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US 2006/0232449 A1Published application
Retention of information about digital-media rights in transformed digital media content
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAmit Jain, Benjamin Cutter, Brian Evans, Clifford Strom
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Abstract
Described herein are one or more implementations for transforming (e.g., transcoding) DRM-protected digital media content while retaining associated DRM-information (e.g., a user license its related information).
Claims20
A method comprising the acts of:
- transforming subject digital media content into transformed digital media content, wherein the subject digital media content is configured for management by digital rights management technology (“DRM-protected”) and the subject digital media content has associated DRM-information;
- retaining the DRM-information associated with the subject digital media content with the transformed digital media content.
A method comprising the acts of:
- facilitating selection of subject digital media content;
- in response to a determination that the subject digital media content is configured for management by digital rights management technology (“DRM-protected”), performing the acts comprising:
- transforming the subject DRM-protected digital media content into transformed digital media content, the subject DRM-protected digital media content having associated DRM-information;
- retaining the DRM-information associated with the subject DRM-protected digital media content with the transformed digital media content.
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A method comprising the acts of:
- unprotecting DRM-protected subject digital media content, the DRM-protected subject digital media content being configured for management by digital rights management technology (“DRM-protected”) and having associated DRM-information
- transforming the unprotected subject digital media content into transformed digital media content;
- associating the DRM-information associated with the subject DRM-protected digital media content with the transformed digital media content protecting the transformed digital media content so that it is DRM-protected.
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