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Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection

  • US 20070261125A1
  • Filed: 07/13/2007
  • Published: 11/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1995
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • executing application software in one or more virtual machine environments on a computer system;

    executing rights management software on the computer system, wherein the rights management software executes outside the one or more virtual machine environments in which the application software is executing;

    processing a protected piece of digital content using the application software; and

    using the rights management software to make a determination as to whether to allow the protected piece of digital content to be transmitted between the one or more virtual machine environments and a resource external to the one or more virtual machine environments, wherein the determination is based at least in part on one or more controls associated with the protected piece of digital content.

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