Protected content distribution system
AssigneeContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
InventorsKarimireddy Reddy, Guillermo Lao, Andrej Budo-Marek
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Abstract
A rights management system, method and device for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith by enforcement of the usage rights with repositories, including a client device adapted to request an item and receive the item and a usage right associated with the item and specifying a permitted manner of use of the item; and a server device adapted to send the item and the associated usage right to the client device in response to the request. The client device includes means for establishing a communication between the client device and a third party entity associated with the rights management system based on a received item and associated usage right.
Claims3
A rights management system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith by enforcement of the usage rights with repositories, the system comprising:
- a client device adapted to request an item and receive the item and a usage right associated with the item and specifying a permitted manner of use of the item;
- and
- a server device adapted to send the item and the associated usage right to the client device in response to the request;
- wherein the client device includes means for establishing a communication between the client device and a third party entity associated with the rights management system based on a received item and associated usage right.
A method of rights management for use in a system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith by enforcement of the usage rights with repositories, the method comprising:
- requesting via a client device an item;
- receiving the item and a usage right associated with the item and specifying a permitted manner of use of the item;
- sending via a server device the item and the associated usage right to the client device in response to the request;
- and
- establishing via means within the client device a communication between the client device and a third party entity associated with the rights management system based on a received item and associated usage right.
A device for use in a rights management system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith by enforcement of the usage rights with repositories, the device comprising:
- means for requesting an item and receiving the item and a usage right associated with the item and specifying a permitted manner of use of the item, wherein a server device is adapted to send the item and the associated usage right in response to the request;
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- means for establishing a communication with a third party entity associated with the rights management system based on a received item and associated usage right.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.