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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160962 | Installing protected software product using unprotected installation image An installation image for installing an unprotected software product is used to install a protected version of the same product. A protected version of the executable file is embedded in a new installation image with the original installation image, in which the unp... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145532 | Connecting devices to a media sharing service Sharing media content between entities. A computing device detects and connects to another computing device within a predefined proximity. Media content items and associated metadata are selected and exchanged between the connected computing devices. A subsequent pu... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145570 | Method and mechanism for vending digital content An Internet Box Office (IBO) system and technique vends digital content via a computer network, such as the Internet. The IBO system comprises a viewing system that cooperates with a Digital Rights Management system and various deployment enhancements within the Int... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145529 | System for a multi-media tool bar with advertisements A system comprised of a Tool Bar equipped with the ability to: a) encrypt emails that are sent to computer users who must download and maintain a copy of the Tool Bar to receive the encryption keys needed to decrypt emails; b) display Advertisements in an area of th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140437 | Method of recording and reproducing sample data to/from a recording medium and sample data containing recording medium The present invention provides according to an embodiment a method of reproducing content, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a digital content from an external source, the digital content protected by Digital Right Management (DRM) information, the DRM informat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135645 | Key distribution for secure messaging A transmitting gateway may utilize a retrieved domain-specific key to secure an outbound message, and a receiving gateway may utilize another retrieved domain-specific key to authenticate and validate the secured message. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131645 | System and method for processing media gifts Various techniques are provided for the gifting between multiple electronic devices of media content provided by an online digital media provider. An offer and acceptance of a selected gift file is accomplished between a gifter device and a receiving giftee device u... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131644 | Formular update The subject matter relates to software application collaboration and, more particularly, collaboration between software applications via formular updates. Some such embodiments include systems, methods, and software to receive a definition of a content item from a f... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126810 | Apparatus and method of flexible and common IPMP system for providing and protecting content An apparatus for a flexible and common IPMP System (Intellectual Property Management and Protection) offers flexibility and interoperability by incorporating a complete IPMP Tool List stored in the content stream or downloaded from a URL location. The IPMP Tool Mana... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126811 | Documenting security related aspects in the process of container shipping There is provided a method and a system for documenting a transfer of authority of control for a container from a first entity of a transportation chain to a second entity of the transportation chain. The first entity transfers an electronic container control certif... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121952 | System, method, and service for delivering multimedia content by means of a permission to decrypt titles on a physical media Enhanced multimedia content on physical media interacts with the user through a media player and the Internet. Enhanced multimedia utilizes IDs for pieces of content on the media and a media key block. On the enhanced media is a file with a list of URLs. As the enha... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112359 | Pre-sale data broadcast system and method In one embodiment, a method for promoting the sale of a substitute product at the point of sale (POS). Upon the presentation of an original product for purchase by a consumer at a POS terminal, various manufacturers may decide to offer a substitute product to the co... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108311 | Systems and methods for constructing a local electronic medical record data store using a remote personal health record server Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing medical information. Certain embodiments provide a local electronic medical record system including a local personal health record (PHR) client, the PHR client downloading encrypte... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108310 | Recording apparatus and method, and communication device and method The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method and communication apparatus and method suitably for use in supplying the encoded data of accumulated music for example to a semiconductor memory or a portable device. In step S461, the content ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103589 | Digital downloading jukebox system with central and local music servers A digital downloading jukebox system including a central server and a plurality of remote jukebox devices each provided with a local server that preferably mirrors the central server and enables selected songs to be immediately downloaded to the jukebox for reproduc... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099324 | Securely providing advertising subsidized computer usage A method and apparatus for assuring delivery of paid advertising to a user may involve asking a question about an advertisement or requiring data about the advertisement to be entered. In one embodiment, a human presence indicator, such as stylized letters, may be d... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095466 | Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at content servers in pay delivery systems Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at content servers in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving an authorization for a program download, receiving a request to download the program from a receiver, wh... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090619 | Method and system for music distribution Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090659 | Method and system for providing location-obscured media delivery One embodiment of the present invention enables delivery of “on-demand” high fidelity media content to computers via the Internet while restricting unauthorized users from directly retrieving media content from its source database. Once the computer receives the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078540 | Gaming machine, gaming information authentication and acquisition device, and gaming information acquisition device A gaming machine includes a gaming operation execution device, a loading device and a processing device. The gaming operation execution device executes gaming operations. The loading device includes a connector for connecting a storage medium, a first program memory... