Method, system, and device for license-centric content consumption
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1. A system for license-centric content use or distribution, the system comprising:
- a user interface configured to enable a user to manage content by managing a license associated with the content instead of a specific instance of the content, wherein the use or distribution of the content is granted from the license.
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A method, system, and device for license-centric content use or distribution, including a user interface configured to enable a user to manage content by managing a license associated with the content instead of a specific instance of the content, wherein the use or distribution of the content is granted from the license.
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1. A system for license-centric content use or distribution, the system comprising:
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a user interface configured to enable a user to manage content by managing a license associated with the content instead of a specific instance of the content, wherein the use or distribution of the content is granted from the license. - 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, 38, 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, 66)
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2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of the content, wherein the user interface is configured to access the data to govern the use of the content and to communicate with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system.
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3. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface comprises a network server.
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4. The system of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of instances of the pre-existing DRM system, wherein the user interface is configured to communicate with the instances of the pre-existing DRM system.
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5. The system of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of different proprietary DRM systems, wherein the user interface is configured to communicate with the different proprietary DRM systems.
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6. The system of claim 1, wherein the content use or distribution includes content consumption.
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7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises one or more hardware and/or software devices.
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8. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface is standardized or proprietary.
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9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to include a license extraction functionality.
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10. The system of claim 9, wherein the license extraction functionality is configured as an overlay on top of the pre-existing DRM system.
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11. The system of claim 9, wherein the license extraction functionality is configured as a glue module in between the pre-existing DRM system and the user interface.
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12. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface is configured to include a license sending functionality.
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13. The system of claim 12, wherein the license sending functionality is configured as an overlay on top of the pre-existing DRM system.
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14. The system of claim 12, wherein the license sending functionality is configured as a glue module in between the pre-existing DRM system and the user interface.
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15. The system of claim 2, wherein the pre-existing DRM system is not configured with support for the user interface.
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16. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface and the pre-existing DRM system are configured to support a license in a standardized or in a proprietary format.
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17. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to access an entirety of licenses of the user.
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18. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to evaluate a plurality of DRM systems of the user in an aggregated view, including all licenses owned by the user, and where the licenses are stored.
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19. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to add a new license.
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20. The system of claim 19, wherein the new license is added to a DRM system of the user and which is associated with the user interface.
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21. The system of claim 20, wherein the user interface is configured to add the new license in a format compatible with the DRM system of the user.
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22. The system of claim 19, wherein if a DRM system of the user does not have the user interface associated therewith, the user interface attempts to configure the DRM system of the user to behave in a way which honors the new license.
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23. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface is configured for allowing the user to browse the licenses as a shopping experience.
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24. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface is configured as a content service allowing the user to visit a website associated with the content service and configured to push a new license to the user interface.
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25. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to be pre-loaded with one or more licenses.
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26. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to store one or more licenses associated with one or more pre-existing DRM systems, whereby if the corresponding pre-existing DRM systems, licenses, content, format or media are lost, damaged, or obsolete, the user interface is configured to use the stored licenses to re-acquire corresponding license, or content adapted to a current content consumption device, format, media, or DRM system.
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27. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to be used in conjunction with an escrow service that allows the user to exercise a principle of first sale.
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28. The system of claim 27, wherein the user interface is configured to submit a license of the user to the escrow service, and revoke the submitted license.
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29. The system of claim 28, wherein another party submits money or other consideration, including another license to the escrow service, and the escrow service issues a new license corresponding to the submitted license to the party to complete a sale or exchange transaction associated with the submitted license.
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30. The system of claim 27, wherein the escrow service is configured as a high speed, low latency escrow service that allows users to trade licenses on demand.
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31. The system of claim 30, wherein the escrow service is configured to process a plurality of licenses associated with corresponding content, allow users to borrow licenses as the corresponding content is used, and return licenses when the users are no longer using the corresponding content.
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32. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to build content usage rules based on a DRM system of the user.
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33. The system of claim 32, wherein the content usage rules are not based on a license physically stored in the DRM system of the user, but instead are based on an understanding by the user interface of the DRM system and the content usage rules at a time that extraction of corresponding content occurs.
