Pre-licensing of rights management protected content
First Claim
1. In a messaging system comprising a rights management server that controls the type of operations principals can perform on protected content and a message server that receives messages and makes them available to principals or their agents, a method of pre-licensing content subject to rights management in order to allow a principal access to the content when the principal does not have access to the rights management server, the method comprising acts of:
- receiving, by the message server, which is distinct from a rights management server, a message from a sending computing system, the message being subject to rights management in that access to at least a part of the message is controlled through a rights management server, the message server recognizing that the message is subject to rights management,receiving, by the message server, a publishing license from the sending computing system, the publishing license containing a rights expression identifying the at least part of the message subject to rights management, specifying one or more intended recipients for the at least part of the message subject to rights management, and specifying one or more rights for each of the one or more intended recipients, and wherein the rights expression limits the one or more principals'"'"' operation in at least one of re-licensing, printing, forwarding and sharing of the message, the publishing license being previously acquired by the sending computing system from the rights management server;
upon the message server recognizing that the message is subject to rights management, requesting from the rights management server, by the message server on behalf of one or more principals, at least one use license for allowing the one or more principals access to the message, wherein the request includes the publishing license to identify the at least part of the message subject to rights management to the rights management server;
the rights management server issuing to the message server one or more use licenses that allow one or more principals to access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without subsequent access to a rights management server;
receiving, by the message server on behalf of the one or more principals, the at least one use license so that the one or more principals may obtain the at least one use license from the message server and access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without the one or more principals having to request the at least one use license from a rights management server;
providing, by the message server, to at least one of the one or more principals, one or more of the at least one use license; and
receiving, by the principal, from the message server, the content and the use license such that the principal is enabled to access the content in accordance with the use license at a time when the principal does not have access to a rights management server.
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Abstract
The present invention allows for a pre-licensing process for content that is subject to rights management in order to allow a principal access to the content when the principal does not have access to the rights management server. Rather than requiring the principal to submit a rights account certificate and request for a use license to the rights management server, the present invention allows the message server to obtain a use license on behalf of the principal. Accordingly, the principal can access the use license from the message server and decrypt protected content without having to request the use license from the rights management server.
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44 Claims
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1. In a messaging system comprising a rights management server that controls the type of operations principals can perform on protected content and a message server that receives messages and makes them available to principals or their agents, a method of pre-licensing content subject to rights management in order to allow a principal access to the content when the principal does not have access to the rights management server, the method comprising acts of:
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receiving, by the message server, which is distinct from a rights management server, a message from a sending computing system, the message being subject to rights management in that access to at least a part of the message is controlled through a rights management server, the message server recognizing that the message is subject to rights management, receiving, by the message server, a publishing license from the sending computing system, the publishing license containing a rights expression identifying the at least part of the message subject to rights management, specifying one or more intended recipients for the at least part of the message subject to rights management, and specifying one or more rights for each of the one or more intended recipients, and wherein the rights expression limits the one or more principals'"'"' operation in at least one of re-licensing, printing, forwarding and sharing of the message, the publishing license being previously acquired by the sending computing system from the rights management server; upon the message server recognizing that the message is subject to rights management, requesting from the rights management server, by the message server on behalf of one or more principals, at least one use license for allowing the one or more principals access to the message, wherein the request includes the publishing license to identify the at least part of the message subject to rights management to the rights management server; the rights management server issuing to the message server one or more use licenses that allow one or more principals to access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without subsequent access to a rights management server; receiving, by the message server on behalf of the one or more principals, the at least one use license so that the one or more principals may obtain the at least one use license from the message server and access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without the one or more principals having to request the at least one use license from a rights management server; providing, by the message server, to at least one of the one or more principals, one or more of the at least one use license; and receiving, by the principal, from the message server, the content and the use license such that the principal is enabled to access the content in accordance with the use license at a time when the principal does not have access to a rights management server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a messaging system comprising a rights management server that controls the type of operations principals can perform on protected content and a message server that receives messages and makes them available to principals or their agents, a method of pre-licensing content subject to rights management in order to allow a principal access to the content when the principal does not have access to the rights management server, the method comprising steps for:
