Digital Rights Management of Streaming Captured Content Based on Criteria Regulating a Sequence of Elements

• US 20090217343A1
• Filed: 02/26/2008
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cohen, Gabriel A., Grigsby, Travis M., Bellwood, Thomas A., Paolini, Michael A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• 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: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

A captured content rights controller detects a first portion of streaming captured content and a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected. The captured content rights controller determines whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the content by the owner of the at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content. The captured content rights controller applies the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

Claims

1. A method in a computer system of digital rights management of streaming captured content, comprising:

detecting a first portion of streaming captured content;

detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

determining whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element; and

applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to detecting the first portion of streaming captured content, analyzing the first portion of streaming captured content to identify the at least one restricted element subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule when in a sequence with at least one other element; and

responsive to identifying the at least one restricted element subject to the at least one digital rights management protection rule when in sequence with the at least one other element, analyzing the second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the stream captured content to identify the presence of the at least one other element.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content in a content stream comprising a plurality of content elements playable in sequence.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content for rendering by a player for generating the sequence of the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content within a display area.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule further comprises:

determining whether the first portion and the second portion of the streaming captured content in sequence represent at least one particular motion subject to restriction under the at least one digital rights management protection rule.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule further comprises:

determining whether the first portion and the second portion of the streaming captured content in sequence represent a particular selection of content elements specified in a selection of a plurality of content elements protected by the at least one digital rights management protection rule.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content further comprises:

applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict editing of the streaming captured content.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content further comprises:

applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict uploading of the streaming captured content to a network service server.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content further comprises:

requiring at least one additional element rendered in a sequence with said first portion of the streaming captured content and said second portion of the streaming captured content.

10. A system of digital rights management of streaming captured content, comprising:

a content management enabled device for detecting a first portion of streaming captured content;

the content management enabled device for detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

a captured content rights controller for determining whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element; and

the captured content rights controller for applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

11. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

the captured content rights controller, responsive to detecting the first portion of streaming captured content, for analyzing the first portion of streaming captured content to identify the at least one restricted element subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule when in a sequence with at least one other element; and

the captured content rights controller, responsive to identifying the at least one restricted element subject to the at least one digital rights management protection rule when in sequence with the at least one other element, for analyzing the second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the stream captured content to identify the at least one other element.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the content management enabled device for detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

means for detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content in a content stream comprising a plurality of content elements playable in sequence.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the content management enabled device for detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

means for detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content for rendering by a player for generating the sequence of the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content within a display area.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein the captured content rights controller for determining whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule further comprises:

means for determining whether the first portion and the second portion of the streaming captured content in sequence represent at least one particular motion subject to restriction under the at least one digital rights management protection rule.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein the captured content rights controller for determining whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule further comprises:

means for determining whether the first portion and the second portion of the streaming captured content in sequence represent a particular selection of content elements specified in a selection of a plurality of content elements protected by the at least one digital rights management protection rule.

16. The system according to claim 10, wherein the captured content rights controller for applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content further comprises:

means for applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict editing of the streaming captured content.

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein the captured content rights controller for applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content further comprises:

means for applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict uploading of the streaming captured content to a network service server.

18. The system according to claim 10, wherein the captured content rights controller for applying the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content further comprises:

means for requiring at least one additional element rendered in a sequence with said first portion of the streaming captured content and said second portion of the streaming captured content.

19. A program product comprising a storage-type computer-usable medium including a computer-readable program for digital rights management of steaming captured content, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

detect a first portion of streaming captured content;

detect a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

determine whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element; and

apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

20. The program product according to claim 19, wherein the computer-readable program is transmitted over a network.