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34. The system of claim 33, wherein the content usage rules are associated with a content consumption software or device, which govern use of the corresponding content.
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35. The system of claim 34, wherein the content usage rules change with an update or new version of the content consumption software or device.
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36. The system of claim 35, wherein the user interface is configured to understand what the content usage rules are at a given time, and record the content usage rules in a DRM expression associated with the user interface, whereby the user can document content usage rules being enforced during periods of time of usage of the corresponding content.
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37. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured as a witness, by analyzing one or more DRM systems of the user, and then securely recording licenses associated with the DRM systems of the user.
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38. The system of claim 37, wherein the user interface is configured to securely record the licenses associated with the DRM systems in at least one of paper form, as a signed digital document, and offsite storage, including a server.
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39. The system of claim 38, wherein the user interface is configured to use the secure recording to acquire or reissue a lost license or create a new license based on a new DRM system of the user.
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40. The system of claim 37, wherein the user can appeal to a court to force an entity associated with the one or more DRM systems of the user or corresponding content owners to re-issue usage rights associated with the corresponding content based on testimony associated with the user interface.
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41. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to authenticate the user.
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42. The system of claim 41, wherein the authentication of the user is based on an authentication mechanism.
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43. The system of claim 42, wherein the authentication mechanism includes a license wallet including a biometric characteristic or secure digital certificate associated with the user.
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44. The system of claim 42, wherein the authentication mechanism includes biometric authentication of the user.
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45. The system of claim 44, wherein the biometric authentication of the user includes thumb print verification of the user.
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46. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to provide a DRM system of the user with a credential associated with the user to authenticate the user.
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47. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to centrally authenticate one or more licenses issued to the user for one or more corresponding DRM systems of the user.
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48. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured as a license interpreter.
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49. The system of claim 48, wherein the user interface is configured to receive queries regarding content usage from one or more DRM systems of the user, and search for corresponding rights and permit or deny the content usage based on search results.
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50. The system of claim 49, wherein the user interface is configured to handle license interpretation and management for the DRM systems of the user.
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51. The system of claim 1, wherein the user can be a human or a machine.
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52. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface is configured to allow a user to extract or construct a license from the pre-existing DRM system,
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53. The system of claim 41, wherein the authentication of the user and content usage rules are included in a single license.
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54. The system of claim 1, wherein with the permission granted from the license, the system makes the content available to the user, and adapts the content to a content consumption environment of the user or a pre-existing DRM system of the user.
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55. The system of claim 1, wherein a user acquire licenses instead of a specific instance of content.
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56. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is consistent across disparate DRM systems.
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57. The system of claim 1, wherein the license is represented as a license icon on a desktop of a computer of the user.
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58. The system of claim 57, wherein the license icon can be operated to trigger content use or distribution.
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59. The system of claim 1, wherein a same license can enable more than one content use or distribution.
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60. The system of claim 59, wherein the content use or distribution is enabled on different types and classes of systems and devices.
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61. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface enables license lifecycle functions.
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62. The system of claim 61, wherein the lifecycle functions include one of acquisition, transfer, search, renew, archive, conversion, and inventory.
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63. The system of claim 1, wherein the licenses are issued by one or more entities.
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64. The system of claim 1, wherein interoperability between different DRM systems is achieved through the sharing and interchange of licenses.
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65. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to send a license associated with the content to another such user interface.
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66. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface is configured to interact with the pre-existing DRM system, and configured to allow the user to send a license associated with the content from the user interface to the pre-existing DRM system.
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2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
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67. A computer-implemented method for license-centric content use or distribution, the method comprising the steps of:
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enabling, via a user interface, a user to manage content by managing a license associated with the content instead of a specific instance of the content; and
granting the use or distribution of the content from the license. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134)
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68. The method of claim 67, wherein a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of the content is provided, and the method further comprises accessing, via the user interface, the data to govern the use of the content, and communicating, via the user interface, with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system.
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69. The method of claim 68, wherein the user interface comprises a network server.
