Content rights protection with arbitrary correlation of second content
First Claim
1. A method of content rights management, the method comprising:
- obtaining a conditional rule set defining a content usage policy, the conditional rule set contained in metadata associated with a first content and correlated to at least a second content;
obtaining the second content from a meta-content of the first content, the meta-content including at least one of analysis of the first content, analysis of at least one parameter of the first content, searchable time based reference data associated with the first content, or searchable location based reference data associated with the first content; and
determining, dynamically, access rights based on the content usage policy and user history parameters, in response to determining that a request for the second content, in conjunction with the user history parameters, complies, or does not comply, with the conditional rule set.
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Abstract
A disclosed content rights management system defines a content usage policy via a conditional rule set contained in metadata. The conditional rule set is correlated to at least one second content. An access control manager determines, dynamically, access rights conferrable to a user device or a server, based on the content usage policy and user history parameters. The embodiments may confer limited access rights for a first activity by a user device, or by a server, with respect to the protected content and the second content, and block a second activity with respect to the protected content and the second content, in response to determining that the request for the second content, in conjunction with the user history parameters, does not comply with the conditional rule set for the second activity.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of content rights management, the method comprising:
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obtaining a conditional rule set defining a content usage policy, the conditional rule set contained in metadata associated with a first content and correlated to at least a second content; obtaining the second content from a meta-content of the first content, the meta-content including at least one of analysis of the first content, analysis of at least one parameter of the first content, searchable time based reference data associated with the first content, or searchable location based reference data associated with the first content; and determining, dynamically, access rights based on the content usage policy and user history parameters, in response to determining that a request for the second content, in conjunction with the user history parameters, complies, or does not comply, with the conditional rule set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
an access control manager, operative to; obtain a conditional rule set defining a content usage policy, the conditional rule set contained in metadata associated with a first content and correlated to at least a second content; obtain the second content from a meta-content of the first content, the meta-content including at least one of analysis of the first content, analysis of at least one parameter of the first content, searchable time based reference data associated with the first content, or searchable location based reference data associated with the first content; and determine, dynamically, access rights based on the content usage policy and user history parameters, in response to determining that a request for the second content, in conjunction with the user history parameters, complies, or does not comply, with the conditional rule set. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of content rights management, the method comprising:
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conferring, dynamically, access rights to a user device or a server, based on a usage policy, the usage policy defined by a conditional rule set contained in metadata associated with a first content, the conditional rule set correlated to at least a second content; and obtaining the second content from a meta-content of the first content, the meta-content including at least one of analysis of the first content, analysis of at least one parameter of the first content, searchable time based reference data associated with the first content, or searchable location based reference data associated with the first content.
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