Techniques for Defining, Using and Manipulating Rights Management Data Structures
First Claim
1. A data processing method comprising:
- creating a machine readable, abstract descriptive data structure; and
using the representation to interoperate with at least one rights management data structure.
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Abstract
A descriptive data structure provides an abstract representation of a rights management data structure such as a secure container. The abstract representation may describe, for example, the layout of the rights management data structure. It can also provide metadata describing or defining other characteristics of rights management data structure use and/or processing. For example, the descriptive data structure can provide integrity constraints that provide a way to state rules about associated information. The abstract representation can be used to create rights management data structures that are interoperable and compatible with one another. This arrangement preserves flexibility and ease of use without compromising security.
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21 Claims
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1. A data processing method comprising:
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creating a machine readable, abstract descriptive data structure; and using the representation to interoperate with at least one rights management data structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a rights management data processing architecture of the type including a secure electronic appliance that interacts with an application through an interface, a method of interoperating with secure electronic containers comprising the following steps:
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(a) delivering an abstract data structure representation to the application; (b) generating container access requests with the application based at least in part on the abstract data structure representation; and (c) accessing the container with the secure electronic appliance at least in part based on the container access requests the container generates. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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