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Systems and Methods for Secure Transaction Management and Electronic Rights Protection

  • US 20100257614A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2010
  • Published: 10/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1995
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method performed by an electronic appliance, the electronic appliance comprising a protected processing environment, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first secure container containing a control set providing one or more permissions to use a piece of electronic content, exercise of the one or more permissions being conditioned on a user'"'"'s membership in a first class;

    receiving a request from a user to use the piece of content;

    using a digital certificate to determine that the user is a member of the first class; and

    enabling the user to exercise at least one of the one or more permissions in accordance with the control set;

    wherein the protected processing environment is resistant to tampering by the user with performance of the using and enabling steps.

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