Digital rights management apparatus , methods and multimedia products using biometric data
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorCherif Keramane
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Abstract
Biometric data, such as fingerprint data, of at least one authorized user of a digital multimedia product is embedded into a digital multimedia product, to thereby control use of the digital multimedia product by a prospective user who obtains access to the digital multimedia product. The digital multimedia product, including the biometric data of the at least one authorized user that is embedded therein, is stored in a digital storage medium. At least some use of the digital multimedia product by a prospective user is prevented upon failure to match biometric data of the prospective user to the biometric data that is embedded in the digital multimedia product.
Claims39
A digital rights management method comprising:
- embedding biometric data of at least one authorized user of a digital multimedia product into the digital multimedia product to thereby control use of the digital multimedia product by a prospective user who obtains access to the digital multimedia product.
A digital rights management method comprising:
- preventing at least some use of a digital multimedia product by a prospective user upon failure to match biometric data of the prospective user to biometric data that is embedded in the digital multimedia product.
A digital multimedia product comprising a digital storage medium having digital data embodied in the medium, the digital data comprising:
- a digital multimedia file;
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- biometric data of at least one authorized user of the digital multimedia product.
Apparatus for producing a digital multimedia product comprising:
- means for obtaining a digital multimedia file;
- means for obtaining biometric data of at least one authorized user of the digital multimedia product;
- means for embedding the biometric data of the at least one authorized user of the digital multimedia product into the digital multimedia file;
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- means for storing the digital multimedia file including the biometric data that is embedded therein in a digital storage medium.
Apparatus for rendering a digital multimedia product comprising:
- means for obtaining biometric data of a prospective user of the digital multimedia product;
- means for reading the digital multimedia product to obtain biometric data that is embedded in the digital multimedia product;
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- means for preventing at least some rendering of the digital multimedia product upon failure to match the biometric data of the prospective user to the biometric data that is embedded in the digital multimedia product.
Apparatus for producing a digital multimedia product comprising:
- a subsystem that is configured to obtain a digital multimedia file;
- a biometric device that is configured to obtain biometric data of at least one authorized user of the digital multimedia product;
- a module that is configured to embed the biometric data of the at least one authorized user of the digital multimedia product into the digital multimedia file;
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- a digital multimedia product producer that is configured to store the digital multimedia file including the biometric data that is embedded therein in a digital storage medium.
Apparatus for rendering a digital multimedia product comprising:
- a biometric device that is configured to obtain biometric data of a prospective user of the digital multimedia product;
- a digital multimedia product renderer that is configured to obtain biometric data that is embedded in the digital multimedia product;
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- a controller that is configured to prevent at least some rendering of the digital multimedia product by the renderer upon failure to match the biometric data of the prospective user to the biometric data that is embedded in the digital multimedia product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.