Digital rights management system on a virtual private network
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1. A network comprising:
- at least one digital rights user with each digital rights user being a user of digital rights; and
at least one virtual private network, each virtual private network including a storage of the digital rights, a server, coupled to the at least one digital rights user and to the storage, which distributes the digital rights to the at least one digital rights user, and a digital rights manager, coupled to the server and to the storage, which controls providing of the digital rights stored in the storage to the at least one digital rights user.
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Abstract
The invention is a method and a network providing efficient and controlled DRM of digital rights within one or more VPNs (12). A network (10) in accordance with the invention includes at least one digital rights user (18 and 20), each digital rights user being a user of digital rights, a DRR (30) of the digital rights, a VPN (12), a DRDS (32), coupled to the at least one DRU, and to the storage, which distributes the digital rights to the at least one DRU, and a DRPM (34), coupled to the DRDS which controls providing of the digital rights stored in the DRR to the at least one DRU.
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69 Claims
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1. A network comprising:
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at least one digital rights user with each digital rights user being a user of digital rights; and
at least one virtual private network, each virtual private network including a storage of the digital rights, a server, coupled to the at least one digital rights user and to the storage, which distributes the digital rights to the at least one digital rights user, and a digital rights manager, coupled to the server and to the storage, which controls providing of the digital rights stored in the storage to the at least one digital rights user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. In a network comprising at least one digital rights user with each digital rights user being a user of digital rights and at least one virtual private network including a storage of the digital rights, a server, coupled to the at least one digital rights user and to the storage, which distributes the digital rights to the at least one digital rights user and a digital rights manager, coupled to the server and to the storage, a method of distribution of the digital rights comprising:
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at least one of the at least one user requests digital rights from the server; and
in response to the request from the at least one user, the manager controls providing of the digital rights from the storage to the server which distributes the digital rights to the at least one user requesting the digital rights. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. In a network comprising at least one digital rights user with each digital rights user being a user of digital rights and a digital rights issuer virtual private network which issues the digital rights and a digital rights user virtual private network containing the at least one digital rights user, each virtual private network including a storage of the digital rights, a server, coupled to the at least one digital rights user and to the storage, which distributes the digital rights to the at least one digital rights user and a digital rights manager, coupled to the server and to the storage, a method of distribution of the digital rights comprising:
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at least one of the at least one user requests digital rights from the server of the digital rights user virtual private network;
the digital rights manager of the digital rights user virtual private network requests the digital rights from the digital rights issuer virtual private network;
the digital rights issuer virtual private network transmits the digital rights to the digital rights user virtual private network; and
the digital rights user virtual private network transmits the digital rights to the at least one user of digital rights. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69)
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