Content rendering device with usage rights
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Abstract
A digital content rendering apparatus. A request is made to render stored digital content. The request is processed by a repository coupled to a rendering engine to permit rendering only for authorized request.
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Citations
44 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A rendering apparatus for rendering digital content in accordance with rights that are enforced by a repository, said rendering apparatus comprising:
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a rendering engine configured to render digital content;
a storage for storing digital content;
means for requesting rendering of said digital content stored in said storage;
a rendering repository coupled to the rendering engine, said rendering repository including means for processing a request from said means for requesting, means for checking whether said request is for a permitted rendering of said digital content, and means for granting the request and transmitting the digital content to the rendering engine for rendering if the request is for a permitted rendering of digital content. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for controlling the use of digital content by authorizing at least one repository for rendering the digital works whereby digital content can be rendered only by an authorized repository, said system comprising:
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an authorizing repository for requesting an authorization object required to be contained within the authorized repository for the authorized repository to render a digital work;
means for determining, whether the request from the authorizing repository should be granted; and
means for transmitting an authorization object to the authorized repository if the means for determining determines that the request should be granted. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system apparatus for controlling transmission of digital content in accordance with rights associated with the content and enforced by a repository, said system comprising:
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a storage for storing digital content;
a requester mode repository including means for requesting access to digital content stored in said storage;
a server mode repository including means for determining whether said requestor mode repository is permitted to receive the digital content specified by a request from the requestor mode repository, and means for granting access to the digital content and transmitting the digital content from the storage to the requestor mode repository only if said requestor mode repository is permitted to receive the digital content. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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34. A system as recited in 33, wherein said requestor mode repository is a personal computer.
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