Distribution of content
OwnerTimo Elomaa, Vesa Palomakiinventors
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Abstract
Improvements in and relating to the distribution of content A content distribution system is described in which indicia 51 defining a level of copyright control are encapsulated together with content 31 to which it relates in a datagram 33 for a delivery over a network 1. Depending on the level of copyright control defined by the indicia 51, a terminal 3 receiving the content 31 is restricted in the operations it can carry out on the content including saving 55, reading 53 and forwarding 57 the content.
Claims18
A content distribution control system comprises a network having at least one terminal connected thereto, a content creation tool operable to assign indicia representative of a pre-determined level of control of said content, said content being subsequently made available to said network and said at least one terminal being responsive to said indicia to permit operations in relation to said content received from said network.
A terminal having a first memory into which content is receivable, a second memory and a user interface operatively associated with said memories, such that a set of operations of said user interface in relation to said content received into said first memory is permitted by reference to said content, at least one of said operations permitted by said content being a transfer of said content to said second memory, wherein a set of operations of said user interface in relation to said same content when received into said second memory is similarly permitted by reference to said content.
A method of creating content for controlled distribution comprises defining indicia representative of respective levels of control of content, determining a level of control appropriate to said content and assigning indicia to said content in accordance with said determination.
A method of receiving content including indicia representative of allowable operations in respect of said content, comprises receiving said content into a first memory, generating a list of allowable operations in relation to said content from said indicia and displaying said list to a user.
A user interface for a terminal, wherein the interface is operable in accordance with an indicia associated with content received by the terminal, said indicia being representative of a pre-determined level of control of content, to permit operations available to a user of said terminal in relation to said content, said operations including the transfer of said content from volatile storage, into which content is received from said network, to user accessible storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.