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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180708 | Watermarking system that executes received watermarking instructions to embed a watermark A method of managing keys is provided. According to one exemplary method, digital content data encrypted with a first encrypting key is decrypted using a first decrypting key, and re-encrypted using a second encrypting key. A second decrypting key is encrypted using... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180709 | Method and device for consuming rights objects having inheritance structure in environment where the rights objects are distributed over plurality of devices A digital rights management method and device are provided. To implement the DRM method and device, there is provided a master device including a storage module which stores a plurality of rights objects (ROs) having an inheritance structure, a detection module whic... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160963 | 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... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156049 | Universal DRM support for devices Embodiments of the present invention allow a system or client device to process multiple Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems and formats using a universal DRM client. The universal DRM client can operate based on a universal license so that it may use the same D... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140439 | Method and apparatus for enabling digital rights management in file transfers Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and apparatus for enabling digital rights management in file transfers. One embodiment of a method for transferring digital content from a first user to a second user, includes transferring ownership of an inst... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131647 | Method and system for providing annotations of a digital work Methods and systems for receiving and distributing annotations of a digital work include receiving an annotation of the digital work, storing the annotation, and providing the annotation to a user. The user may be required to submit a valid authorization credential ... | 03/06/2012 |
| RE43230 | Optical disk including a barcode pattern formed by a laser using pulse width modulation An object of the present invention is to provide a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, a reproduction apparatus, an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk, capable of providing a greatly improved co... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121954 | Information processor, method for controlling the same, and image forming system An information processor is capable of restricting the available application program interface for each application program. The information processor capable of executing a predetermined application program includes at least one application program interface for pr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108336 | Computer enabled method and apparatus to inhibit content and other copying Provided here is a copy protection method and apparatus to confuse currently available personal computer software (and other content) copying packages by use of unexpected (“illegal”) special characters in the volume (or directory) name for the software or other... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095469 | Content management program, method and device An encrypted content and its encryption key under a copy right use condition of prohibiting a copy by the device having received a content are stored, and the encrypted content is copy-transferred with another device through the network, and at the same time, the en... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095468 | Method for providing protected audio/video content A method for providing protected content, wherein content usage rights information and/or usage state information is embedded into obtained primary data that serves as a basis for a content item to be provided thereby providing the primary data with the embedded con... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086536 | Location based licensing The present invention provides a method and system for location-based digital rights management. Digital rights for protected content are restricted to a specific location or region by specifying the approved location of the consuming device within the license. This... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8027924 | Playback apparatus, playback authorization server, program, and system integrated circuit A playback apparatus judges whether a region code assigned to a BD-ROM matches a region code assigned to the playback apparatus. When the judgment result is in the affirmative, the playback apparatus plays back the content recorded on the optical disc. When the judg... | 09/27/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7970708 | Value information management system, recording medium, printer device, account adjusting device, electronic data printing method, and computer program The present invention provides a value information management system capable of printing electronic data (e.g. electronic receipt) representing value information while restricting the electronic receipt to one of printed form and unprinted form so as to prevent frau... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966261 | Systems and methods to distribute content over a network The present embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems to distribute content over a network. Some embodiments provide methods to distribute content within a local media network. These methods receive a request for a first content to be transferred to a si... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953668 | Method and apparatus for reserving digital rights The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for reserving a set of requested rights. In one example, the digital rights data associated with digital content information is found in a remaining rights file using a license index. A portion of the digital r... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937326 | Document security protection analysis assistant A computer-based process for product selection optimization by displaying various security features available for a security document, for evaluating the impact that the selection of one security feature has upon the selection of other features, and for optimizing t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937327 | Music content using apparatus An apparatus is designed for using a music content composed of at least one content material in accordance with security information of the music content. In the apparatus, a reading section reads a recording medium which records a data file of the music content hav... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933839 | Method and system for providing annotations of a digital work Methods and systems for receiving and distributing annotations of a digital work include receiving an annotation of the digital work, storing the annotation, and providing the annotation to a user. The user may be required to submit a valid authorization credential ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925590 | Multimedia search engine Described herein is a search engine that can include a receiver component that receives a query from a user that pertains to a multimedia item and an output component that outputs multiple choices for receiving an instance of the multimedia item to a user. The multi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7895124 | Method for protecting sensitive data during execution A method for protecting sensitive data during execution time. The sensitive data are normally stored on permanent storage devices (e.g. a hard disk). The method, according to the present invention is based on the creation at system boot of a runtime process and a co... