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US 2014/0373113 A1Published application
Trust Based Digital Rights Management Systems
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorArnaud Robert
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Abstract
A system and method for allowing access to digitally protected content are disclosed. License metadata and credentials from multiple types of digital rights management systems may be used to grant access to content protected by a different type of digital rights management system. Hierarchical levels of access to the content may be granted based on at least one of license metadata and credentials.
Claims21
1-56. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- receiving, using a processor, license metadata from an entity for accessing a digital content protected by a first digital rights management system, wherein the license metadata is associated with a second digital rights management system;
- verifying, using the processor, the license metadata associated with the second digital rights management system;
- deriving access data for accessing the digital content protected by the first digital rights management system using the license metadata associated with the second digital rights management system;
- and
- enabling access to the digital content using the access data;
- wherein the first digital rights management system is of a first type selected from an identity-based DRM system, a device-based DRM system and a domain-based DRM system, wherein the second digital rights management system is of a second type, and wherein the first type is different than the second type.
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A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive license metadata from an entity for accessing a digital content protected by a first digital rights management system, wherein the license metadata is associated with a second digital rights management system;
- verify the license metadata associated with the second digital rights management system;
- derive access data for accessing the digital content protected by the first digital rights management system using the license metadata associated with the second digital rights management system;
- and
- enable access to the digital content using the access data;
- wherein the first digital rights management system is of a first type selected from an identity-based DRM system, a device-based DRM system and a domain-based DRM system, wherein the second digital rights management system is of a second type, and wherein the first type is different than the second type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.