Rights Management Systems and Methods Using Content Identifiers
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a variety of content identifiers (e.g., fingerprinting and watermarking) and related methods. One method recites: associating a digital rights management (DRM) identifier with content; populating a first rights registry with usage rights associated with the content, wherein the usage rights are indexed in the first rights registry according to the DRM identifier; and populating a second rights registry with at least some of the usage rights, wherein the at least some of the usage rights are indexed in the second rights registry according to a content identifier extracted or derived from the content. Other combinations are provided as well.
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41 Claims
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19. A method comprising:
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determining a first fingerprint of audio or video content; storing the first fingerprint in a record including information pertaining to a first user or account; altering the audio or video content to yield a different version of the audio or video content; determining a second fingerprint of the different version of the audio or video content; and storing the second fingerprint in a record including information pertaining to a second user or account. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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22. A method comprising:
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receiving a content identifier and content at a first digital rights management (DRM) system, the content being protected according to a second DRM system; based at least in part on the presence of the content identifier, requesting a system upgrade operable to process the content in accordance with the second DRM system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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encountering raw content; calculating a fingerprint of the raw content, the fingerprint comprising a reduce-bit identifier of the content; providing the fingerprint to an online store, the online store comprising a plurality of options associated with the fingerprint, where at least one of the plurality of options comprises an option to buy content related—
but different than—
the raw content;receiving from the online store at least one of the plurality of options.
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32. A method of operating a media player comprising:
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receiving content; analyzing the content to determine if any identifiers are hidden therein; if two or more forensic tracking identifiers are hidden in the content, performing the following actions; i) prohibiting rendering of the content; and ii) extracting or deriving a content identifier for the content and providing the content identifier to an online content store. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of operating an online content store comprising:
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receiving a content identifier and a forensic tracking identifier from a first media player; storing the forensic tracking identifier or incrementing a count if the forensic tracking identifier is already stored; using the content identifier, identifying information associated with the content identifier; and providing at least some of the information to the first media player. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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