Application rights management in a mobile environment

A system suitable for enabling the distribution and usage of digital content protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) policies, the DRM policies being implemented by a wrapper which is added to the digital content, the DRM policies further being implemented without the need of a DRM agent on the mobile device, the system comprising:

• a. at least one mobile service provider for implementation of Digital Rights Management (DRM) policies and distribution of the digital content, the mobile service provider further comprising:
• i. a server for generating a license for the digital content to be downloaded, the license being generated on the basis of Digital Rights Management policies associated with the digital content to be downloaded;
• ii. means for packaging the digital content with the license;
• iii. means for delivering the digital content to the mobile device;
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• iv. means for updating the license on its expiry, the updating being done after fulfillment of preconditions as defined by the DRM policies;
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• b. at least one Java enabled mobile device for using the digital content provided through the mobile service provider.

A system suitable for enabling the distribution and usage of digital content protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) policies, the system being implemented on or in association with a mobile service provider, the mobile service provider having access to the digital content, the digital content being used by any Java-enabled mobile device, the DRM policies being implemented by a wrapper which is added to the digital content, the DRM policies further being implemented without the need of a DRM agent on the mobile device, the system comprising:

• a. a server for generating a license for the digital content to be downloaded, the license being generated on the basis of Digital Rights Management policies and a rights workflow associated with the digital content;
• b. means for packaging the digital content with the license to generate a rights protected digital content;
• c. means for updating the license on its expiry after the preconditions are fulfilled, the preconditions being defined in accordance with the license;
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• d. means for delivering the digital content to the mobile device.

A computer program product for enabling distribution and usage of digital content associated with Digital Rights Management (DRM) policies, a mobile service provider implementing the DRM policies on the digital content, the digital content being used by mobile users through their respective mobile devices, the mobile devices being Java enabled, the DRM policies being implemented by a wrapper which is added to the digital content, the DRM policies further being implemented without the need of a DRM agent on the mobile device, the computer program product comprising:

• a. a computer readable program means for associating Digital Rights Management policies with the digital content wherein the wrapper is added to the digital content for facilitating implementation of DRM policies on the mobile device;
• b. a computer readable program means for downloading the digital content along with the wrapper onto the mobile device;
• c. a computer readable program means for facilitating download of a license onto the mobile device, the license being generated on the basis of Digital Rights Management policies associated with the downloaded digital content;
• d. a computer readable program means for enabling fulfillment of preconditions for the digital content to be used, the preconditions being defined in accordance with the license;
• e. a computer readable program means for implementing the DRM policies on the mobile device wherein the wrapper allows the mobile user to use the digital content in accordance with the license;
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• f. a computer readable program means for allowing purchase of a license when the existing license expires without the need to download the digital content again.

A system for implementing DRM policies by adding a wrapper to digital content, the DRM policies being implemented without the need of a DRM agent on the mobile device, the system comprising:

• a. at least one content provider for providing the digital content;
• b. at least one mobile service provider for implementing DRM policies and distributing the digital content, the mobile service provider further comprising:
• i. a packager for generating the wrapper around the digital content wherein the wrapper facilitates implementation of DRM policies on the Java enabled mobile device;
• ii. a licensing server for generating a license for the digital content to be downloaded, the license being generated on the basis of DRM policies associated with the digital content to be downloaded;
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• iii. a content server for delivering the digital content to the Java enabled mobile device;
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• c. at least one Java enabled mobile device for using the digital content provided through the mobile service provider.