Digital rights and content management system and method for enhanced wireless provisioning
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for provisioning digital content to wireless devices over a wireless network, comprising:
- providing a set of digital content elements accessible from the wireless network;
storing profiles for a number of wireless devices, wherein the profiles include information defining the digital rights of the wireless devices to the digital content elements; and
receiving a discovery request from one of the wireless devices based on the digital rights information in the profile corresponding to the one wireless device.
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Abstract
A computer-based method for managing digital rights in a digital content provisioning system. The method includes providing a set of digital content elements that are accessible from a wireless network. Profiles for a plurality of wireless devices are stored in a central repository. The profiles include information that defines the access rights of the wireless devices to the digital content elements. The method continues with receiving a discovery request from one of the wireless devices based on their digital rights information in their profile. In response to the discovery request, a portion of the digital rights information is retrieved and displayed on the requesting wireless device sometimes along with a listing of the devices personal content. The method may then include receiving an update request from the wireless device to update the access rights and in response, updating the profile information for that wireless device.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer-based method for provisioning digital content to wireless devices over a wireless network, comprising:
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providing a set of digital content elements accessible from the wireless network;
storing profiles for a number of wireless devices, wherein the profiles include information defining the digital rights of the wireless devices to the digital content elements; and
receiving a discovery request from one of the wireless devices based on the digital rights information in the profile corresponding to the one wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for enabling a wireless device user to manage digital content and rights to the digital content, comprising:
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storing available digital content in a content repository accessible from a wireless network;
providing client rights profiles for wireless devices having access to the wireless network, the client rights profiles defining access rights to a personal portion of the digital content for each of the wireless devices; and
receiving a use request from one of the wireless devices for the personal portion of the available digital content for which the one wireless device has the defined access rights. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A digital content provisioning system, comprising:
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a storage device storing digital content and providing a registry to the stored digital content;
a set of client rights profiles defining access rights to the stored digital content for a plurality of wireless devices; and
a rights manager device comprising a client mechanism displaying a client manager interface based on one of the client rights profiles on the wireless device corresponding to the one client rights profile. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for enabling a wireless device user to manage digital content and rights to the digital content, comprising:
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receiving a request from a wireless device over a wireless communication network;
requesting additional information from a context provider for the wireless device;
receiving the additional information from the context provider; and
generating a client rights profile for the wireless device based on the additional information, wherein the client rights profile defines access rights to a set of digital content. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A digital content distribution system for distributing content provided by content providers to wireless devices, comprising:
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a first provisioning system in communication with a first set of wireless devices adapted for controlling and providing access to a first set of digital content; and
a second provisioning system in communication with a second set of wireless devices and the first provisioning system adapted for controlling and providing access to a second set of digital content;
wherein the first and second provisioning systems are each adapted to maintain a set of client rights profiles defining access rights to the first or second set of digital content and to operate in response to a content access request from one of the wireless devices by querying the other one of the provisioning systems for information in the client rights profiles maintained by the other one for the wireless device and by using the client rights profile information in the controlling and providing access to the first or the second set of digital content. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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