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receiving by a message server a message and a publishing license from a sending computing system, the message containing protected content; determining by the message server that the message received from a sending computing system contains protected content which is subject to rights management in that access to at least a part of the message is controlled through a rights management server, the rights management server issuing one or more user licenses that allow one or more principals to access the at least part of the message subject to rights management; upon determining by the message server that the message received from a sending computing system contains protected content, requesting by the message server from a rights management server at least one use license, the publishing license being previously acquired by the sending computing system from the rights management server, wherein the rights management server issues, to the message server, one or more use licenses that allow one or more principals to access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without subsequent access to a rights management server; and obtaining, from the rights management server, by the message server, which is distinct from the rights management server, on behalf of one or more principals, said at least one use license, and such that the use license provides the principal access to the content in accordance with the use license at a time when the principal does not have access to the rights management server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. In a messaging system comprising a rights management server that controls the type of operations principals can perform on protected content and a message server that receives messages and makes them available to principals or their agents, a computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media carrying computer executable instructions that implement a method of pre-licensing content subject to rights management in order to allow a principal access to the content when the principal does not have access to the rights management server, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the message server, which is distinct from a rights management server, a message from a sending computing system, the message being subject to rights management in that access to at least a part of the message is controlled through a rights management server, the message server recognizing that the message is subject to rights management, receiving, by the message server, a publishing license from the sending computing system, the publishing license containing a rights expression identifying the at least part of the message subject to rights management, specifying one or more intended recipients for the at least part of the message subject to rights management, and specifying one or more rights for each of the one or more intended recipients, and wherein the rights expression limits the one or more principals'"'"' operation in at least one of re-licensing, printing, forwarding and sharing of the message, the publishing license being previously acquired by the sending computing system from the rights management server; upon the message server recognizing that the message is subject to rights management, requesting from the rights management server, by the message server on behalf of one or more principals, at least one use license for allowing the one or more principals access to the message, wherein the request includes the publishing license to identify the at least part of the message subject to rights management to the rights management server; the rights management server issuing to the message server one or more use licenses that allow one or more principals to access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without subsequent access to a rights management server; receiving, by the message server on behalf of the one or more principals, the at least one use license so that the one or more principals may obtain the at least one use license from the message server and access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without the one or more principals having to request the at least one use license from a rights management server; providing, by the message server, to at least one of the one or more principals, one or more of the at least one use license; and receiving, by the principal, from the message server, the content and the use license such that the principal is enabled to access the content in accordance with the use license at a time when the principal does not have access to a rights management server. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. In a messaging system comprising a rights management server that controls the type of operations principals can perform on protected content and a message server that receives messages and makes them available to principals or their agents, a computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media carrying computer executable instructions that implement a method of pre-licensing content subject to rights management in order to allow a principal access to the content when the principal does not have access to the rights management server, the method comprising steps for:
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receiving by a message server a message and a publishing license from a sending computing system, the message containing protected content; determining by the message server that the message received from a sending computing system contains protected content which is subject to rights management in that access to at least a part of the message is controlled through a rights management server, the rights management server issuing one or more user licenses that allow one or more principals to access the at least bart of the message subject to rights management; upon determining by the message server that the message received from a sending computing system contains protected content, requesting by the message server from a rights management server at least one use license, the publishing license being previously acquired by the sending computing system from the rights management server, wherein the rights management server issues, to the message server, one or more use licenses that allow one or more principals to access the at least part of the message subject to rights management without subsequent access to a rights management server; and obtaining, from the rights management server, by the message server, which is distinct from the rights management server, on behalf of one or more principals, said at least one use license, and such that the use license provides the principal access to the content in accordance with the use license at a time when the principal does not have access to the rights management server. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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