Trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce electronic transactions and rights management
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic appliance of an end user, an electronic secure container including one or more digital properties and associated controls, the associated controls indicating one or more permitted uses of the one or more digital properties;
making at least one use of at least one of the one or more digital properties, the at least one use being made in accordance with the associated controls, the associated controls being enforced by a protected processing environment running on the end user'"'"'s electronic appliance;
storing information relating to the at least one use;
automatically effectuating enhanced usage permissions of the one or more digital properties for the end user in exchange for collecting additional or more finely-grained auditing information; and
sending auditing information to a remote site for use in compensating a holder of rights in the at least one of the one or more digital properties.
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Abstract
An integrated, modular array of administrative and support services are provided for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting transaction-related capabilities over electronic networks, and can also be adapted to the specific needs of electronic commerce value chains. In one embodiment a Distributed Commerce Utility having a secure, programmable, distributed architecture provides these administrative and support services. The Distributed Commerce Utility may comprise a number of Commerce Utility Systems. These Commerce Utility Systems provide a web of infrastructure support available to, and reusable by, the entire electronic community and/or many of its participants. Different support functions can be collected together in hierarchical and/or networked relationships to suit various business models or other objectives. Modular support functions can be combined in different arrays to form different Commerce Utility Systems for different design implementations and purposes.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an electronic appliance of an end user, an electronic secure container including one or more digital properties and associated controls, the associated controls indicating one or more permitted uses of the one or more digital properties; making at least one use of at least one of the one or more digital properties, the at least one use being made in accordance with the associated controls, the associated controls being enforced by a protected processing environment running on the end user'"'"'s electronic appliance; storing information relating to the at least one use; automatically effectuating enhanced usage permissions of the one or more digital properties for the end user in exchange for collecting additional or more finely-grained auditing information; and sending auditing information to a remote site for use in compensating a holder of rights in the at least one of the one or more digital properties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an electronic appliance of a consumer, a secure container including a digital property, the digital property having one or more controls associated therewith, and the consumer'"'"'s electronic appliance including a protected processing environment operable to use the one or more controls to govern use of the digital property; at the consumer'"'"'s electronic appliance, making at least one use of the digital property in accordance with the one or more controls; sending, from the consumer'"'"'s electronic appliance to a clearinghouse, information regarding the digital property and/or the at least one use of the digital property; automatically effectuating the provision of enhanced usage permissions of the digital property for the consumer in exchange for collection of additional or more finely-grained usage; and at the clearinghouse, effecting a crediting of a financial account associated with a first entity holding rights in the digital property. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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