NETWORKED SERVICES LICENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20150059005A1
• Filed: 11/03/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: Lao, Guillermo, Ham, Manuel, Chen, Eddie J., Gilliam, Charles P., Raley, Michael, Tadayon, Bijan, Wang, Xin, DeMartini, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 10,540,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/29
• 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: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for controlling consumption of a distributed network service in accordance with rights expression information associated with the distributed network service and specifying a manner of use of the distributed network service, including interpreting the rights expression information associated with the distributed network service, the rights expression information indicating a manner of use of the distributed network service; and controlling consumption of the distributed network service based on the rights expression information.

Claims

1. A method for controlling consumption of a Web service, by one or more computing devices associated with a Web service provider, for providing content to a client device in accordance with rights expression information associated with the content to allow the content to be rendered on the client device, said method comprising:

authenticating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, with an authorization entity.

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a request to render content from a client device associated with a user;

transmitting to an authorization entity, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a request to provide the Web service;

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an authorization from the authorization entity to provide the Web service when the authorization entity determines that the user is authorized to use the Web service to render the content;

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, rights expression information associated with content, the rights expression information including conditions of use of the content;

interpreting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, said rights expression information; and

providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the content to the client device for consumption of the content based on said rights expression information.