Accessing in a rights locker system for digital content access control
First Claim
1. A method for digital content access control, comprising:
- determining digital content to be made accessible via a rights locker describing a user'"'"'s access rights for digital content associated with said rights locker;
determining enrollment authentication data;
sending a rights locker enrollment request to a rights locker provider, said rights locker enrollment request comprising a digital content request and said enrollment authentication data; and
receiving an authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending, said authenticated rights locker access request for subsequent use in accessing digital content associated with said rights locker.
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Abstract
Access to digital content may be controlled by determining digital content to be made accessible via a rights locker describing a user'"'"'s access rights for digital content associated with the rights locker, determining enrollment authentication data, and sending a rights locker enrollment request to a rights locker provider, where the rights locker enrollment request comprises a digital content request and the enrollment authentication data. An authenticated rights locker access request is received in response to the sending, where the authenticated rights locker access request is for subsequent use in accessing digital content associated with the rights locker.
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100 Claims
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1. A method for digital content access control, comprising:
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determining digital content to be made accessible via a rights locker describing a user'"'"'s access rights for digital content associated with said rights locker;
determining enrollment authentication data;
sending a rights locker enrollment request to a rights locker provider, said rights locker enrollment request comprising a digital content request and said enrollment authentication data; and
receiving an authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending, said authenticated rights locker access request for subsequent use in accessing digital content associated with said rights locker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for digital content access control, comprising:
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determining a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
sending said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
receiving an authenticated digital content request and a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending;
sending said authenticated digital content request; and
receiving said digital content in response to said sending said authenticated digital content request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for digital content access control, comprising:
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determining a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
sending said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
receiving a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending; and
receiving said digital content in response to said sending. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for digital content access control, the method comprising:
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determining digital content to be made accessible via a rights locker describing a user'"'"'s access rights for digital content associated with said rights locker;
determining enrollment authentication data;
sending a rights locker enrollment request to a rights locker provider, said rights locker enrollment request comprising a digital content request and said enrollment authentication data; and
receiving an authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending, said authenticated rights locker access request for subsequent use in accessing digital content associated with said rights locker. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for digital content access control, the method comprising:
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determining a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
sending said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
receiving an authenticated digital content request and a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending;
sending said authenticated digital content request; and
receiving said digital content in response to said sending said authenticated digital content request. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for digital content access control, the method comprising:
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determining a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
sending said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
receiving a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending; and
receiving said digital content in response to said sending. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus for digital content access control, comprising:
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means for determining digital content to be made accessible via a rights locker describing a user'"'"'s access rights for digital content associated with said rights locker;
means for determining enrollment authentication data;
means for sending a rights locker enrollment request to a rights locker provider, said rights locker enrollment request comprising a digital content request and said enrollment authentication data; and
means for receiving an authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending, said authenticated rights locker access request for subsequent use in accessing digital content associated with said rights locker. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An apparatus for digital content access control, comprising:
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means for determining a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
means for sending said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
means for receiving an authenticated digital content request and a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending;
means for sending said authenticated digital content request; and
means for receiving said digital content in response to said sending said authenticated digital content request. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus for digital content access control, comprising:
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means for determining a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
means for sending said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
means for receiving a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending; and
means for receiving said digital content in response to said sending. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. An apparatus for digital content access control, comprising:
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a memory for storing said digital content; and
a processor configured to;
determine digital content to be made accessible via a rights locker describing a user'"'"'s access rights for digital content associated with said rights locker;
determine enrollment authentication data;
send a rights locker enrollment request to a rights locker provider, said rights locker enrollment request comprising a digital content request and said enrollment authentication data; and
receive an authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending, said authenticated rights locker access request for subsequent use in accessing digital content associated with said rights locker. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. An apparatus for digital content access control, comprising:
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a memory for storing said digital content; and
a processor configured to;
determine a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
send said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
receive an authenticated digital content request and a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending;
send said authenticated digital content request; and
receive said digital content in response to said sending said authenticated digital content request. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. An apparatus for digital content access control, comprising:
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a memory for storing said digital content; and
a processor configured to;
determine a digital content specification and associated authenticated rights locker access request;
send said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification;
receive a new authenticated rights locker access request in response to said sending; and
receive said digital content in response to said sending. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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Specification