System for handling digital rights and keys in business-to-business applications, computer software program, computer software modules and software products therefore

Conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in business-to-business applications of a plurality of actors including rights owners and rights consumers, comprising matching the keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels with a network of business relations defining a network of trust between the different actors.

Conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, the system comprising decomposing the logical path between the rights owner and the rights consumer into a succession of point-to-point communications between actors or groups of actors, and by sharing information that allows identifying actors or groups of actors and establishing secure communications between these actors or groups of actors.

Conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, the system matching keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels with a network of business relations defining a network of trust between the different actors.

Computer software and/or hardware product for running a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, the computer software and/or hardware modules comprising modules of the following types:

• distributor software module that will allow a distributor to define rights and obligations attached to a content;
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• theatre software or hardware module operating in a server, in a computer or in a specific device placed in a theatre that will receive and process the keys and rights and enable one or several projectors to make a projection.

A distributor software module for use in a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, comprising a software package that will allow a distributor to define rights and obligations attached to a content.

An intermediary office software for use in a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, comprising an intermediary office software package that will allow the intermediary to receive rights and keys, to process them and send them to other actors of the system.

A software or hardware module for use in a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, comprising a software or hardware package operating in a server, in a computer or in a specific device placed in a theatre that will receive and process the keys and rights and enable one or several projectors to make a projection.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer software for running a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, comprising modules of the following types:

• distributor software module that will allow a distributor to define rights and obligations attached to a content;
• and
• theatre software module operating in a server, in a computer or in a specific device placed in a theatre that will receive and process the keys and rights and enable one or several projectors to make a projection.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon a distributor software module for use in a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, comprising a software package that will allow a distributor to define rights and obligations attached to a content.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon an intermediary office software for use in a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, comprising an intermediary office software package that will allow the intermediary to receive rights and keys, to process them and send them to other actors of the system.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon a software for use in a conditional access system for the distribution and management of digital rights and keys in a digital cinema network comprising keys communication channels and digital rights communication channels, comprising a software package operating in a server, in a computer or in a specific device placed in a theatre that will receive and process the keys and rights and enable one or several projectors to make a projection.