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895123 | Digital content publication A method and system for receiving digital content and metadata associated with the digital content. In an embodiment, the method and system inputs publication information associated with the digital content, produces protected digital content, stores the protected d... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885895 | Information processing apparatus, content information management method and computer program A content providing server connected to a home network or the like is configured in such a way as to store a content key, which is encrypted by a network key shared by network-connected devices and appropriately updated, in a storage together with encrypted content,... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877330 | Method and system for managing access to media files Access to selected content in different file formats can be managed by conducting, in a single purchase transaction, a user purchase of access rights that allow a user to acquire multiple copies of the same selected content in media files having different file forma... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877329 | Apparatus and method for processing license keys using dynamic field mapping A method of processing licensing keys includes specifying a program defining a set of executable instructions where different subsets of executable instructions define different products. A set of licensing keys are constructed. Each licensing key has a fixed number... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877328 | Communication system communication method, contents processing device, and computer program A communication system and so forth are provided by which registration or cancellation of a plurality of apparatus owned by a user can be executed efficiently. In the communication system, a content processing apparatus acquires a second source ID list of a content ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865441 | Switching between multiple versions of a software program A mechanism for switching between multiple copies of a software program on a computer system is provided. The mechanism includes detecting a plurality of copies of the software program on a computer system, receiving input selecting one of the detected plurality of ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853530 | Digital signal processing apparatus, digital signal processing method, information center, and data delivery system Disclosed herein are a digital signal processing apparatus, a digital signal processing method, an information center, and a data delivery system capable of judging reliably whether digital signals such as music data recorded on a storage medium have been legally pu... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7835991 | Data filling station The present invention provides system and methods for facilitating the acquisition of content. In some embodiment, the systems and method enable a user to acquire and store content on a portable device. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7818257 | Program encoding and counterfeit tracking system and method Unique encoding of each of a substantial number of distribution video copies of a program such as a motion picture is produced by altering the images slightly at several pre-selected locations in the program in a uniquely coded pattern. Suspected counterfeits can be... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814021 | Managed distribution of digital assets A technique for establishing usage control over digital assets such as computer files. The system model not only tracks authorized users' access to files, but monitors passage of such files to uncontrollable removable storage media or through network connections and... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805374 | Digital media inventory control, distribution and destruction system The system (10) includes a digital media creator-destroyer apparatus (12) for receiving and storing digital media from a remote digital media source (20), for generating multiple transferable copies of the digital media, and for destroying unuse... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792859 | Media/data card The media/data card is a computer readable medium for storing data files, and in particular, media files. The device may be a flash media memory card or other conveniently sized, portable storage device. The media/data card stores a data structure for controlling ac... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792757 | Systems and methods for risk based information management Techniques involve storing digital assets in a distributed digital asset management environment. The techniques includes (a) receiving, by a server from a client, an asset identification tag associated with an original version of a digital asset which is initially c... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7783576 | Secure distribution of digital data A secure digital data distribution system (100) for preventing unauthorized access to digital data. The system utilizes an identification system module (116) embedded in a digital storage media (114) to grant authorization to media players (1... | 08/24/2010 |
| RE41546 | Method and system for managing security tiers Techniques for reorganizing security levels without implicating accessibility to secured files classified in accordance to one of the security levels are disclosed. In a case of adding a new security level, the controllability or restrictiveness of the new security ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7761383 | Method and apparatus for optimizing networking potential using a secured system for an online community The present invention provides a method and apparatus for users to search networks, both their own network and their peers' networks, all under the umbrella of a “multiple level access” security system. The present invention has been designed to optimize network... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756792 | System and method for controlling the use and duplication of digital content distributed on removable media Systems and methods for controlling the use and duplication of digital content distributed on removable media are described. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention digital content is protected by allowing a particular number of protected (e.g., encr... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7725399 | Content usage device and network system, and license information acquisition method A content usage device includes (i) a license management unit that holds license information and (ii) a content output unit that uses a content in compliance with license information and outputs the content in at least one manner of a sound, video and data. The lice... | 05/25/2010 |
