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Organization-based content rights management and systems, structures, and methods therefor

  • US 20050027804A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2003
  • Published: 02/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of propagating rights management (RM) protection to an email and to an attachment of the email, the attachment comprising an RM-protectable document, the method comprising:

  • authoring the email with the RM-protectable attachment;

    generating a content key (KD);

    generating a bind ID;

    firstly applying RM protection to the RM-protectable attachment of the email based on the generated (KD) and the generated bind ID;

    attaching the RM-protected attachment to the email;

    secondly applying RM protection to the email with the attached RM-protected attachment based on the generated (KD) and the generated bind ID;

    wherein the RM-protected email and the RM-protected attachment thereof share the generated (KD) and the generated bind ID such that a license obtained for the RM-protected email and having therein the generated bind ID and the generated (KD) can be applied to render the RM-protected email and also the RM-protected attachment thereof.

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