| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 705057000 | Copy protection or prevention | 28 |
| 20080235139 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL CONTENT - An apparatus for distributing digital content, the digital content having associated therewith access information controlling access to the digital content depending on an action to be taken by a user, comprises an access controller for processing the access information; a digital content processor for using the digital content, the digital content processor being controllable by the access controller, wherein the access controller is operative to detect, whether the action has been taken by the user and to activate the digital content processor to process at least part of the digital content, when the user has taken the action, and wherein the action comprises one or more members of the group comprising copying the digital content at least one or more times, accessing a presentation material attached to a digital content, filling a questionnaire attached to the digital content, e-mailing the digital content to at least one or more e-mail addresses, putting the digital content on at least on or more websites or rendering an advertisement attached to the digital content. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080243698 | Communication System Communication Method, Contents Processing Device, and Computer Program - A communication system and so forth are provided by which registration or cancellation of a plurality of apparatus owned by a user can be executed efficiently. In the communication system, a content processing apparatus acquires a second source ID list of a content reproduction apparatus. If it is detected based on the second source ID list that the content reproduction apparatus is not yet registered in a management server and a recorder ID of the content processing apparatus is not yet registered in the second source ID list, the content processing apparatus recommends registration. If a registration instruction of the content reproduction apparatus is accepted, the content processing apparatus requests the management server to register the content reproduction apparatus. The content processing apparatus receives registration completion transmitted from the management server and adds a group ID stored in a first source ID list to the second source ID list of the content reproduction apparatus. If the registration instruction of the content reproduction apparatus into the management server is not accepted, then the content processing apparatus adds the recorder ID of the content processing apparatus to the second source ID list. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090006256 | Peer to Peer File Sharing Mobile System with Copyright Protection - The present invention relates a peer to peer system for enabling a mobile device user to legally search and only legally download content items by his mobile device, comprising: (a) a user software having a user interface at the mobile device for connecting to a peer to peer network, searching for a content item according to a user query, introducing the results to the user, and enabling a conditional downloading only upon ensuring payment for items that are found to be copyright protected; (b) an identification server for receiving identification information relating to a selected right protected item from said user software, searching for at least meta data and price corresponding to said item, and forwarding the found meta data and price to the user software; (c) a module within said user software for, upon receipt of said meta data and price, suspending the conditional downloading, prompting the user to appropriately pay at a billing server if the item is copyright protected, and resuming the download only upon clearing said payment; and (d) billing server for receiving payment from the user, and upon completion of same, sending payment clearance to said user software, which in turn resumes downloading of the item. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090210346 | Multiple DRM management - A method for enabling a single assembly of content to be played on a plurality of player devices, each having at least one available DRM algorithm, wherein the DRM algorithms for the player devices need not necessarily be the same involves registering a plurality of player devices associated with a client with a database registry residing in a programmed processor, wherein each of the plurality of player devices is enabled to play content using at least one DRM algorithm when an appropriate license has been secured; registering the one or more associated DRM algorithms with each player device; upon receipt of a request for delivery of specified content to the client, searching the database registry for a list of compatible devices and compatible DRM algorithms for the content; obtaining a plurality of licenses to the content, at least one for each DRM algorithm for the player devices associated with the client; obtaining the content from a content provider; obtaining a shared key from a key generator for the one or more DRM algorithms; and encrypting the content under each of the DRM algorithms using the shared key to produce encrypted content. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090276360 | PRODUCT PROTECTION METHOD AND IDENTIFIER FOR CHECKING THE AUTHENTICITY OF PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a product protection system, whereby a product piece is provided with a product-specific identification sequence (K) which is converted into a coded check sequence (C), by means of an encoding method (F | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100114782 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DISTRIBUTE CONTENT OVER A NETWORK - The present embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems to distribute content over a network. Some embodiments provide methods to distribute content within a local media network. These methods receive a request for a first content to be transferred to a sink device, request from the source an access criteria for a first content that is protected according to a first digital rights management (DRM), forward the access criteria to the sink device, receive an evaluation of the access criteria from the sink device regarding at least whether the sink device can interpret the first DRM, determine according to the evaluation received from the sink device whether the sink device can utilize the first content that is protected according to the first DRM, and initiate a transfer of the first content from the source device to the sink device when the sink device can utilize the first content. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110047079 | DIGITAL CONTENT PUBLICATION - A method and system for receiving digital content and metadata associated with the digital content. In an embodiment, the method and system inputs publication information associated with the digital content, produces protected digital content, stores the protected digital content, and sends a message including the metadata and the publication information. