Methods and apparatus for digital rights management
First Claim
1. A method for digital rights management (DRM) of content from a plurality of content providers, comprising the steps of:
- receiving content incorporating an original DRM scheme from a content provider over a first network;
converting said original DRM scheme to a native DRM scheme which is compatible with a consumer device used to process said content; and
securely delivering said content to said consumer device using said native DRM scheme over a second network.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided to allow content protected by different digital rights management schemes from a plurality of content providers to be downloaded, played and/or viewed on a single consumer device, without regard to the original DRM scheme used to protect the content. The present invention acts as a type of proxy agent or intermediary for the consumer that has requested the content. The original DRM scheme of particular content is converted to a native DRM scheme compatible with the consumer device that has requested the content before the requested content is delivered to the consumer device. A network operator (e.g., a content delivery system operator) can therefore interface with multiple content providers having disparate DRM schemes, while maintaining a consistent DRM scheme on the operator'"'"'s network and the associated consumer devices.
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1. A method for digital rights management (DRM) of content from a plurality of content providers, comprising the steps of:
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receiving content incorporating an original DRM scheme from a content provider over a first network;
converting said original DRM scheme to a native DRM scheme which is compatible with a consumer device used to process said content; and
securely delivering said content to said consumer device using said native DRM scheme over a second network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Apparatus for digital rights management (DRM) of content from a plurality of content providers, comprising:
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a DRM proxy device for receiving content incorporating an original DRM scheme from a content provider over a first network; and
a processor for converting said original DRM scheme to a native DRM scheme which is compatible with a consumer device used to process said content;
wherein said content is securely delivered to said consumer device over a second network using said native DRM scheme via said DRM proxy device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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