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  • Digital Rights Management is the association of rules governing use and use consequences with digital information of all kinds and the enforcement of those rules at a distance in time and space.

Weber's DRM Patents

Bob Weber is a co-inventor of the following DRM related patents (assigned to Intertrust Technologies. Weber presently has no financial or other interest in Intertrust, or it's principal owners, Philips and Sony):

United States Issued Patents

7,281,133, Ginter, et al.,"Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution," 2007

7,165,174, Ginter, et al., “Trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce transaction and rights management,” 2007

7,143,290, Ginter, et al., “Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution,” 2006

7,143,066, Shear, et al., “Systems and methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information,” 2006

7,133,846, Ginter, et al, “Digital certificate support system, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce transaction and rights management,” 2006

7,110,983, Shear, et al., “Methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information,” 2006

7,092,914, Shear, et al., “Methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information,” 2006

7,062,500, Hall , et al., "Techniques for defining, using and manipulating rights management data structures," 2006

6,938,021, Shear, et al., "Methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information," 2005

6,658,568, Ginter, et al, “Trusted Infrastructure Support System, Methods And Techniques For Secure Electronic Commerce Transaction And Rights Management,” 2003

6,618,484, Van Wie and Weber, “Steganographic Techniques For Securely Delivering Electronic Digital Rights Management Control Information Over Insecure Communication Channels,” 2003

6,449,367, Van Wie and Weber, “Steganographic Techniques For Securely Delivering Electronic Digital Rights Management Control Information Over Insecure Communication Channels,” 2002

6,240,185, Van Wie and Weber, “Steganographic Techniques For Securely Delivering Electronic Digital Rights Management Control Information Over Insecure Communication Channels,” 2001

6,185,683, Ginter, et al., “Trusted And Secure Techniques, Systems And Methods For Item Delivery And Execution”, 2001

6,138,119, Hall, et al., “Techniques For Defining Rights Management Data Structures,” 2000

6,112,181, Shear, et al., “Systems And Methods For Matching, Selecting, Narrowcasting, And/Or Classifying Based On Rights Management And/Or Other Information,” 2000.

5,943,422, Van Wie and Weber, “Steganographic Techniques For Securely Delivering Electronic Digital Rights Management Control Information Over Insecure Communication Channels,” 1999.

5,920,861, Hall, et al., “Techniques For Defining Rights Management Data Structures,” 1999.

Selected Foreign Issued Patents

AU 728776, Australian Patent Office, Techniques for Defining Using and Manipulating Rights Management Data Structures, counterpart to U.S. Patent No. 5,920,861.

AU 739300, Australian Patent Office, Steganographic Techniques for Securely Delivering Electronic Digital Rights Management Control Information Over Insecure Communication Channels, counterpart to U.S. Patent No. 5,943,422.

AU 739693, Australian Patent Office, Trusted and Secure Techniques for Item Delivery and Execution, counterpart to U.S. Patent No. 6,185,683.

AT353458T, Austria, “Systems And Methods For Matching, Selecting, Narrowcasting, And/Or Classifying Based On Rights Management And/Or Other Information,” Counterpart to U.S. Patent No. 6,112,181.

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