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120078797 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PROTECTED AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT - A method for providing protected content, wherein content usage rights information and/or usage state information is embedded into obtained primary data that serves as a basis for a content item to be provided thereby providing the primary data with the embedded content usage rights information and/or usage state information as the content item. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120271769 | ENCRYPTED BANNER OVERLAYS - A computer session management system operates in conjunction with a host computer, and comprises: i) a safe access module to facilitate safe access to a computer-based application, particularly a network-based application, in conjunction with said host computer; and ii) an advertising module providing advertisements associated with the computer-based application. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130066785 | Use of Media Storage Structure with Multiple Pieces of Content in a Content-Distribution System - A method for distributing content. The method distributes a single media storage structure to a device (e.g., a computer, portable player, etc.). The media storage structure includes first and second pieces of encrypted content. Based on whether the device is allowed to access the first piece of content, the second piece of content, or both, the method provides the device with a set of keys for decrypting the pieces of the content that the device is able to access. The provided set of keys might include one or more keys for decrypting only one of the two encrypted pieces of content. Alternatively, it might include one or more keys for decrypting both encrypted pieces of content. For instance, the selected set of keys might include a first key for decrypting the first encrypted piece and a second key for decrypting the second encrypted piece. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140040142 | DATA COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A data copyright management system in one embodiment includes a database for storing original data, a key control center for managing crypt keys, copyright management center for managing data copyrights, and a communication network for connecting these sections. Data supplied from the database to users is encrypted and distributed. The user decrypts the encrypted data by crypt keys obtained from the key control center or copyright management center. When a user stores, copies, or transfers data, the data is encrypted by a different crypt key. This disclosure can be applied to a data copyright management system for using not only single data but also a plurality of data supplied from a single database or a plurality of data supplied from a plurality of databases. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040143 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF DIGITAL WORKS - A method and device for controlling distribution and use of a digital work stored together with an attached usage right information on a record carrier. The attached usage right information, which may be unencrypted, is verified by using a hidden information which is changed at every change of the usage right information. The hidden information may be a checksum of a data block containing the usage right information, or other encoding that may detect a change to the stored data block. Thus, a “copy and restore attack” is not successful, since it will lead to a mismatch between the hidden information and the restored usage right information. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140214684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND FABRICATION OF 3D PARTS - A 3D parts creation and management system includes a digital rights management system for managing at least one digital right associated with at least one model. At least one model of a 3D part is provided. The system includes at least one of a digital rights management system and a copy protection system. The digital rights management system manages at least one digital right associated with the at least one model, and the copy protection system encrypts the at least one model with at least one encryption. An electronic commerce system is in communication with at least one of the digital rights management system and the copy protection system, wherein the electronic commerce system controls at least one of purchasing, manufacturing, and delivering of a 3D part created from the at least one model. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140279549 | REFERRED SALE SYSTEM - Methods, devices, systems and computer program products utilized watermarks that are embedded in a content to facilitate content access, and to enhance a user's experience by allowing the user to explore additional options for obtaining the desired content and related items of interest. In one method, an indication for an access to a content is received that includes one or more copy management watermarks and one or more enhanced payload watermarks. At least one copy management watermark and at least one enhanced payload watermark are extracted from the content. Upon a determination, based on the at least one copy management watermark, that access rights to the content is restricted, the enhanced payload watermark is used to present one or more alternative options. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140324705 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING PHYSICAL MEDIA FOR A SECURED DIGITAL COPY - A system and method are provided for the exchange of physical media (e.g., legacy DVDs) for a secured digital copy that may be usable by a, consumer on one or more personal consumer devices, such as a laptop computer, handheld media player, etc., comprising receipt at a physical location of consumer-owned physical digital media, preparation of at least one secured digital media file corresponding to the received physical digital media, and delivery of the at least one secured digital media file to the consumer, the at least one secured digital media file configured to operate on one or more media playing devices of the consumer but to not be freely distributable. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150052060 | Plagiarism Protection - The embodiments relate to methods for plagiarism protection for cryptographic challenge-response methods, wherein an originality test for products that require a secret symmetric or private asymmetric key on the product side is carried out such that a plagiarism protection service is set up as a web service that carries out a calculation of the challenge for the product to be tested and a verification of the response for the product and sends the result of the verification in an integrity-protected manner to a testing unit authorized for plagiarism testing, and which, if the cryptographic challenge-response method is not present on the product to be tested after the key has been authenticated and authorized by the product to be tested, can subsequently send software for calculating the response directly to the product online. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150066776 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING CONTENT SECURITY - A method and apparatus for enhancing content security including a content corruptor module having an input for encoded content, a content parameter modifier coupled to the input and having outputs for modified content and fixer data, a content encoder coupled to the output for modified content and having an output for encoded modified content and a fixer data encoder coupled to the output for fixer data and having an output for encoded fixer data. The modified encoded content discourages copying as it is not usable with the corrector data. