Digital rights management leveraging motion or environmental traits

• US 10,346,594 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2016
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Inventors: Anantharaman, Arun
• Primary Examiner(s): Rashid, Harunur
• Application Number:
  US15/080,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20170277868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Digital rights management techniques are used to control access to items of content based on motion or environmental traits. Data is collected that describes motion or environmental traits associated with a request to access content, the request received from a user. A determination is made from the data using a digital rights management module embedded as part of the content as to whether the motion or environmental traits meet specified traits of a motion or environmental behavior of a digital rights management policy enforced by the digital rights management module for at least one item of the content. Responsive to a determination that the specified traits are met, access to the at least one item of the content is permitted by the embedded digital rights management module.

Claims

1. In a digital medium environment to control access to at least one item of content by digital rights management functionality embedded as part of the content, a method implemented by a client computing device, the method comprising:

downloading, by the client computing device, the at least one item of content that contains a digital rights management module embedded as part of the content;

after the downloading, collecting data, by the client computing device, that describes motion traits involving physical motion associated with a user of the client computing device;

determining from the data using the digital rights management module embedded as part of the content whether the motion traits meet specified traits of a motion behavior of a digital rights management policy enforced by the digital rights management module for the at least one item of the content, the specified traits indicate an amount of motion that is allowed to permit access to the at least one item of the content including a series of successively greater amounts of motion and corresponding greater restrictions on access to the at least one item of the content, the determining from the data including determining whether the at least one item of the content is configured for editing by the user;

determining, by the embedded digital rights management module through execution by the client computing device, whether access to the at least one item of the content is permitted based on the specified traits and the digital rights management policy; and

responsive to a determination by the client computing device that access to the at least one item of the content is permitted, displaying the at least one item of content in a user interface by a display device of the client computing device.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the collecting of the data includes receiving the data from one or more sensors.

3. The method as described in claim 2, wherein the one or more motion sensors are configured as an accelerometer, positioning system, inertia detection device, or magnetometer.

4. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the specified traits indicate type of motion to be exhibited by the user.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the determining from the data includes determining whether the at least one item of the content is viewable by the user.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the specified traits include a likelihood that the user is participating in a particular activity.

7. The method as described in claim 1, where in the motion traits include a speed at which the user is moving.

8. The method as described in claim 1, where in the motion traits include a likelihood that the user is physically fit to perform an activity described by the at least one item of content.

9. In a digital medium environment to control access to at least one item of content by digital rights management functionality embedded as part of the content, a method implemented by a client computing device, the method comprising:

downloading, by the client computing device, the at least one item of content that contains a digital rights management module embedded as part of the content;

after the downloading, collecting data, by the client computing device, that describes motion or environmental traits associated with a user of the client computing device;

determining from the data using the digital rights management module embedded as part of the content whether the motion or environmental traits meet specified traits of behavior of a digital rights management policy enforced by the digital rights management module for the at least one item of the content, the specified traits indicate an amount of motion that is allowed to permit access to the at least one item of the content, the determining from the data including determining whether the at least one item of the content is configured for editing by the user;

determining, by the embedded digital rights management module through execution by the client computing device, whether access to the least one item of the content is permitted based on the specified traits and the digital rights management policy; and

responsive to a determination by the client computing device that access to the at least one item of the content is permitted, displaying the at least one item of content in a user interface by a display device of the client computing device.

10. The method as described in claim 9, wherein the collecting of the data describing the motion or environmental traits is performed by receiving the data from one or more sensors.

11. The method as described in claim 10, wherein the one or more sensors include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an ambient light sensor, an ultraviolet light sensor, a thermometer, a microphone, an optical sensor, or a barometer.

12. The method as described in claim 10, wherein the specified traits include a likelihood that the user is participating in a particular activity.

13. The method as described in claim 9, wherein the collecting of the data describing the motion or environmental traits is performed by receiving the data from one or more sensors that describe physical traits associated with the user.

14. The method as described in claim 13, wherein the one or more sensors include a heart rate sensor, a skin temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, or a galvanic skin response sensor.

15. The method as described in claim 9 the determining whether access to the at least one item of content is permitted is performed responsive to a likelihood that the user exhibits a particular emotion.

16. The method as described in claim 9, wherein the specified traits include traits indicating a likelihood that the user is physically fit to perform an activity described by the at least one item of content.

17. In a digital medium environment to control access to at least one item of content by digital rights management functionality embedded as part of the content, a system comprising:

one or more sensors that detect motion or environmental traits associated with a user; and

a digital rights management module implemented at least partially in hardware of a client computing device, the digital rights management module embedded as part of the content and configured to control access to the at least one item of content, the digital rights management module including;

a data collection module implemented at least partially in the hardware of the client computing device and configured to collect data from the one or more sensors; and

an access control module implemented at least partially in the hardware of the client computing device and configured to control access to the at least one item of the content based on a determination from the data as to whether the motion or environmental traits meet specified traits of a behavior of a digital rights management policy, the specified traits indicate a series of successively greater amounts of motion and corresponding greater restrictions on access to the at least one item of the content, the determination from the data including determining whether the at least one item of the content is configured for editing by the user.

18. The system as described in claim 17, wherein the motion or environmental traits include a speed, at which, the user is moving or identifying which of a plurality of types of motion are exhibited by the user.

19. The system as described in claim 17, wherein the specified traits include a likelihood that the user is agitated and the permitting of the access is permitted responsive to a determination of a likelihood that the user is not agitated.

20. The system as described in claim 17, wherein the specified traits include a likelihood that the user is participating in a particular activity.