specifying by a provider of an item a rights expression indicating a manner of use of the item by a recipient of the item and a condition for use of the item by ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7669237 | Enterprise-wide security system for computer devices A system and method for securing data in mobile devices includes a computing node and a plurality of mobile devices. A node security program executed in the computing node interfaces with a device security program executed at a mobile device. The computing node is r... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668950 | Automatically updating performance-based online advertising system and method A system, method, and computer program product for online advertising, including computing and dynamically updating a cost-per-click (CPC) value of an advertisement for an advertisement traffic source based on a variable; and automatically uploading and distributing... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7558759 | Systems and methods for creating, manipulating and processing rights and contract expressions using tokenized templates System and methods for manipulating rights expressions for use in connection with a rights management system include one or more tokenized templates. Each tokenized template includes one or more rights expression language statements and one or more tokens associated... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7523072 | System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works A method, system and software for securely rendering digital documents, including storing a digital document in a document platform; and storing a usage right associated with the digital document. The usage right specifies a manner of use indicating the manner in wh... | 04/21/2009 |
