Method and system for managing the use of electronic works
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1. A system for managing, distributing and using of electronic content comprising:
- an encoding/encryption appliance for receiving content and creating protected content;
a distribution appliance for defining one or more grants; and
a consumption appliance for exercising the one or more grants to transform the protected content into exercisable content.
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Abstract
A system for managing, distributing and using of electronic content. The system includes an encoding/encryption appliance for receiving content and creating protected content, a distribution appliance for defining one or more grants, a consumption appliance for exercising the one or more grants to transform the protected content into exercisable content, and a licensing appliance to coordinate passage of the electronic content from the encoding/encryption appliance to the distribution appliance to the consumption appliance in a distributed computing environment.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for managing, distributing and using of electronic content comprising:
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an encoding/encryption appliance for receiving content and creating protected content;
a distribution appliance for defining one or more grants; and
a consumption appliance for exercising the one or more grants to transform the protected content into exercisable content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A server for facilitating distributing electronic works, wherein the server communicates with servers and clients via a distributed computing network, and wherein the server comprises:
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(a) a memory storing an instruction set and data related to a plurality of consumption appliances, a plurality of encoding/encryption appliances and distribution edges associated with an electronic work; and
(b) a processor for running the instruction set, the processor being in communication with the memory and the distributed computing network, wherein the processor is operative to;
(i) receive protected content from an encryption/encoding appliance;
(ii) add rules to the protected content that govern consumption and distribution of the protected content; and
(iii) send the protected content with the rules to a consumption appliance such that the consumption appliance can render the protected content into an exercisable form if such usage is permitted. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a server to perform a method for facilitating distribution and consumption of content in a distributed computing environment, the distributed computing environment having a plurality of encoding appliances, consumption appliances and distribution appliances, the server having a digital signal processor and a program with functions for invocation by performing the steps of:
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a) receiving an encryption table associated with a work from an encoding appliance;
b) creating a first identifier for the work, the first identifier being associated with the encryption table;
c) sending the first identifier to the encoding appliance;
d) receiving a ruleset table associated with the work from a distribution appliance;
e) creating a second identifier for the work, the second identifier being associated with the ruleset table;
f) sending the second identifier to the distribution appliance;
g) receiving a grant exercise table associated with the work from a consumption appliance;
h) creating a decoding table for the work based upon the grant exercise table, the ruleset table and the encryption table; and
i) sending the decoding table to the consumption appliance. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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