Method and apparatus for tracking states of digital works
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Abstract
A method, system and software for enforcing use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated therewith, including receiving a request to use a digital work; and determining at a non-centralized repository, whether the request should be granted based on usage rights associated with the digital work, wherein the usage rights include a manner of use for indicating how the digital work can be used, and status information relating to the state of the usage of the digital work; enforcing use of the digital work on a computing device in accordance with the manner of use if the result of the determining step is that the request should be granted; and accomplishing one or more transactions with respect to the digital work, including copy, transfer, loan, play, print, backup, restore, delete, directory, folder, extract, embed, edit, execute, authorization, install, and uninstall transactions.
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37. A computer-implemented method for enforcing use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital works, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to use a digital work;
determining at a non-centralized repository, whether the request should be granted based on usage rights associated with the digital work, wherein the usage rights include a manner of use for indicating how the digital work can be used, and the usage rights include status information relating to the state of the usage of the digital work;
enforcing use of the digital work on a computing device in accordance with the manner of use if the result of the determining step is that the request should be granted; and
accomplishing one or more transactions with respect to the digital work, wherein the transactions in the accomplishing step include at least one of copy, transfer, loan, play, print, backup, restore, delete, directory, folder, extract, embed, edit, execute, authorization, install, and uninstall transactions. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A system for enforcing use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital works, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a request to use a digital work;
means for determining at a non-centralized repository, whether the request should be granted based on usage rights associated with the digital work, wherein the usage rights include a manner of use for indicating how the digital work can be used, and the usage rights include status information relating to the state of the usage of the digital work;
means for enforcing use of the digital work on a computing device in accordance with the manner of use if the result of the determining step is that the request should be granted; and
means for accomplishing one or more transactions with respect to the digital work, wherein the transactions include at least one of copy, transfer, loan, play, print, backup, restore, delete, directory, folder, extract, embed, edit, execute, authorization, install, and uninstall transactions. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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