DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF CAPTURED CONTENT BASED ON CAPTURE ASSOCIATED LOCATIONS

• US 20120201418A1
• Filed: 03/23/2012
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bellwood, Thomas A., Grigsby, Travis M., Paolini, Michael A., Cohen, Gabriel A
• Granted Patent: US 8,850,594 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• 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 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/603 Digital right managament [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/64 Self-signed certificates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/103 applying security measure for protecting copyright
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals

Abstract

A certification is received from a user stating that captured content does not comprise a particular restricted element and a request from the user for an adjustment of a digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element. At least one term of the digital rights management rule is adjusted to reflect that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element. The usage of the captured content by the user is monitored to determine whether the usage matches the certification statement.

Claims

1. A method for digital rights management of captured content, comprising:

a computer receiving a certification from a user stating that captured content does not comprise a particular restricted element and a request from the user for an adjustment of a digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element;

the computer adjusting at least one term of the digital rights management rule to reflect that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element; and

the computer monitoring whether usage of the captured content by the user matches the certification statement.

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

the computer receiving the certification for the captured content from a content controller, wherein the content controller analyzes the captured content to determine whether a portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection specified for content captured independent of distribution of at least one restricted element within the captured content by an owner of the at least one restricted element and responsive to determining that the portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection, the content controller selects at least one digital rights management rule associated with the portion.

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

the computer controlling output of at least one identifier for each at least one restricted element identified in the captured content subject to the at least one digital rights management rule;

the computer displaying a selectable option for the user to certify that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element from among the at least one restricted element; and

the computer, responsive to the user selecting the selectable option, creating the certification from the user stating that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element and the request from the user for an adjustment of the digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the computer adjusting at least one term of the digital rights management rule to reflect that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element, further comprises:

the computer embedding the certification in the captured content with the adjusted digital rights management rule, wherein the certification defines permitted usage of the captured content by an additional device receiving the captured content.

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

the computer receiving information associated by the user with the captured content from a device that monitors information associated with the captured content when displayed by the device; and

the computer detecting whether the information associated by the user with the captured content comprises usage of the captured content by the user that indicates the captured content comprises the particular restricted element.

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

the computer, responsive to the licensing service detecting the usage of the captured content by the user does not match the certification statement, negotiating for one or more rights to use the particular restricted element in the captured content between the user requesting access to the captured content and one or more owners of the rights of the particular restricted element originally identified in the captured content.

7. A computer system for digital rights management of captured content, comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive a certification from a user stating that captured content does not comprise a particular restricted element and a request from the user for an adjustment of a digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to adjust at least one term of the digital rights management rule to reflect that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to monitor whether usage of the captured content by the user matches the certification statement.

8. The computer system according to claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive the certification for the captured content from a content controller, wherein the content controller analyzes the captured content to determine whether a portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection specified for content captured independent of distribution of at least one restricted element within the captured content by an owner of the at least one restricted element and responsive to determining that the portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection, the content controller selects at least one digital rights management rule associated with the portion.

9. The computer system according to claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to control output of at least one identifier for each at least one restricted element identified in the captured content subject to the at least one digital rights management rule;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to display a selectable option for the user to certify that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element from among the at least one restricted element; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, responsive to the user selecting the selectable option, to create the certification from the user stating that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element and the request from the user for an adjustment of the digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element.

10. The computer system according to claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to embed the certification in the captured content with the adjusted digital rights management rule, wherein the certification defines permitted usage of the captured content by an additional device receiving the captured content.

11. The computer system according to claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive information associated by the user with the captured content from a device that monitors information associated with the captured content when displayed by the device; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to detect whether the information associated by the user with the captured content comprises usage of the captured content by the user that indicates the captured content comprises the particular restricted element.

12. The computer system according to claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, responsive to the licensing service detecting the usage of the captured content by the user does not match the certification statement, to negotiate for one or more rights to use the particular restricted element in the captured content between the user requesting access to the captured content and one or more owners of the rights of the particular restricted element originally identified in the captured content.

13. A computer program product for digital rights management of captured content, comprising:

one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive a certification from a user stating that captured content does not comprise a particular restricted element and a request from the user for an adjustment of a digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to adjust at least one term of the digital rights management rule to reflect that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to monitor whether usage of the captured content by the user matches the certification statement.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive the certification for the captured content from a content controller, wherein the content controller analyzes the captured content to determine whether a portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection specified for content captured independent of distribution of at least one restricted element within the captured content by an owner of the at least one restricted element and responsive to determining that the portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection, the content controller selects at least one digital rights management rule associated with the portion.

15. The computer program product according to claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to control output of at least one identifier for each at least one restricted element identified in the captured content subject to the at least one digital rights management rule;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to display a selectable option for the user to certify that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element from among the at least one restricted element; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, responsive to the user selecting the selectable option, to create the certification from the user stating that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element and the request from the user for an adjustment of the digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element.

16. The computer program product according to claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to embed the certification in the captured content with the adjusted digital rights management rule, wherein the certification defines permitted usage of the captured content by an additional device receiving the captured content.

17. The computer program product according to claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive information associated by the user with the captured content from a device that monitors information associated with the captured content when displayed by the device; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to detect whether the information associated by the user with the captured content comprises usage of the captured content by the user that indicates the captured content comprises the particular restricted element.

18. The computer program product according to claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, responsive to the licensing service detecting the usage of the captured content by the user does not match the certification statement, to negotiate for one or more rights to use the particular restricted element in the captured content between the user requesting access to the captured content and one or more owners of the rights of the particular restricted element originally identified in the captured content.