METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE IN A SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONTENT

• US 20110173701A1
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Hsi-Cheng, Raley, Michael, Ta, Thanh, Chen, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 8,489,900 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1083 Partial license transfers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/045 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing use of protected content by providing a specific user interface to an application program used to render the content. The method includes identifying a user interface description associated with content, building a specific user interface based on the user interface description, and replacing the standard user interface of an application program used to render the content with the specific user interface. The specific user interface can be unique to the user, unique to a Web site, or otherwise customized.

Claims

1. A system for enhancing use of content, said system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and containing programmed instructions causing the processor to execute a method comprising;

identifying a description of the content specific user interface associated with the content;

building the content specific user interface based on the description of the content specific user interface;

hiding the standard user interface of the rendering application;

enabling the content specific user interface for use by the rendering application while the content is being rendered, and

rendering the content with the rendering application while using the content specific user interface associated with the content,

wherein the hiding and enabling steps are used in combination to replace the standard user interface of the rendering application with the content specific user interface associated with the content.

2. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein a reference to the description of the content specific user interface is contained in the content.

3. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein a reference to the software component is provided by the content.

4. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the content is protected with usage rights associated with the content.

5. A system as recited in claim 4, wherein the usage rights specify a manner of use of the content.

6. A system as recited in claim 5, wherein the usage rights further specify conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use.

7. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the rendering application program is a Web browser.

8. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the content.

9. A system as recited in claim 4, wherein the content specific user interface is based on the usage rights.

10. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the supplier of the content.

11. A system as recited in claim 4, wherein the content specific user interface presents a choice of manners of use specified by the usage rights.

12. A system as recited in claim 11, wherein the content specific user interface presents a choice of conditions that must be satisfied to exercise a manner of use.

13. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the content specific user interface comprises a tool bar displayed by the rendering application.

14. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is a Java applet.

15. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is an ActiveX control.

16. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is executed in response to rendering of the content by the application program.

17. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the software component is programmed to remove the standard user interface of the rendering application.

18. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions recorded thereon for enhancing use of content, said computer readable medium comprising:

instructions for rendering content using a rendering application, the rendering application having a standard user interface;

instructions for building a content specific user interface based on a description of the content specific user interface using a software component;

instructions for hiding the standard user interface of the rendering application; and

instructions for enabling the content specific user interface for use by the rendering application while the content is being rendered,

wherein hiding the standard user interface is combined with enabling the content specific user interface to replace the standard user interface of the rendering application with the content specific user interface associated with the content.

19. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein a reference to the description of the content specific user interface is contained in the content.

20. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein a reference to the software component is provided by the content.

21. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content is protected with usage rights associated with the content.

22. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the usage rights specify a manner of use of the content.

23. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 22, wherein the usage rights further specify conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use.

24. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the rendering application program is a Web browser.

25. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the content.

26. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the content specific user interface is based on the usage rights.

27. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content specific user interface is specific to the supplier of the content.

28. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the content specific user interface presents a choice of manners of use specified by the usage rights.

29. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 28, wherein the content specific user interface presents a choice of conditions that must be satisfied to exercise a manner of use.

30. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the content specific user interface comprises a tool bar displayed by the rendering application.

31. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is a Java applet.

32. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is an ActiveX control.

33. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is executed in response to rendering of the content by the application program.

34. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the software component is programmed to remove the standard user interface of the rendering application.