Method and apparatus for content transaction aggregation

• US 20030196109A1
• Filed: 04/30/2003
• Published: 10/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Hsi-Cheng, Raley, Michael, Ta, Thanh, Chen, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US10/425,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20030196109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1083 Partial license transfers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/045 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing transactions related to content distribution. A content request is made through a user device and, in response to the request, the user device receives a direction to request a security component required to render the content. The user device then requests the security component from a computer associated with a transaction aggregator and billing information of the user is collected. The requested security component is returned to the user device and a protected instance of a rendering engine is created on the user device with the security component. The content is then rendered within the protected instance and the rendering operation is reported to the transaction aggregator.

Claims

1. A method of processing transactions related to content distribution comprising:

a user device requesting content;

the user device receiving a direction to request a security component required to render the content;

the user device requesting the security component from a computer associated with a transaction aggregator;

collecting billing information of a user of the user device;

returning the requested security component to the user device;

creating a protected instance of a rendering engine on the user device with the security component;

rendering the content within the protected instance; and

reporting said rendering to the transaction aggregator.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the security component is unique to each user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the security component uniquely identifies the user device to a document distribution system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of receiving a direction to request a security component is generated in response to said requesting step.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said requesting step comprises requesting the purchase of the one or more documents and the security component controls the rendering of the one or more documents.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising grouping together one or more similar transactions that are reported in said reporting step.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising processing the one or more similar transactions in a batch-like manner.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for receiving a direction to request a security component is generated in response to the request for the security component.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said means for requesting comprises means for requesting the purchase of the one or more documents and wherein the security component controls the rendering of the one or more documents.

8. A system for processing transactions related to content use comprising:

means for requesting content with a user device;

means for the user device to receive a direction to request a security component required to render the content;

means for requesting the security component from a computer associated with a transaction aggregator;

means for collecting user billing information;

means for returning the requested security component to the device;

means for creating a protected instance of a rendering engine on the user device with the security component;

means for rendering the content in the protected instance; and

means for reporting the rendering to the transaction aggregator.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the security component is unique to each user computer environment.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the security component uniquely identifies the user device to a document distribution system.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for grouping together one or more similar transactions that are reported in said reporting step.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising means for processing the one or more similar transactions in a batch-like manner.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein said means for requesting content, said means for receiving, said means for requesting the security component, said means for collecting, said means for returning, said means for creating, said means for rendering, and said means for reporting comprise devices of a computer system.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein said means for requesting content, said means for receiving, said means for requesting the security component, said means for collecting, said means for returning, said means for creating, said means for rendering, and said means for reporting comprise computer readable instructions recorded on a medium.