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073778 | Scalable distributed transaction manager for multi-host transactions Transactions such as sales and exchanges of resources are managed in a virtual environment. A transaction manager receives a request for a transaction which involves multiple entities in the virtual environment. The request identifies the entities, as well as resour... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060444 | Determining whether a digital rights management system's native license is valid Embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining whether a digital rights management system's native license is valid. According to one embodiment, a value of a decision indicator is accessed at a digital rights management system. The decision indicator i... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060443 | Electronic copyright license repository A content distribution system for transporting audio or video licenses between content players that use digital rights management (DRM) is disclosed. The content distribution system includes at least a second license repository and an authentication engine. The seco... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055585 | Digital media distribution One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method. For example, the method includes storing movie content with a distribution station that can be subsequently purchased and/or rented. The movie content can be encrypted. A determination can be made as to wh... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046302 | Digital rights management method and system for content copyright protection A Digital Rights Management (DRM) method and system for content copyright protection protect right information on DRM content and effectively manage the right information. The DRM system for content copyright protection includes: a time security module for providing... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036989 | Transmission of messages related to electronic documents One implementation provides a computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier. The computer program product includes instructions that, when executed, perform a method for processing a message related to an electronic document. The method includ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027923 | Certified transmission system The invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting a message from a sender to an intended recipient. The method includes encrypting a message using a symmetric key, sending the encrypted message to an intended recipient without the symmetric key and prov... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027936 | Apparatus for and method of establishing digital content right, and computer program product An apparatus for generating copyright information for a secondarily processed content obtained by performing secondary processing on an original content, includes a secondary processed substance acquiring unit, a default license information generating unit, and a li... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019687 | Distributed digital rights management node module and methods for use therewith A digital rights management (DRM) node module for use in a node of a public data includes a node data module that stores DRM data associated with a plurality of digital files, the DRM data including a plurality of DRM identifiers. A packet monitoring module receives... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010456 | Policy based application provisioning in a collaborative computing environment The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for the policy based provisioning and management of a collaborative context. A policy based application provisioning system for use in a collaborative environment can include a policy having rules for limiting ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005757 | Specifiying security for an element by assigning a scaled value representative of the relative security thereof To determine whether digital content can be released to an element such as a computer application or module, a scaled value representative of the relative security of the element is associated therewith, and the digital content has a corresponding digital license se... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001052 | System and method for unique digital asset identification and transaction management The present invention provides a method for tracking of digital assets within a system through the use of digital serial numbers. Systems equipped with the present invention can uniquely identify copies of assets within it. Assets that originate within the system ca... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996335 | Information processing device, contents distribution server, license server, and method and computer program Usage rights information indicating a license which is usage rights corresponding to contents is stored in a license storage device, and at the time of using the contents, the rights information is output from the license storage device to a contents using device an... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991697 | Method and system to digitally sign and deliver content in a geographically controlled manner via a network A method and system to digitally sign a content license associated with content, and to distribute content via a network in a geographically controlled manner, commences when a content requester requests delivery of the encrypted content. A content delivery system p... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979355 | Content bank for objects A content bank for objects hosts all information regarding an object and serves as a proxy for that object. The content bank comprises at least one instance of a digital identity corresponding the object. Object identity modules or services are available through the... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979354 | Controlling database copyrights Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a utilization permit key may be pre-defined to permit at least one of displaying, editing, storing, copying, and/or transferring of digital data. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974925 | Content bank for objects A content bank for objects hosts all information regarding an object and serves as a proxy for that object. The content bank comprises at least one instance of a digital identity corresponding the object. Object identity modules or services are available through the... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974924 | Medical data encryption for communication over a vulnerable system A method for securing patient medical information for communication over a potentially vulnerable system includes separating patient's medical file into a demographics layer and a data layer, separately encrypting the demographic layer and data layer using different... | 07/05/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7966260 | Generating data subscriptions based on application data Subscriptions to stored data for different computer systems and mobile devices are generated based on distribution criteria and application data to control what portions of particular types of data should go to a particular computer system or mobile computing device... | 06/21/2011 |