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70. The method of claim 68, wherein a plurality of instances of the pre-existing DRM system are provided, and the method further comprises communicating, via the user interface, with the instances of the pre-existing DRM system.
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71. The method of claim 68, wherein a plurality of different proprietary DRM systems are provided, and the method further comprises communicating, via the user interface, with the different proprietary DRM systems.
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72. The method of claim 67, wherein the content use or distribution includes content consumption.
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73. The method of claim 67, wherein the user interface comprises one or more hardware and/or software devices.
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74. The method of claim 68, wherein the user interface is standardized or proprietary.
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75. The method of claim 67, further comprising providing, via the user interface, a license extraction functionality.
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76. The method of claim 75, wherein the license extraction functionality is configured as an overlay on top of the pre-existing DRM system.
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77. The method of claim 75, wherein the license extraction functionality is configured as a glue module in between the pre-existing DRM system and the user interface.
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78. The method of claim 68, further comprising providing, via the user interface, a license sending functionality.
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79. The method of claim 78, wherein the license sending functionality is configured as an overlay on top of the pre-existing DRM system.
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80. The method of claim 78, wherein the license sending functionality is configured as a glue module in between the pre-existing DRM system and the user interface.
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81. The method of claim 68, wherein the pre-existing DRM system is not configured with support for the user interface.
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82. The method of claim 68, further comprising supporting a license in a standardized or in a proprietary format, via the user interface and the pre-existing DRM system.
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83. The method of claim 67, further comprising allowing, via the user interface, the user to access an entirety of licenses of the user.
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84. The method of claim 67, further comprising evaluating, via the user interface, a plurality of DRM systems of the user in an aggregated view, including all licenses owned by the user, and where the licenses are stored.
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85. The method of claim 68, further comprising allowing, via the user interface, the user to add a new license.
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86. The method of claim 85, further comprising adding the new license to a DRM system of the user, and associating the new license with the user interface.
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87. The method of claim 86, further comprising adding, via the user interface, the new license in a format compatible with the DRM system of the user.
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88. The method of claim 85, wherein if a DRM system of the user does not have the user interface associated therewith, the method further comprises attempting to configure the DRM system of the user to behave in a way which honors the new license, via the user interface.
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89. The method of claim 68, further comprising allowing, via the user interface, the user to browse the licenses as a shopping experience.
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90. The method of claim 68, further comprising allowing, via the user interface configured as a content service, the user to visit a website associated with the content service, and pushing, via the website, a new license to the user interface.
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91. The method of claim 67, further comprising pre-loading the user interface with one or more licenses.
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92. The method of claim 67, further comprising storing, via the user interface, one or more licenses associated with one or more pre-existing DRM systems, whereby if the corresponding pre-existing DRM systems, licenses, content, format or media are lost, damaged, or obsolete, the user interface is configured to use the stored licenses to re-acquire corresponding license, or content adapted to a current content consumption device, format, media, or DRM system.
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93. The method of claim 67, further comprising allowing the user to exercise a principle of first sale, via the user interface configured to be used in conjunction with an escrow service that.
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94. The method of claim 93, further comprising submitting, via the user interface, a license of the user to the escrow service, and revoking the submitted license.
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95. The method of claim 94, wherein another party submits money or other consideration, including another license to the escrow service, and the method further comprises issuing, via the escrow service, a new license corresponding to the submitted license to the party to complete a sale or exchange transaction associated with the submitted license.
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96. The method of claim 93, further comprising allowing, via the escrow service configured as a high speed, low latency escrow service, users to trade licenses on demand.
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97. The method of claim 96, further comprising processing, via the escrow service, a plurality of licenses associated with corresponding content, and allowing, via the escrow service, users to borrow licenses as the corresponding content is used, and return licenses when the users are no longer using the corresponding content.
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98. The method of claim 67, further comprising building, via the user interface, content usage rules based on a DRM system of the user.
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99. The method of claim 98, wherein the content usage rules are not based on a license physically stored in the DRM system of the user, but instead are based on an understanding by the user interface of the DRM system and the content usage rules at a time that extraction of corresponding content occurs.
