US 2016/0259947 A1Published application

Method and apparatus for managing access to electronic content

OwnerAlex Negrea, Dan Alexandru Gentea +2inventors

InventorsAlex Negrea, Dan Alexandru Gentea, Clement Cazalot, Uli P. Mittermaier

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Abstract

According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding content protection server for managing access to electronic content comprise retrieving access policies, or permissions, associated with a content item from a corresponding content sharing application, or rights issuer. The access policies are translated into a format recognizable by a digital rights management (DRM) engine, and forwarded to the DRM engine. The translated access policies are then provided by the DRM engine to a client device where the translated access policies are enforced in managing any potential access to the content item.

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Dependent claims

A method of updating digital rights management (DRM) access rights as applied to a DRM formatted content item, the method comprising:

receiving, by the content protection server from the DRM engine, a request for access rights for the DRM formatted content item when the user device requests access rights from the DRM engine;
retrieving, by a content protection server from a content sharing application, an updated indicator of access rights associated with the content item, wherein the updated access rights indicator is updated from a first access rights indicator when access rights to the content item are modified using the content sharing application;
translating, by one of the content protection server and the content sharing application, the updated indicator of access rights retrieved into a DRM format recognizable by a DRM engine;
and used by the DRM engine to allow permission for access by a user device to the DRM formatted content item.

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An apparatus for managing access to electronic content, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;
and a memory with computer code instructions stored thereon, the processor and the memory, with the computer code instructions stored thereon, being configured to:
receive from the DRM engine, a request for access rights for the DRM formatted content item when the user device requests access rights from the DRM engine;
retrieve from a content sharing application, an updated indicator of access rights associated with a content item, wherein the updated access rights indicator is updated from a first access rights indicator when access rights to the content item are modified using the content sharing application;
translate the updated indicator of access rights retrieved into a DRM format recognizable by a DRM engine;
and used by the DRM engine to a allow permission for access by a user device to the DRM formatted content item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/143,408Filed 29 Apr 2016
Priority: 2 Oct 2013
Published: 8 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 21/6209
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope,…
G06F 21/10
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting distributed…
G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
G06F 21/6236
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: between heterogeneous systems

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Application14/044,765Continuation · filed 2 Oct 2013
Application15/143,408Continuation
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