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

• US 8,489,900 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Issued: 07/16/2013
• 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: Raley, Michael, Chen, Daniel, Wu, Hsi-Cheng, Ta, Thanh
• Primary Examiner(s): DADA, BEEMNET W
• Application Number:
  US13/052,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20110173701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 713/164, 713/165, 713/166, 713/167, 713/193, 726/1, 726/26, 726/27, 726/28, 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. An apparatus for enhancing use of content, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to;

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

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

hide the standard user interface of a rendering application;

enable the content specific user interface for use by the rendering application, and

render 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. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein a reference to the description of the content specific user interface is contained in the content.

3. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein a reference to the software component is provided by the content.

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

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

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

7. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the rendering application program is a Web browser.

8. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the content.

9. The apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein the content specific user interface is based on the usage rights.

10. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the supplier of the content.

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

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

13. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the content specific user interface comprises a tool bar displayed by the rendering application.

14. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is a Java applet.

15. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is an ActiveX control.

16. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is executed in response to rendering of the content by the application program.

17. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is programmed to remove the standard user interface of the rendering application.

18. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:

render content using a rendering application, the rendering application having a standard user interface;

build a content specific user interface based on a description of the content specific user interface using a software component;

hide the standard user interface of the rendering application; and

enable the content specific user interface for use by the rendering application,

wherein hiding the standard user interface is combined with enabling the content specific user interface to replace the standard user interface of the rendering application with the content specific user interface associated with the content.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein a reference to the description of the content specific user interface is contained in the content.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein a reference to the software component is provided by the content.

21. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content is protected with usage rights associated with the content.

22. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the usage rights specify a manner of use of the content.

23. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 22, wherein the usage rights further specify conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use.

24. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the rendering application program is a Web browser.

25. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the content.

26. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the content specific user interface is based on the usage rights.

27. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the supplier of the content.

28. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the content specific user interface presents a choice of manners of use specified by the usage rights.

29. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 28, wherein the content specific user interface presents a choice of conditions that must be satisfied to exercise a manner of use.

30. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content specific user interface comprises a tool bar displayed by the rendering application.

31. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is a Java applet.

32. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is an ActiveX control.

33. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is executed in response to rendering of the content by the application program.

34. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is programmed to remove the standard user interface of the rendering application.