METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING USAGE RIGHTS FOR DIGITAL CONTENT TO BE CREATED IN THE FUTURE

• US 20100241871A1
• Filed: 04/27/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: RALEY, Michael Charles, NAHIDIPOUR, Aram, LAO, Guillermo, TA, Thanh, VALENZUELA, Edgardo, WANG, Xin, TADAYON, Bijan
• Granted Patent: US 8,412,644 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/189
• 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 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2153 Using hardware token as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0021 involving encryption or decryption of contents recorded on or reproduced from a record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0071 involving a purchase action
• 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 2463/102 applying security measure for e-commerce data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/83555 using a structured language for describing usage rules of the content, e.g. REL

Abstract

Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation, such as a video recorder or a still camera, device can store labels of the rights and can associate usage rights with content in real time as the content is created.

Claims

1. A method for creating a digital work having content and usage rights related to the content, the method comprising:

generating a label having usage rights associated with content of a digital work before the content is created;

generating a license based on the usage rights of the label before the content is created;

issuing the license to a user before the content is created, the license granting specific usage rights to the user;

wherein the creation of the content depends on the occurrence of a future event;

creating the content by a content creation device;

automatically associating the label with the content after the content is created by a rights assignment engine associated with the content creation device; and

securing the content and the label to thereby create the digital work having the content, whereby the content can be used and distributed only in accordance with the usage rights of the label.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the securing step comprises encrypting and storing the content and the label.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising granting access to the content in accordance with the usage rights.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the label further comprises generating usage rights specifying a user'"'"'s right to at least one of alter, edit, copy, print, or view the content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of creating at least one of a written, aural, graphical, audio, pictorial or video based element as the content after the generating step and before the associating step.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating and associating a key with the label.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the license includes the key.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the securing step comprises encrypting the content with the key.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the key is a predetermined secure key.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the creating step comprises recording content with a recording device and wherein the associating step and the securing step are accomplished by the recording device.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of generating the label further comprises creating the label in an external computing device and downloading the label into the recording device prior to the associating step.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of generating the label further comprises creating the label in the recording device prior to the associating step.

13. A system for creating a digital work having content and usage rights, the system comprising:

a content creation device for creating a digital content; and

a rights assignment engine associated with the digital content creation device, the rights assignment engine storing a label having predetermined usage rights associated with content of a digital work before the content is created, wherein the rights assignment engine being adapted to automatically attach the predetermined usage rights to the digital content and to secure the digital content with the usage rights to thereby create the digital work, whereby the digital content can be used and distributed only in accordance with the usage rights;

the system being adapted to;

generate a license for the digital content comprising specific usage rights based on the attached usage rights, before the digital content is created, by the content creation device; and

issue the license to a user before the digital content is created by the content creation device, whereby the license granting the specific usage rights to the user;

wherein the creation of the content depends on the occurrence of a future event.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

an identification device for identifying user of the content creation device; and

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means for determining the usage rights based on the user.

15. The system of claim 13, further being adapted to generate and associate a key with the label.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the license includes the key.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the content is secured using the key.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the content creation device comprises one of a still-image camera, an audio recorder, or a video recorder.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the identification device comprises a biometrics sensor.

20. The system of claim 13, further comprising a secure storage medium for the storage of fee and payment information associated with the usage rights.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the content creation device comprises a video recorder.

22. The system of claim 13, wherein the content creation device comprises a still picture camera.