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100. The method of claim 99, further comprising associating the content usage rules with a content consumption software or device, and governing, via the content usage rules, use of the corresponding content.
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101. The method of claim 100, further comprising changing the content usage rules with an update or new version of the content consumption software or device.
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102. The method of claim 101, further comprising understanding, via the user interface, what the content usage rules are at a given time, and recording the content usage rules in a DRM expression associated with the user interface, whereby the user can document content usage rules being enforced during periods of time of usage of the corresponding content.
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103. The method of claim 67, further comprising analyzing, via the user interface configured as a witness, one or more DRM systems of the user, and securely recording, via the user interface, licenses associated with the DRM systems of the user.
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104. The method of claim 103, further comprising securely recording, via the user interface, the licenses associated with the DRM systems in at least one of paper form, as a signed digital document, and offsite storage, including a server.
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105. The method of claim 104, further comprising using, via the user interface, the secure recording to acquire or reissue a lost license or create a new license based on a new DRM system of the user.
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106. The method of claim 103, wherein the user can appeal to a court to force an entity associated with the one or more DRM systems of the user or corresponding content owners to re-issue usage rights associated with the corresponding content based on testimony associated with the user interface.
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107. The method of claim 67, further comprising authenticating the user, via the user interface.
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108. The method of claim 107, wherein the authentication of the user is based on an authentication mechanism.
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109. The method of claim 108, wherein the authentication mechanism includes a license wallet including a biometric characteristic or secure digital certificate associated with the user.
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110. The method of claim 108, wherein the authentication mechanism includes biometric authentication of the user.
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111. The method of claim 110, wherein the biometric authentication of the user includes thumb print verification of the user.
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112. The method of claim 67, further comprising providing, via the user interface, a DRM system of the user with a credential associated with the user to authenticate the user.
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113. The method of claim 67, further comprising authenticating, via the user interface, one or more licenses issued to the user for one or more corresponding DRM systems of the user.
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114. The method of claim 67, further comprising configuring the user interface as a license interpreter.
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115. The method of claim 114, further comprising receiving, via the user interface, queries regarding content usage from one or more DRM systems of the user, searching, via the user interface, for corresponding rights, and permitting or denying, via the user interface, the content usage based on search results.
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116. The method of claim 115, further comprising handling, via the user interface, license interpretation and management for the DRM systems of the user.
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117. The method of claim 67, wherein the user can be a human or a machine.
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118. The method of claim 68, further comprising allowing, via the user interface, a user to extract or construct a license from the pre-existing DRM system,
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119. The method of claim 107, further comprising including in a single license the authentication of the user and content usage rules.
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120. The method of claim 67, wherein with the permission granted from the license, the method further comprising making the content available to the user, and adapting the content to a content consumption environment of the user or a pre-existing DRM system of the user.
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121. The method of claim 67, further comprising a user acquiring licenses instead of a specific instance of content.
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122. The method of claim 67, further comprising configuring the user interface to be consistent across disparate DRM systems.
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123. The method of claim 67, further comprising representing the license as a license icon on a desktop of a computer of the user.
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124. The method of claim 123, further comprising operating the license icon to trigger content use or distribution.
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125. The method of claim 67, further comprising enabling, via a same license, more than one content use or distribution.
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126. The method of claim 125, further comprising enabling the content use or distribution on different types and classes of systems and devices.
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127. The method of claim 67, further comprising enabling, via the user interface, license lifecycle functions.
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128. The method of claim 127, wherein the lifecycle functions include one of acquisition, transfer, search, renew, archive, conversion, and inventory.
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129. The method of claim 67, further comprising issuing the licenses by one or more entities.
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130. The method of claim 67, further comprising providing interoperability between different DRM systems through the sharing and interchange of licenses.
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131. The method of claim 67, further comprising sending, via the user interface, a license associated with the content to another such user interface.
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132. The method of claim 68, further comprising interacting, via the user interface, with the pre-existing DRM system, and allowing, via the user interface, the user to send a license associated with the content to the pre-existing DRM system.
