Digital content distribution
First Claim
1. A method for processing a collection of digital content received by a receiver having at least one policy affecting receipt of collections, comprising:
- receiving a manifest for a work comprising a description of data stored by the collection, a reference to a first digital resource, and meta-data describing the first digital content, wherein the manifest comprises a relationship between the reference and said meta-data so that the manifest includes structure corresponding to the work;
testing compliance of the description with the policy;
determining if the manifest can be edited to comply with the policy; and
responsive to determining the manifest cannot be edited, disposing of the manifest.
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Abstract
A manifest is created that represents a created work in electronic form. The manifest may reference multiple digital resources that together make up the good, as well as related resources not originally a part of the good. For example, an electronic version of a music album may include image files for the cover art, audio files for the songs, and text files for the lyrics. The manifest may include structured meta-data to facilitate finding, obtaining, exchanging the digital content. The manifest and referenced content may have associated meta-data describing, for example, manifest contents or distribution rules. A receiver of the manifest may apply global and/or user rules or policies to meta-data to determine what portions of the manifest, if any, comply thereto, and to edit or delete the manifest accordingly.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for processing a collection of digital content received by a receiver having at least one policy affecting receipt of collections, comprising:
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receiving a manifest for a work comprising a description of data stored by the collection, a reference to a first digital resource, and meta-data describing the first digital content, wherein the manifest comprises a relationship between the reference and said meta-data so that the manifest includes structure corresponding to the work;
testing compliance of the description with the policy;
determining if the manifest can be edited to comply with the policy; and
responsive to determining the manifest cannot be edited, disposing of the manifest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A digital content management system, comprising:
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a storage for storing digital content collections, wherein a collection comprises a link reference to digital content, and meta-data describing selected ones of said digital content and the collection;
a communication agent communicatively coupled to the storage;
a receiver communicatively coupled to the communication agent, said receiver configured to inspect said meta-data and process the collection accordingly;
a transmitter communicatively coupled to the communication agent, said transmitter configured to inspect the reference to digital content to confirm retrievability of the digital content, and to make the collection available to other digital content management systems;
a policy checker configured to check digital content collections received by the communication agent against a policy of the receiver;
a digital content collection editor, communicatively coupled to the policy checker, said editor configured to change digital content collections to comply with the policy; and
a digital content collection rejecter, communicatively coupled to said editor, said rejecter configured to reject received digital content collections;
wherein said digital content collection rejecter is configured to reject digital content collections that cannot be edited to comply with the policy. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising a machine accessible medium having instructions encoded thereon for processing a collection of digital content received by a receiver having at least one policy affecting receipt of collections, said instructions, which when executed by a machine, result in the machine performing:
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receiving a manifest for a work comprising a description of data stored by the collection, a reference to a first digital resource, and meta-data describing the first digital content, wherein the manifest comprises a relationship between the reference and said meta-data so that the manifest includes structure corresponding to the work;
testing compliance of the description with the policy;
determining if the manifest can be edited to comply with the policy; and
responsive to determining the manifest cannot be edited, disposing of the manifest. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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