Digital Rights Management Leveraging Motion or Environmental Traits

• US 20170277868A1
• Filed: 03/24/2016
• Published: 09/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Anantharaman, Arun
• Granted Patent: US 10,346,594 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• 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 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Digital rights management techniques are used to control access to items of content based on motion or environmental traits. Data is collected that describes motion or environmental traits associated with a request to access content, the request received from a user. A determination is made from the data using a digital rights management module embedded as part of the content as to whether the motion or environmental traits meet specified traits of a motion or environmental behavior of a digital rights management policy enforced by the digital rights management module for at least one item of the content. Responsive to a determination that the specified traits are met, access to the at least one item of the content is permitted by the embedded digital rights management module.

Claims

1. In a digital medium environment to control access to at least one item of content by digital rights management functionality embedded as part of the content, a method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:

collecting data, by the computing device, that describes motion traits involving physical motion associated with a request received from the user to access the content;

determining from the data using a digital rights management module embedded as part of the content whether the motion traits meet specified traits of a motion behavior of a digital rights management policy enforced by the digital rights management module for the at least one item of the content; and

responsive to a determination that the specified traits are met, permitting access to the least one item of the content by the embedded digital rights management module.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the collecting of the data describing the motion traits further comprises receiving the data from one or more motion sensors that describe motion of the user.

3. The method as described in claim 2, wherein the one or more motion sensors are configured as an accelerometer, positioning system, inertia detection device, or magnetometer.

4. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the specified traits indicate an amount of motion that is allowed to permit the access to the at least one item of the content.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the specified traits indicate a series of successively greater amounts of motion and corresponding greater restrictions on access to respective items of the content.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the specified traits indicate type of motion to be exhibited by a user.

7. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the permitting of the access involves whether the at least one item of the content is viewable by the user.

8. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the permitting of the access involves whether the at least one item of the content is configured for editing by the user.

9. In a digital medium environment to control access to at least one item of content by digital rights management functionality embedded as part of the content, a method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:

collecting data, by the computing device, that describes environmental traits associated with a request received from the user to access the content;

determining from the data using a digital rights management module embedded as part of the content whether the environmental traits meet specified traits of an environmental behavior of a digital rights management policy enforced by the digital rights management module for the at least one item of the content; and

responsive to a determination that the specified traits are met, permitting access to the least one item of the content by the embedded digital rights management module.

10. The method as described in claim 9, wherein the collecting of the data describing the environmental traits is performed by receiving the data from one or more environmental sensors that describe traits of an environment associated with the user.

11. The method as described in claim 10, wherein the environmental sensors include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an ambient light sensor, an ultraviolet light sensor, a thermometer, a microphone, an optical sensor, or a barometer.

12. The method as described in claim 10, wherein the specified traits involve a likelihood that the user is participating in a particular activity.

13. The method as described in claim 9, wherein the collecting of the data describing the environmental traits is performed by receiving the data from one or more environmental sensors that describe physical traits associated with the user.

14. The method as described in claim 13, wherein the environmental sensors include a heart rate sensor, a skin temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, or a galvanic skin response sensor.

15. The method as described in claim 13, wherein the specified traits involve a likelihood that the user exhibits a particular emotion and the permitting of the access is permitted responsive to a likelihood that the user is exhibits the emotion.

16. The method as described in claim 13, wherein the specified traits involve physical traits indicating a likelihood that the user is physically fit to perform an activity described by the at least one item of content.

17. In a digital medium environment to control access to at least one item of content by digital rights management functionality embedded as part of the content, a system comprising:

one or more sensors that detect motion or environmental traits associated with a user; and

a digital rights management module implemented at least partially in hardware of a computing device, the digital rights management module embedded as part of the content and configured to control access to the at least one item of content, the digital rights management module including;

a data collection module implemented at least partially in the hardware of the computing device and configured to collect data from one or more sensors; and

an access control module implemented at least partially in the hardware of the computing device and configured to control access to the at least one item of content based on a determination from the data as to whether the motion or environmental traits meet specified traits of a behavior of a digital rights management policy.

18. The system as described in claim 17, wherein the motion traits involve a speed, at which, the user is moving or identifying which of a plurality of types of motion are exhibited by the user.

19. The system as described in claim 17, wherein the specified traits involve a likelihood that the user is agitated and the permitting of the access is permitted responsive to a determination of a likelihood that the user is not agitated.

20. The system as described in claim 17, wherein the specified traits involve a likelihood that the user is participating in a particular activity.