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133. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable instructions configured to cause one or more computer processors to execute the steps recited in claim 67.
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134. A computer system comprising one or more computer processors configured to execute the steps recited in claim 67.
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68. The method of claim 67, wherein a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of the content is provided, and the method further comprises accessing, via the user interface, the data to govern the use of the content, and communicating, via the user interface, with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system.
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135. A device for license-centric content use or distribution, the device comprising:
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a user interface configured to enable a user to manage content by managing a license associated with the content instead of a specific instance of the content, wherein the use or distribution of the content is granted from the license. - View Dependent Claims (136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200)
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136. The device of claim 135, wherein a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of the content is provided, and the user interface is configured to access the data to govern the use of the content and to communicate with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system.
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137. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface comprises a network server.
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138. The device of claim 135, wherein a plurality of instances of the pre-existing DRM system are provided, and the user interface is configured to communicate with the instances of the pre-existing DRM system.
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139. The device of claim 135, wherein a plurality of different proprietary DRM systems are provide, and the user interface is configured to communicate with the different proprietary DRM systems.
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140. The device of claim 135, wherein the content use or distribution includes content consumption.
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141. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface comprises one or more hardware and/or software devices.
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142. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is standardized or proprietary.
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143. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to include a license extraction functionality.
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144. The device of claim 143, wherein the license extraction functionality is configured as an overlay on top of the pre-existing DRM system.
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145. The device of claim 143, wherein the license extraction functionality is configured as a glue module in between the pre-existing DRM system and the user interface.
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146. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to include a license sending functionality.
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147. The device of claim 146, wherein the license sending functionality is configured as an overlay on top of the pre-existing DRM system.
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148. The device of claim 146, wherein the license sending functionality is configured as a glue module in between the pre-existing DRM system and the user interface.
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149. The device of claim 135, wherein the pre-existing DRM system is not configured with support for the user interface.
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150. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface and the pre-existing DRM system are configured to support a license in a standardized or in a proprietary format.
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151. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to access an entirety of licenses of the user.
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152. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to evaluate a plurality of DRM systems of the user in an aggregated view, including all licenses owned by the user, and where the licenses are stored.
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153. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to add a new license.
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154. The device of claim 153, wherein the new license is added to a DRM system of the user and which is associated with the user interface.
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155. The device of claim 154, wherein the user interface is configured to add the new license in a format compatible with the DRM system of the user.
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156. The device of claim 153, wherein if a DRM system of the user does not have the user interface associated therewith, the user interface attempts to configure the DRM system of the user to behave in a way which honors the new license.
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157. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured for allowing the user to browse the licenses as a shopping experience.
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158. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured as a content service allowing the user to visit a website associated with the content service and configured to push a new license to the user interface.
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159. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to be pre-loaded with one or more licenses.
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160. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to store one or more licenses associated with one or more pre-existing DRM systems, whereby if the corresponding pre-existing DRM systems, licenses, content, format or media are lost, damaged, or obsolete, the user interface is configured to use the stored licenses to re-acquire corresponding license, or content adapted to a current content consumption device, format, media, or DRM system.
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161. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to be used in conjunction with an escrow service that allows the user to exercise a principle of first sale.
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162. The device of claim 161, wherein the user interface is configured to submit a license of the user to the escrow service, and revoke the submitted license.
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163. The device of claim 162, wherein another party submits money or other consideration, including another license to the escrow service, and the escrow service issues a new license corresponding to the submitted license to the party to complete a sale or exchange transaction associated with the submitted license.
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164. The device of claim 161, wherein the escrow service is configured as a high speed, low latency escrow service that allows users to trade licenses on demand.
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165. The device of claim 164, wherein the escrow service is configured to process a plurality of licenses associated with corresponding content, allow users to borrow licenses as the corresponding content is used, and return licenses when the users are no longer using the corresponding content.
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166. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to build content usage rules based on a DRM system of the user.
