US 8,393,007 B2
System and method for distributing digital content to be rendered in accordance with usage rights informationGeneral
US 8,393,007 B2
System and method for distributing digital content to be rendered in accordance with usage rights information
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Brandon Hoffman
Art Unit:
2433 Cryptography and Security
Agent:
Inventors:
Mark J. Stefik; Peter L.T. Pirolli
Assignee:
Priority:
11/23/94
Filed:
08/14/12
Granted:
03/05/13
Expiration:
04/03/17
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and media for distributing digital content to at least one recipient computing device to be rendered by the at least one recipient computing device in accordance with usage rights information. An exemplary method comprises determining, by at least one sending computing device, if the at least one recipient computing device is trusted to receive the digital content from the at least one sending computing device, sending the digital content, by the at least one sending computing device, to the at least one recipient computing device only if the at least one recipient computing device has been determined to be trusted to receive the digital content from the at least one sending computing device, and sending usage rights information indicating how the digital content may be rendered by the at least one recipient computing device, the usage rights information being enforceable by the at least on recipient computing device.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L2463/101H04N21/23412H04LG06F2221/2135G06Q30/0185G06FA61B2017/0046A61M25/0113A61BY10S707/99945Y10S