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US 8,554,684 B2Granted
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AssigneeIntarsia Software LLC
InventorMakoto Saito
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Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a utilization permit key may be pre-defined to permit at least one of displaying, editing, storing, copying, and/or transferring of digital data.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a utilization permit key at a computing device;
- decrypting encrypted data to produce decrypted data, wherein the decrypting is performed by the computing device using the utilization permit key;
- determining, based at least in part on the utilization permit key, a set of permitted operations;
- receiving a request for a specified operation;
- in response to determining that the set of permitted operations does not include the specified operation, preventing the specified operation.
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An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium having program instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a utilization permit key;
- decrypting encrypted data to produce decrypted data, wherein the decrypting is performed using the utilization permit key;
- determining, based at least in part on the utilization permit key, a set of permitted operations;
- receiving a request for a specified operation;
- in response to determining that the set of permitted operations does not include the specified operation, preventing the specified operation.
2 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory, coupled to the processor, having stored thereon program instructions executable to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a utilization permit key;
- decrypting encrypted data to produce decrypted data, wherein the decrypting is performed by using the utilization permit key;
- determining, based at least in part on the utilization permit key, a set of permitted operations;
- receiving a request for a specified operation;
- in response to determining that the set of permitted operations does not include the specified operation, preventing the specified operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.