Organization-based content rights management and systems, structures, and methods therefor
First Claim
1. A method of propagating rights management protection to an email and to an attachment of the email, the attachment comprising a rights-management-protectable attachment, the method comprising:
- generating a content key;
generating a bind identifier;
generating rights data including the generated content key and the generated bind identifier, wherein the rights data sets forth each entity having rights with respect to the email and the rights-management-protectable attachment, and wherein the rights data further sets forth a description of the particular rights associated with each entity;
applying rights management protection to the rights-management-protectable attachment of the email based on the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data, wherein the generated rights data is attached to the rights-management-protectable attachment;
attaching the rights-management-protectable attachment to the email; and
applying rights management protection to the email based on the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data, wherein the generated rights data is attached to the email, andwherein the rights-management-protected email and the rights-management-protectable attachment thereof share the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data such that a license obtained for the rights-management-protected email and having therein the generated bind identifier and the generated content key can be applied to render the rights-management-protected email and also the rights-management-protectable attachment thereof.
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Abstract
A method is employed to propagate rights management (RM) protection to an email and to an attachment thereof comprising an RM-protectable document. The email with the RM-protectable attachment is authored, and a content key (KD) and a bind ID are generated. RM protection is first applied to the RM-protectable attachment of the email based on the generated (KD) and the generated bind ID, and the RM-protected attachment is attached to the email. RM protection is then applied to the email with the attached RM-protected attachment based on the generated (KD) and the generated bind ID. The RM-protected email and the RM-protected attachment thereof thus share the generated (KD) and the generated bind ID such that a license obtained for the RM-protected email and having therein the generated bind ID and the generated (KD) can be applied to render the RM-protected email and also the RM-protected attachment thereof.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of propagating rights management protection to an email and to an attachment of the email, the attachment comprising a rights-management-protectable attachment, the method comprising:
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generating a content key; generating a bind identifier; generating rights data including the generated content key and the generated bind identifier, wherein the rights data sets forth each entity having rights with respect to the email and the rights-management-protectable attachment, and wherein the rights data further sets forth a description of the particular rights associated with each entity; applying rights management protection to the rights-management-protectable attachment of the email based on the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data, wherein the generated rights data is attached to the rights-management-protectable attachment; attaching the rights-management-protectable attachment to the email; and applying rights management protection to the email based on the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data, wherein the generated rights data is attached to the email, and wherein the rights-management-protected email and the rights-management-protectable attachment thereof share the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data such that a license obtained for the rights-management-protected email and having therein the generated bind identifier and the generated content key can be applied to render the rights-management-protected email and also the rights-management-protectable attachment thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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- 8. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon an email and an associated attachment, the email and the attachment being rights-management-protected, the attachment of the email being rights-management-protected based on a particular content key, a particular bind identifier, and common rights data attached to the attachment, the email with the rights-management-protected attachment itself being rights-management-protected based on the particular content key, the particular bind identifier, and the common rights data attached to the email, wherein the rights-management-protected email with the rights-management-protected attachment therein share the particular content key, the particular bind identifier, and the common rights data such that a license obtained for the rights-management-protected email and having therein the generated bind identifier and the generated content key can be applied to render the rights-management-protected email and also the rights-management-protected attachment therein, wherein the common rights data sets forth each entity having rights with respect to the email and the attachment and a description of the particular rights associated with each entity, and wherein the computer-readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions for storing the email and the associated attachment on the computer-readable storage medium.
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14. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for propagating rights management protection to an email and to an attachment of the email, the attachment comprising a rights-management-protectable attachment, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:
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generating a content key; generating a bind identifier; generating rights data including the generated content key and the generated bind identifier, wherein the rights data sets forth each entity having rights with respect to the email and the rights-management-protectable attachment, and wherein the rights data further sets forth a description of the particular rights associated with each entity; applying rights management protection to the rights-management-protectable attachment of the email based on the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data, wherein the generated rights data is attached to the rights-management-protectable attachment; attaching the rights-management-protectable attachment to the email; and applying rights management protection to the email based on the generated content key, the generated bind identifier, and the generated rights data, wherein the generated rights data is attached to the email and wherein the rights-management-protected email and the rights-management-protectable attachment thereof share the generated content key, the generated bindidentifier, and the generated rights data such that a license obtained for the rights-management-protected email and having therein the generated bind identifier and the generated content key can be applied to render the rights-management-protected email and also the rights-management-protectable attachment thereof. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising an email having an attachment, the email and the attachment being rights-management-protected, the attachment of the email being rights-management-protected based on a particular content key, a particular bind identifier, and common rights data attached to the attachment, the email with the rights-management-protected attachment itself being rights-management-protected based on the particular content key the particular bind identifier, and the common rights data attached to the email, wherein the rights-management-protected email with the rights-management-protected attachment therein share the particular content key, the particular bind identifier, and the common rights data such that a license obtained for the rights-management-protected email and having therein the generated bind identifier and the generated content key can be applied to render the rights-management-protected email and also the rights-management-protected attachment therein, and wherein the common rights data sets forth each entity having rights with respect to the email and the attachment and a description of the particular rights associated with each entity.
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