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Networked services licensing system and method

  • US 10,540,484 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2014
  • Issued: 01/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method executed by one or more server-side computing devices associated with a Web service provider for controlling consumption of content, provided by the Web service to a client device, in accordance with rights expression information associated with the content to allow the content to be rendered on the client device, the method comprising:

  • authenticating, by at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices, at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices with an authorization entity, the authorization entity being external to the one or more server-side computing devices;

    receiving, by at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices, a request to render content from a client device associated with a user;

    transmitting to the authorization entity, by at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices, a request to provide the Web service;

    receiving, by at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices, an authorization from the authorization entity to provide the Web service in response to a determination by the authorization entity that the user is authorized to use the Web service to render the content;

    receiving, by at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices, rights expression information associated with content, the rights expression information including conditions of use of the content;

    interpreting, by at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices, the rights expression information; and

    providing, by at least one of the one or more server-side computing devices, the content to the client device for consumption of the content based on the rights expression information.

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