Apparatus and method for providing access rights information in metadata of a file
First Claim
1. A method of controlling access to content, comprising:
- receiving (1) a request to perform a function on the content and (2) metadata having access rights information associated with the content;
processing access rights information in metadata of the content to determine allowable access to the content; and
controlling access to the content based on the allowable access determined from the access rights information in the metadata.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing access rights information on computer accessible content are provided. The apparatus and method provide a mechanism through which access rights information is provided in association with information and content such that use of the information and content is controlled based on the access rights information. The apparatus and method include access rights information tags being associated with information and content to control access to the content. In alternative embodiments, the access rights information is implemented as metadata files rather than as tags. These metadata files are associated with content files and are processed when the access to the content is requested. In addition, when HTML content, which has associated ARI tags, is downloaded, the ARI tags may be stored as HTML code in a metadata file. The filesystem may then use a web browser or the like to parse and interpret the HTML code when access to the content file is desired.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of controlling access to content, comprising:
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receiving (1) a request to perform a function on the content and (2) metadata having access rights information associated with the content;
processing access rights information in metadata of the content to determine allowable access to the content; and
controlling access to the content based on the allowable access determined from the access rights information in the metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for controlling access to content, comprising:
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first instructions for receiving (1) a request to perform a function on the content and (2) metadata having access rights information associated with the content;
second instructions for processing access rights information in metadata of the content to determine allowable access to the content; and
third instructions for controlling access to the content based on the allowable access determined from the access rights information in the metadata. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for controlling access to content, comprising:
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means for receiving (1) a request to perform a function on the content and (2) metadata having access rights information associated with the content;
means for processing access rights information in metadata of the content to determine allowable access to the content; and
means for controlling access to the content based on the allowable access determined from the access rights information in the metadata. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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