Tuesdays the PTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management of captured content based on capture associated locations. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for generic rights token and DRM-related service pointers in a common protected content file.
8,850,594, "Digital rights management of captured content based on capture associated locations," assigned to IBM.
Abstract
A certification is received from a user stating that captured content does not comprise a particular restricted element and a request from the user for an adjustment of a digital rights management rule identified for the captured content based on the captured content comprising the particular restricted element. At least one term of the digital rights management rule is adjusted to reflect that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element. The usage of the captured content by the user is monitored to determine whether the usage matches the certification statement.8,856,861, "Generic rights token and DRM-related service pointers in a common protected content file," assigned to Samsung (KR).
Abstract
Methods and systems of rendering content on a device having a native digital rights management (DRM) system are described. A device, such as an end-user device capable of executing or playing content, acquires content in a common content format file having standardized locations for specific types of data. A generic digital rights token associated with the content is obtained by utilizing one of the standardized locations in the content format file, where the rights token contains information sufficient to allow retrieval of the rights associated with the content. Utilizing data in another of the standardized locations, it is then determined whether the device is registered in a domain. A license server directory may be accessed utilizing data in another of the standardized locations in the common content format file and a domain identifier, a device identifier, or both are transmitted to the license server directory. A native DRM system trigger is received and, upon activation of the trigger, a native DRM license is acquired, thereby enabling rendering of the content in the common content format file on the device.
