Method and system for managing rights in digital information over a network
First Claim
1. A method of distributing digital information, comprising:
- registering a digital object containing said digital information;
registering an access device for receiving said digital object;
requesting that access to said digital object be granted to said access device;
transmitting said digital object to said access device;
registering said digital object as being in use by said access device; and
denying further transmission of said digital object to any other access device while said digital object is in use by said access device transferring access to said digital object from said one of said plurality of access devices to a non-registered access device, not stored as one of said registry; and
disabling access to said digital object to said plurality of access devices stored in said registry while said non-registered access device has access to said digital object.
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Abstract
A method and system for distributing digital information is disclosed. Preferably, a user acquires a tangible object which contain a code authorizing access to the digital information. The user reads the tangible object through a reader, which sends the code to a server on which the digital information is stored. The server then authorizes access to the digital information to one or more access devices listed in registries belonging to the user. The user may use the digital information on the terms he agrees to, and, while in use by the user, access to the digital information to other users or other playback devices is disabled. Once the user no longer is using the digital information, the access device erases the digital information, and signals the server that the digital information is no longer in use, thereby re-enabling access to the digital information by the other playback devices listed in the registry.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of distributing digital information, comprising:
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registering a digital object containing said digital information; registering an access device for receiving said digital object; requesting that access to said digital object be granted to said access device; transmitting said digital object to said access device; registering said digital object as being in use by said access device; and denying further transmission of said digital object to any other access device while said digital object is in use by said access device transferring access to said digital object from said one of said plurality of access devices to a non-registered access device, not stored as one of said registry; and
disabling access to said digital object to said plurality of access devices stored in said registry while said non-registered access device has access to said digital object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of distributing digital information, comprising:
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a first registry for registering a digital object containing said digital information; an access device for receiving said digital object; means for requesting that access to said digital object be granted to said access device; a first transmitter for transmitting said digital object to said access device; a controller for registering said digital object as being in use by said access device; and a manager for denying further transmission of said digital object to any other access device while said digital object is in use by said access device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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