System and method for adjusting the behavior of an application based on the DRM status of the application

• US 20080097922A1
• Filed: 10/23/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Davydov, Alexander, Loytana, Kimmo, Godeny, Balazs
• Granted Patent: US 11,201,868 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/54
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

A system and method by which an application is capable of accessing its own DRM information stored in a content-agnostic DRM system. By being able to access its own DRM information, the application is able to improve the overall user experience by, among other things, making DRM-related information available to the user and providing potential options to the user which may not have been previously available.

Claims

1. A method of adjusting the behavior of an application based upon digital rights management (DRM) information, comprising:

accessing usage rules information for an application from a DRM agent; and

at least selectively providing information relating to the usage rules information to a user through a user interface,

wherein the accessing of information from the DRM agent is performed by the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the application comprises a Java Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the usage rules information comprises information regarding a time period within which the application may be used.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the usage rules information comprises information regarding a number of times that the application may be executed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the usage rules information comprises information regarding a specified time after which the application may be used.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the DRM agent comprises an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) DRM agent.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing additional DRM-related information to the user along with the information relating to the usage rules information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional DRM-related information comprises information about how to purchase additional usage rights.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a Java application program interface (API) is used to access the usage rules information from the DRM agent.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the usage rules information in the DRM agent.

11. A computer program product, embodied in a computer-readable medium, for adjusting the behavior of an application based upon digital rights management (DRM) information, comprising:

computer code for accessing usage rules information for an application from a DRM agent; and

computer code for at least selectively providing information relating to the usage rules information to a user through a user interface,

wherein the accessing of information from the DRM agent is performed by the application.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including;

computer code for accessing usage rules information for an application from a digital rights management (DRM) agent, and

computer code for at least selectively providing information relating to the usage rules information to a user through a user interface,

wherein the accessing of information from the DRM agent is performed by the application.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application comprises a Java Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) application.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the usage rules information comprises information regarding a time period within which the application may be used.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the usage rules information comprises information regarding a number of times that the application may be executed.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the usage rules information comprises information regarding a specified time after which the application may be used.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the DRM agent comprises an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) DRM agent.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the memory unit further comprises providing additional DRM-related information to the user along with the information relating to the usage rules information.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the additional DRM-related information comprises information about how to purchase additional usage rights.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a Java application program interface (API) is used to access the usage rules information from the DRM agent.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising modifying the usage rules information in the DRM agent.