# US 2014/0156044 A1 · Dynamic negotiation and authorization system to record rights-managed content

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- Number: US 2014/0156044 A1
- Document ID: US20140156044A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/706,092
- Filed: 2012-12-05
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05
- Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Gregory J. Boss; James R. Kozloski; Clifford A. Pickover; Anne R. Sand
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156044A1

## CPC

- G06Q 50/184: {Intellectual property management}
- G06F 17/00: Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00)
- G06F 21/10: Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material (protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16) {; Digital rights management [DRM]}
- H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources}
- H04N 1/00342: {with a radio frequency tag transmitter or receiver (storage of additional information in an RFID tag attached to an image bearing paper sheet H04N1/32138)}
- H04N 1/32106: {separate from the image data, e.g. in a different computer file}
- H04N 2101/00: Still video cameras
- H04N 2201/0084: Digital still camera
- H04N 2201/3225: of data relating to an image, a page or a document
- H04N 2201/3278: Transmission
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A content recording system comprises a digital media recording device to record content. A rights-management module is in electrical communication with the digital media recording device to detect a desired recording performed by the digital media recording device. The rights-management module further communicates digital rights information of a rights-managed content to the digital recording device. The recording of the rights-managed content is performed according to the digital rights information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A content recording system, comprising:
a digital media recording device to record content; and
a rights-management module in electrical communication with the digital media recording device to communicate digital rights information of the rights-managed content to the digital recording device, the digital media recording device configured to record a rights-managed content according to the digital rights information,
wherein the rights-management module comprises:
a content identifier module in electrical communication with the digital media recording device, the content identifier module configured to detect the desired recording of a desired content and to determine whether the desired content is a right-managed content; and
a negotiation module in electrical communication with the content identifier module and the digital media recording device, the negotiation module configured to determine at least one recording condition of included with the digital rights information and to communicate the at least one condition to the digital media recording device in response to determining the right-managed content.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The content recording system of claim 1, wherein the digital media recording device includes a user interface configured to display the digital rights information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The content recording system of claim 2, wherein the user interface includes at least one selection key to input an accept command that accepts the at least one condition and to input a decline command that declines the at least one condition.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The content recording system of claim 3, wherein the digital media recording device operates in a first mode in response to the accept command and a second mode in response to the decline command, the first mode including one of recording the rights-managed content at a high image quality, or recording the image quality without restrictions, and the second mode including one of recording the rights-managed content at a low image quality less than the high image quality, or preventing recording of the rights-managed content.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The content recording system of claim 4, wherein the content identifier module and the negotiation module are coupled to the rights-managed content, each of the content identifier module and the negotiation module configured to wirelessly communicate with the digital recording device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The content recording system of claim 2, wherein the rights-management module comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) module coupled to the desired content, and wherein the RFID module communicates the digital rights information to at least one of the digital recording device and the content identifier module, and wherein the recording of a desired content by the digital media recording device is performed according to the digital rights information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The content recording system of claim 6, wherein the digital rights information includes at least one of location information, content provider information, terms and conditions that control recording of the desired content, a URL address of a server storing terms and conditions of the desired content, and a URL address of server storing a recording permit authorizing recording of the desired content.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The content recording system of claim 7, wherein the terms and conditions include at least one of payment terms, image quality conditions, sound quality conditions, and usage rights.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The content recording system of claim 2, wherein the digital media recording device is in electrical communication with a virtual simulation server to display a three-dimensional (3D) simulated environment on the user interface, and wherein the virtual simulation server detects a desired recording of a digital content appearing in the 3D simulated environment, communicates at least one condition to the digital media recording device corresponding to the digital content, and performs the recording of the digital content according to the at least one condition.

### Claim 10

A content recording system that dynamically negotiates terms and conditions of rights-managed content, comprising:
a digital media recording device configured to record a desired content located at recording location;
a location module configured to determine location information of the recording location;
a content identifier module in electrical communication with the location module to determine whether the desired content is a right-managed content based on the location information; and
a negotiation module in electrical communication with the content identifier module to receive identity information of the right-managed content and to communicate at least one condition of the right-managed content to the digital media recording device prior to recording the right-managed content.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The content recording system of claim 10, further comprising an ID confidence module configured to determine a confidence level corresponding to a likelihood that the desired content is a right-managed content.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The content recording system of claim 11, wherein the confidence level is based on at least one of pattern-recognition, color, movement, background, sound, user input information, and location information of the desired content.

### Claim 13

A digital media recording apparatus, comprising:
a content recording module configured to record a rights-managed content; and
a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a rights-management module to receive at least one condition corresponding to the rights-managed content, the content recording module configured to record the rights-managed content according to the at least one condition.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The digital media recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein the digital media recording device includes a user interface configured to display the at least one condition, and includes at least one selection key to input an accept command that accepts the at least one condition and a decline command that declines the at least one condition.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The digital media recording apparatus of claim 14, wherein the content recording module stores a record of at least one accepted condition in response to the accept command.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The digital media recording apparatus of claim 15, wherein the at least one condition includes at least one of terms and conditions that control recording corresponding to the rights-managed content, a URL address of a server storing terms and conditions of the rights-managed content, and a URL address corresponding to a server that stores a recording permit authorizing recording of the rights-managed content.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The digital media recording apparatus of claim 16, wherein the content recording module automatically communicates a recorded rights-managed content and the record of at least one accepted condition to a data server, the data server providing an application that automatically displays information identifying the recorded rights-managed content and the at least one accepted condition in a graphical user interface.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The digital media recording apparatus of claim 17, wherein the terms and conditions include at least one of payment terms in exchange for recording authorization, image quality conditions, sound quality conditions, and usage rights of a recorded desired content.

### Claim 19

A digital audio recording device, comprising:
an audio recording module configured to record a desired audio content; and
a confidence module that receives the desired audio content, determines a confidence level based on a comparison between the desired audio content to a predetermined audio content, and determines the desired content is a rights-managed content in response to the confidence level exceeding a threshold level; and
a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a rights-management module to receive at least one condition corresponding to the rights-managed audio content, the audio recording module configured to record the audio rights-managed content according to the at least one condition.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The digital audio recording apparatus of claim 19, wherein the audio recording module operates in a first mode in response to accepting the at least one condition and a second mode in response to declining the at least one condition, the first mode including one of recording the rights-managed content at a high sound quality, or recording the rights-managed audio content without restrictions, and the second mode including one of recording the rights-managed audio content at a low sound quality less than the high sound quality, or preventing recording of the rights-managed audio content.

### Claim at position 21

-25. (canceled)