Apparatus for rendering content

• US 9,479,483 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2004
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Erickson, John S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shiferaw, Eleni
• Assistant Examiner(s): CALLAHAN, PAUL E
• Application Number:
  US10/839,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,557 Days
• Field of Search: 705/57, 713/155, 713/164, 726/27, 726/31, 726/32
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2211/007 Encryption, En-/decode, En-/decipher, En-/decypher, Scramble, (De-)compress
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2211/008 Public Key, Asymmetric Key, Asymmetric Encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/103 applying security measure for protecting copyright
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data

Abstract

An apparatus to render content according to pre-established permissions associated with the content is provided. The apparatus includes: i) electronic processing circuitry; ii) executable instructions for execution by the processing circuitry, and iii) an output to render content. The executable instructions include instructions to control rendering of content according to pre-established permissions associated with the content. At a minimum, the rendering provides at least a preview of the content. The instructions further include instructions to facilitate communication with an external processor to obtain at least one of: i) content; and ii) supplemental permissions. The supplemental permissions extend permissible rendering of the content beyond the pre-established permissions.

Claims

1. An apparatus to render content according to pre-established permissions associated with the content, said apparatus comprising:

electronic processing circuitry;

executable instructions for execution by said processing circuitry, wherein the executable instructions further comprise instructions to maintain a bibliographic record associated with the content, said instructions to;

control rendering of content according to pre-established permissions associated with the content, wherein, at a minimum, the rendering comprises a preview of the content; and

facilitate communication with an external processor to obtain both at least a portion of content and supplemental permissions, wherein the supplemental permissions extend permissible rendering of the content beyond the pre-established permissions; and

an output through which content is rendered.

2. An apparatus to render content, said apparatus comprising:

electronic processing circuitry;

executable instructions for execution by said electronic processing circuitry, said instructions to;

open an object container comprising content, the object container including a representation of the content and a data identifier of the content;

control rendering of the representation of the content according to pre-established permissions associated with the object container or the content, wherein, at a minimum, the rendering comprises a preview of the content; and

provide entries to a sourceworks list, the sourceworks list including a bibliographic record of both at least a portion of the content and the object container; and

an output through which content is rendered.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the electronic processing circuitry comprises a microprocessor.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising memory with said executable instructions stored therein.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the memory comprises electronic memory circuitry.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the bibliographic record comprises a record of transfers associated with the content or object.

7. An apparatus to render content, said apparatus comprising:

electronic processing circuitry;

executable instructions for execution by said electronic processing circuitry, said instructions to;

open an object container comprising content, the object container including a representation of the content and a data identifier of the content;

control rendering of the representation of the content according to pre-established permissions associated with the object container or the content, wherein, at a minimum, the rendering comprises a preview of the content; and

provide entries to a sourceworks list, the sourceworks list including a bibliographic record of at least a portion of the content and the object container, wherein the bibliographic record comprises a listing of alterations to the content; and

an output through which content is rendered.

8. An apparatus to render content including;

an interface to allow communication with an external processor, the interface operable to receive both at least a portion of content and rendering rights, there through;

electronic processing circuitry;

executable instructions to be carried out by said electronic processing circuitry, said instructions to;

control rendering of content according to pre-established rights associated with the content, wherein, at a minimum, the rendering comprises at least a preview of the content; and

display, in connection with the content, the pre-established rights or subsequently obtained rights, the subsequently obtained rights extending the authorized rendering beyond that which is allowed by the pre-established rights;

an output through which content is rendered; and

a display through which the pre-established rights or subsequently obtained rights are displayed.