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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING RIGHTS FOR DIGITAL MUSIC

  • US 20080320598A1
  • Filed: 08/28/2008
  • Published: 12/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for tracking usage and fulfillment of a copyright digital work that is copied from device to device from among a plurality of devices, some of which are parent devices and some of which are child devices, and wherein a child device may be registered with a parent device, and wherein a copy of the digital work may encapsulate digital rights management (DRM) data that serves to determine one of at least two levels of access, namely, (i) permit full access to the digital work, or (ii) permit limited access to the digital work, and wherein a copy of the digital work may be licensed from a fulfiller in at least two ways, namely, (A) receiving a copy of the digital work with DRM data set to access level (i), or (B) adjusting the DRM data within an already existing copy of the digital work from access level (ii) to access level (i), comprising:

  • generating a cumulative record of licenses within copies of the digital work, comprising;

    maintaining a record of source information within a copy of the digital work, when the digital work is copied from a source to a device;

    maintaining a record of purchase information within a copy of the digital work, when the digital work is licensed from a fulfiller;

    maintaining a record of usage information within a copy of the digital work, for the current device in which the copy of the digital work is stored; and

    further maintaining a record of usage information within a copy of the digital work, for a previous device from which the copy of the digital work on the current device was copied, if the current device is a parent device and the previous device is a child device that is registered with the current device, or if the previous device is a parent device and the current device is a child device that is registered with the previous device.

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