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Cryptographic methods, apparatus and systems for storage media electronic rights management in closed and connected appliances

  • US 20060200392A1
  • Filed: 05/04/2006
  • Published: 09/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1995
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system comprising:

  • a first electronic appliance configured to receive a request from a user to use protected information, the first electronic appliance including a rights management component configured to determine whether the first electronic appliance has sufficient rights to grant the request; and

    one or more other appliances, each of the one or more other appliances including a rights management component;

    wherein the rights management component of the first electronic appliance is configured to obtain, from at least one of the one or more other appliances, rights that the first electronic appliance needs to grant the request.

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