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20160026820 | INFORMATION APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND COPY CONTROL METHOD - An information recording and playback apparatus includes an input processing unit that obtains a bonus feature obtaining code for requesting permission to copy content data, a playback control unit that reads a content ID from an optical disc, a communication control unit that transmits the bonus feature obtaining code and the content ID to a copy management server and that receives, from the copy management server, a copy permission condition that is associated with a combination of the bonus feature obtaining code and the content ID and that indicates a condition under which content data stored in the optical disc is copied to another recording medium, and a recording control unit that copies the content data stored in the optical disc to the other recording medium in accordance with the copy permission condition. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160088048 | Video Resolution Enforcement and Optimization in an Adaptive Bitrate Environment - Methods and systems related to authoring and acquiring digital rights management (DRM) licenses are disclosed. For example, a computing device may generate or author a digital rights management license for a content asset that includes one or more usage restriction rules. A usage restriction may limit the maximum display resolution for a content asset. Another device may then receive the license and process the one or more usage restrictions prior to presentation of the content asset to a user. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160132849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ON DEMAND MEDIA KIOSK - A method and system for transferring media on demand to a mobile computing device of a consumer is presented. A sensor in a kiosk identifies a consumer by facial recognition algorithms or identification of the mobile computing device of the consumer. An interactive display presents media that is available for download by the consumer based at least in part on the identity of the consumer. The consumer touches their mobile computing device to a short range communications interface on the kiosk which transfers the media to the mobile computing device. The media can be streamed to the kiosk from a remote content server across a network. The kiosk can process the consumer payment for the downloaded media by sending payment transactions to a payment network. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160171233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED RECORDING OF MEDIA CONTENT ON AN APPLE OPERATING SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160203574 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VIOLATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A DIGITAL FILE | 07-14-2016 |
| 705058000 | Having origin or program ID | 6 |
| 20080270310 | FACILITATING DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - Embodiments of a system that provides access to at least a portion of a software product are described. During operation, this system receives purchase information from a first location, where the purchase information includes information about purchased software features to which a user purchased access and where the purchased software features are provided by a first subset of modules in the software product. Next, the system receives an access request from a second location from which the software product can be accessed, where the access request includes an identifier provided to the user when the user purchased access to the purchased software features. Next, the system provides configuration instructions to the second location, where the configuration instructions dynamically enable the first subset of the modules. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090063349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVENUE SHARING FOR MULTIMEDIA SHARING IN SOCIAL NETWORK - When a person uses a first portable music player to wirelessly transmit a tune to a person with a second player in a social networking transaction for playing by the second player for a limited time, if the second person subsequently purchases an unrestricted version of the tune, the first person is compensated. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090099968 | MUSIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - Music is blanket transmitted to each customer's computer-based user station. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to have recorded for unlimited playback. An antipiracy “ID tag” is woven into the recorded music so that any illegal copies therefrom may be traced to the purchase transaction. Music is transmitted on a fixed schedule or through an active scheduling process that monitors music requests from all or a subset of satellite receivers and adjust scheduling according to demand for various CD's. In those instances where transmission interruptions result in data loss, the system downloads the next transmission of the requested CD and uses both transmissions to produce a “good copy”. In conjunction to the blanket transmission, an automated CD manufacturing facility may be provided to manufacture CD's and distribute them by ground transportation. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100293097 | PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING SYSTEM WITH DATA ACCOUNTING - A file sharing system includes a first primary peer which shares data with other peers via a tracker. The tracker divides the data into blocks and encrypts each block of the first data with a key that is unique to the first primary peer and the respective block of data. As the encrypted blocks of data are passed from peer to peer in the file sharing system, the tracker is always able to identify the primary which provided the data. Additionally, primary peers are compensated in accordance with the number of downloads of their respective data. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20130246277 | Copyright Protection System And Royalty Processing System - The present invention provides a method and system for protecting image data transmitted over a network and processing royalty for image usage. This method and system comprises a secure web server with a valid certificate to host all transactions. The method and system keeps the encrypted file which are provided by an image provider (e.g. publishers of copyrighted materials) on the web server and leases the file to the customers (e.g. manufacturers of finished art). The method and system also comprises a proprietary (FREE) encryption software that enables the image providers to encrypt and upload the image file on the website. The method and system further comprises a proprietary (FREE) decryption printing software that enables the customers to download, decrypt, print the image file and enables the system to track the transaction details. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20160203572 | METHOD TO SECURELY ESTABLISH, AFFIRM, AND TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF ARTWORKS | 07-14-2016 |