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167. The device of claim 166, wherein the content usage rules are not based on a license physically stored in the DRM system of the user, but instead are based on an understanding by the user interface of the DRM system and the content usage rules at a time that extraction of corresponding content occurs.
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168. The device of claim 167, wherein the content usage rules are associated with a content consumption software or device, which govern use of the corresponding content.
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169. The device of claim 168, wherein the content usage rules change with an update or new version of the content consumption software or device.
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170. The device of claim 169, wherein the user interface is configured to understand what the content usage rules are at a given time, and record the content usage rules in a DRM expression associated with the user interface, whereby the user can document content usage rules being enforced during periods of time of usage of the corresponding content.
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171. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured as a witness, by analyzing one or more DRM systems of the user, and then securely recording licenses associated with the DRM systems of the user.
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172. The device of claim 171, wherein the user interface is configured to securely record the licenses associated with the DRM systems in at least one of paper form, as a signed digital document, and offsite storage, including a server.
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173. The device of claim 172, wherein the user interface is configured to use the secure recording to acquire or reissue a lost license or create a new license based on a new DRM system of the user.
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174. The device of claim 171, wherein the user can appeal to a court to force an entity associated with the one or more DRM systems of the user or corresponding content owners to re-issue usage rights associated with the corresponding content based on testimony associated with the user interface.
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175. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to authenticate the user.
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176. The device of claim 175, wherein the authentication of the user is based on an authentication mechanism.
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177. The device of claim 176, wherein the authentication mechanism includes a license wallet including a biometric characteristic or secure digital certificate associated with the user.
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178. The device of claim 176, wherein the authentication mechanism includes biometric authentication of the user.
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179. The device of claim 178, wherein the biometric authentication of the user includes thumb print verification of the user.
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180. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to provide a DRM system of the user with a credential associated with the user to authenticate the user.
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181. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to centrally authenticate one or more licenses issued to the user for one or more corresponding DRM systems of the user.
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182. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured as a license interpreter.
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183. The device of claim 182, wherein the user interface is configured to receive queries regarding content usage from one or more DRM systems of the user, and search for corresponding rights and permit or deny the content usage based on search results.
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184. The device of claim 183, wherein the user interface is configured to handle license interpretation and management for the DRM systems of the user.
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185. The device of claim 135, wherein the user can be a human or a machine.
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186. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to allow a user to extract or construct a license from the pre-existing DRM system,
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187. The device of claim 175, wherein the authentication of the user and content usage rules are included in a single license.
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188. The device of claim 135, wherein with the permission granted from the license, the device makes the content available to the user, and adapts the content to a content consumption environment of the user or a pre-existing DRM system of the user.
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189. The device of claim 135, wherein a user acquire licenses instead of a specific instance of content.
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190. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is consistent across disparate DRM systems.
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191. The device of claim 135, wherein the license is represented as a license icon on a desktop of a computer of the user.
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192. The device of claim 191, wherein the license icon can be operated to trigger content use or distribution.
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193. The device of claim 135, wherein a same license can enable more than one content use or distribution.
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194. The device of claim 193, wherein the content use or distribution is enabled on different types and classes of systems and devices.
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195. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface enables license lifecycle functions.
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196. The device of claim 195, wherein the lifecycle functions include one of acquisition, transfer, search, renew, archive, conversion, and inventory.
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197. The device of claim 135, wherein the licenses are issued by one or more entities.
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198. The device of claim 135, wherein interoperability between different DRM systems is achieved through the sharing and interchange of licenses.
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199. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to send a license associated with the content to another such user interface.
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200. The device of claim 135, wherein the user interface is configured to interact with the pre-existing DRM system, and configured to allow the user to send a license associated with the content from the user interface to the pre-existing DRM system.
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136. The device of claim 135, wherein a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of the content is provided, and the user interface is configured to access the data to govern the use of the content and to communicate with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system.
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Current AssigneeContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
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Original AssigneeContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
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InventorsRaley, Michael, Chen, Eddie J.
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Application NumberUS10/990,756Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current705/59CPC Class CodesG06F 21/10 Protecting distributed prog...G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software l...