Digital rights management distribution system
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1. A method, comprising:
- performing by one or more computers of a digital rights management provider;
providing an executable application to a user computing platform implemented on a computer system different than said one or more computers;
receiving an unsigned license associated with a protected digital object and further associated with a user computing platform from a content distributor, wherein the protected digital object is provided to the user computing platform by the content distributor, wherein the content distributor controls none of said one or more computers or said different computer system and the executable application provided to the user computing platform is configured to read the protected digital object contingent upon the signed license being received by the user computing platform; and
providing to the content distributor, a signed license associated with the protected digital object and destined for the executable application of the user computing platform.
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Abstract
In an example embodiment, a digital content distributor may transmit an unsigned license associated with a protected digital object to a digital rights management provider. The digital rights management provider may digitally sign the license and may transmit the signed license to the digital content distributor.
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8 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
performing by one or more computers of a digital rights management provider; providing an executable application to a user computing platform implemented on a computer system different than said one or more computers; receiving an unsigned license associated with a protected digital object and further associated with a user computing platform from a content distributor, wherein the protected digital object is provided to the user computing platform by the content distributor, wherein the content distributor controls none of said one or more computers or said different computer system and the executable application provided to the user computing platform is configured to read the protected digital object contingent upon the signed license being received by the user computing platform; and providing to the content distributor, a signed license associated with the protected digital object and destined for the executable application of the user computing platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8)
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5. An article, comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on one or more computers of a digital rights management provider, are configured to;
provide an executable application to a user computing platform implemented on a computer system different than said one or more computers, the executable application provided to the user computing platform is configured to read the protected digital object contingent upon the signed license being received by the user computing platform; receive an unsigned license associated with a protected digital object and further associated with a user computing platform from a content distributor, wherein the protected digital object is provided to the user computing platform by the content distributor, wherein the content distributor controls none of said one or more computers or said different computer system; and provide to the content distributor, a signed license associated with the protected digital object and destined for the executable application of the user computing platform. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
- a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on one or more computers of a digital rights management provider, are configured to;
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