SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SECURE DATA EXCHANGE
First Claim
1. A method for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, the method comprising:
- establishing, by a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity, a user login data authentication procedure that allows a user through at least one client computing device to access the secure exchange facility, wherein the user is one of a plurality of users of a plurality of other organizational entities that access content shared through the secure exchange facility, where communication between the secure exchange facility and the plurality of users is through a communications network;
receiving computer data content and at least one indicator of access rights for the computer data content from a first user of the plurality of users associated with a first organizational entity of the plurality of other organizational entities, wherein the first user permits sharing access to the computer data content by at least a second user of the plurality of users associated with a second organizational entity based on the indicated access rights, wherein the second organizational entity is one of the plurality of other organizational entities and is different than the first organizational entity;
transforming the computer data content into DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and wherein the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities that access content shared through the secure exchange facility; and
granting, by the secure exchange facility, shared access to the DRM protected computer data content to at least the second user.
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment through a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity amongst users of a plurality of other organizational entities, wherein computer data content and access rights for the computer data content is shared between a first and second user, the computer data content and access rights for the computer data content are transformed into a DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, the method comprising:
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establishing, by a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity, a user login data authentication procedure that allows a user through at least one client computing device to access the secure exchange facility, wherein the user is one of a plurality of users of a plurality of other organizational entities that access content shared through the secure exchange facility, where communication between the secure exchange facility and the plurality of users is through a communications network; receiving computer data content and at least one indicator of access rights for the computer data content from a first user of the plurality of users associated with a first organizational entity of the plurality of other organizational entities, wherein the first user permits sharing access to the computer data content by at least a second user of the plurality of users associated with a second organizational entity based on the indicated access rights, wherein the second organizational entity is one of the plurality of other organizational entities and is different than the first organizational entity; transforming the computer data content into DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and wherein the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities that access content shared through the secure exchange facility; and granting, by the secure exchange facility, shared access to the DRM protected computer data content to at least the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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