DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF CONTENT WHEN CONTENT IS A FUTURE LIVE EVENT

• US 20120167230A1
• Filed: 03/06/2012
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: Roopa, M.S., Joshi, C.V., B.H., Basavaraj, Ray, Arun, Kanungo, Deepanjan, Nahidipour, Aram, Wang, Xin, Ta, Thanh, Raley, Michael, Lao, Guillermo, Chen, Eddie, Kansal, Anant, Padhye, Tushar N., Tadayon, Bijan
• Granted Patent: US 8,442,916 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• 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 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• 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: 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 2463/102 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 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method and system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith including a point of capture system adapted to generate content of a future event when the event occurs, a content distributor adapted to generate a rights label having usage rights associated with content of the future event before the content is created, the rights label having a distribution key for encrypting the content as the content is generated, the distribution key being encrypted with a public key. The system also includes a license server adapted to generate a license associate with the content from the rights label before the content is generated, the license including the distribution key encrypted with the public key, and a content distributor adapted to distribute the license before the content is generated.

Claims

1. An apparatus for creating a digital work, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and containing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to;

receive information related to an instance of content;

associate at least one usage right with the instance of the content before the instance of the content is recorded; and

record the instance of the content on a storage medium in a format appropriate to the environment of a computing device to thereby, in association with the at least one usage right, create a digital work.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instance of the content is recorded in response to the occurrence of a live event.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instance of the content is made available to the apparatus through a subscription, the apparatus being associated with a subscriber of the subscription.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one usage right is specified in a label, and the label is created before the instance of the content is recorded.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory further contains instructions that cause at least one of the one or more processors to apply a security parameter to the instance of the content.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory further contains instructions that cause at least one of the one or more processors to receive a request to access the instance of the content.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one usage right is enforceable by a computing device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one usage right corresponds to a permitted utilization of the instance of the content.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the permitted utilization is rendering the instance of the content for a specified period of time.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the permitted utilization is distribution of the instance of the content.

11. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for creating a digital work, the method comprising:

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information related to an instance of content;

associating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, at least one usage right with the instance of the content before the instance of the content is recorded; and

recording, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the instance of the content on a storage medium in a format appropriate to the environment of a computing device to thereby, in association with the at least one usage right, create a digital work.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the instance of the content is recorded in response to the occurrence of a live event.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the instance of the content is made available to a subscriber computing device through a subscription, the subscriber computing device being associated with a subscriber of the subscription.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one usage right is specified in a label, and the label is created before the instance of the content is recorded.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising applying, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a security parameter to the instance of the content.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a request to access the instance of the content.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one usage right is enforceable by a computing device.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one usage right corresponds to a permitted utilization of the instance of the content.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the permitted utilization is rendering the instance of the content for a specified period of time.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the permitted utilization is distribution of the instance of the content.

21. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, create a digital work, the instructions causing at least one of the one or more computing devices-to:

receive information related to an instance of content;

associate at least one usage right with the instance of the content before the instance of the content is recorded;

record the instance of the content on a storage medium in a format appropriate to the environment of a computing device to thereby, in association with the at least one usage right, create a digital work.

22. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the instance of the content is recorded in response to the occurrence of a live event.

23. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the instance of the content is made available to a subscriber computing device through a subscription, the subscriber computing device being associated with a subscriber of the subscription.

24. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the at least one usage right is specified in a label, and the label is created before the instance of the content is recorded.

25. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions further cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to apply a security parameter to the instance of the content.

26. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions further cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to receive a request to access the instance of the content.

27. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the at least one usage right is enforceable by a computing device.

28. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the at least one usage right corresponds to a permitted utilization of the instance of the content.

29. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the permitted utilization is rendering the instance of the content for a specified period of time.

30. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the permitted utilization is distribution of the instance of the content.