Method and apparatus for providing a specific user interface in a system for managing content

• US 7,913,095 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2003
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Hsi-Cheng, Raley, Michael, Ta, Thanh, Chen, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Dada; Beemnet W
• Application Number:
  US10/425,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20050278793A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,883 Days
• Field of Search: 713/193, 713/164, 713/165, 713/166, 713/167, 726/28, 726/1, 726/26, 726/27, 726/29
• US Class Current: 713/193
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1083 Partial license transfers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/045 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing use of protected content by providing a specific user interface to an application program used to render the content. The method includes identifying a user interface description associated with content, building a specific user interface based on the user interface description, and replacing the standard user interface of an application program used to render the content with the specific user interface. The specific user interface can be unique to the user, unique to a Web site, or otherwise customized.

Claims

1. A method for enhancing use of protected content by replacing a standard user interface of a rendering application with a content specific user interface associated with specific content, said method comprising:

identifying a description of the content specific user interface associated with the content;

building the content specific user interface based on the description of the content specific user interface;

hiding the standard user interface of the rendering application;

enabling the content specific user interface for use by the rendering application while the content is being rendered, and

rendering the content with the rendering application while using the content specific user interface associated with the content,

wherein the hiding and enabling steps are used in combination to replace the standard user interface of the rendering application with the content specific user interface associated with the content.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said step of identifying comprises identifying a reference to the user interface description contained in the content.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said step of building comprises executing a software component referenced by the content in accordance with the user interface description.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the content is protected with usage rights associated with the content.

5. A method as recited in claim 4, wherein the usage rights specify a manner of use of the content.

6. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the usage rights further specify conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the application program is a Web browser.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said content specific user interface is specific to the content.

9. A method as recited in claim 4, wherein said content specific user interface is based on the usage rights.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said content specific user interface is specific to the supplier of the content.

11. A method as recited in claim 4, wherein said content specific user interface presents a choice of manners of use specified by the usage rights.

12. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein said content specific user interface presents a choice of conditions that must be satisfied to exercise a manner of use.

13. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said content specific user interface comprises a tool bar displayed by the application program.

14. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the software component is a Java applet.

15. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the software component is an ActiveX control.

16. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the software component is executed in response to rendering of the content by the application program.

33. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of hiding the standard user interface of the rendering application comprises the step of removing the standard user interface of the rendering application.

17. A system for enhancing use of content by replacing a standard user interface of a rendering application with a content specific user interface associated with specific content, said system comprising:

means for identifying a description of the content specific user interface associated with the content;

means for building the content specific user interface based on the description of the content specific user interface;

means for hiding the standard user interface of the rendering application;

means for enabling the content specific user interface for use by the rendering application while the content is being rendered, and

means for rendering the content with the rendering application while using the content specific user interface associated with the content,

wherein the means for hiding and the means for enabling are used in combination to replace the standard user interface of the rendering application with the content specific user interface associated with the content.

18. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein said means for identifying comprises means for identifying a reference to the user interface description contained in the content.

19. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein said means for building comprises means for executing a software component referenced by the content in accordance with the user interface description.

20. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein the content is protected with usage rights associated with the content.

21. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the usage rights specify a manner of use of the content.

22. A system as recited in claim 21, wherein the usage rights further specify conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use.

23. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein the application program is a Web browser.

24. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein said content specific user interface is specific to the content.

25. A system as recited in claim 20, wherein said content specific user interface is based on the usage rights.

26. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein said content specific user interface is specific to the supplier of the content.

27. A system as recited in claim 20, wherein said content specific user interface presents a choice of manners of use specified by the usage rights.

28. A system as recited in claim 27, wherein said content specific user interface presents a choice of conditions that must be satisfied to exercise a manner of use.

29. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein said content specific user interface comprises a tool bar displayed by the application program.

30. A system as recited in claim 19, wherein the software component is a Java applet.

31. A system as recited in claim 19, wherein the software component is an ActiveX control.

32. A system as recited in claim 19, wherein the software component is executed in response to rendering of the content by the application program.

34. A system as recited in claim 17, wherein the means for hiding the standard user interface of the rendering application comprises means for removing the standard user interface of the rendering application.