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System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works using digital tickets
Assignee: Contentguard Holdings Inc
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Filing: 2001-02-07
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Granted: 2004-03-30
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Expires: 2021-02-07
Abstract
Abstract A system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works using digital tickets. In the present invention, a "digital ticket" is used to entitle the ticket holder to exercise some usage right with respect to a digital work. Usage rights are used to define how a digital work may be used or distributed. Each usage right may specify a digital ticket which must be present before the right may be exercised. Digital works are stored in repositories which enforce a digital works usage rights. Each repository has a "generic ticket agent" which punches tickets. In some instances only the generic ticket agent is necessary. In other instances, punching by a "special ticket agent" residing on another repository may be needed.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark J. Stefik
- 👤 Peter L. T. Pirolli
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:25
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/018; G06Q30/0185; A; A61; A61B; A61B34/00; A61B34/30; A61B34/37; G06F; G06F21/00; G06F21/10; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/101; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/12; G06Q20/123; G06Q20/1235; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/36; G06Q20/367; G06Q20/3674; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0283; G06Q30/04; G06Q30/06; G06Q30/0601; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/18; G06Q50/184; H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/14; H04L12/1403; H04L12/1453; H04L12/146; H04L12/1485; H04L12/1496; H04L61/00; H04L61/45; H04L63/00; H04L63/04; H04L63/0428; H04L63/0442; H04L63/0464; H04L63/08; H04L63/0807; H04L63/0823; H04L63/10; H04L63/102; H04L63/104; H04L63/105; H04L63/12; H04L63/123; H04L9/00; H04L9/32; H04L9/321; H04L9/3213; H04L9/3297; H04L9/40; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/234; H04N21/23412; H04N21/25; H04N21/254; H04N21/2541; H04N21/2543; H04N21/266; H04N21/26613; H04N21/40; H04N21/45; H04N21/462; H04N21/4627; H04N21/60; H04N21/63; H04N21/633; H04N21/6332; H04N21/637; H04N21/6377; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/835; H04N21/8355; H04N21/83555; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; A61B17/00; A61B2017/0046; A61B2034/301; A61B90/00; A61B90/03; A61B2090/031; A61B90/36; A61B90/37; A61B2090/376; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/01; A61M25/0105; A61M25/0113; G06F2211/00; G06F2211/007; G06F2221/00; G06F2221/21; G06F2221/2115; G06F2221/2135; H04L2209/00; H04L2209/56; H04L2209/60; H04L2209/603; H04L2463/00; H04L2463/101; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99939; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 50
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A method that controls access to digital worlks comprising the steps of: creating a digital work comprising content, one or more usage rights specifying a manner of use, and a digital ticket, the digital ticket being a digital work; associating the one or more usage rights with the content, wherein at least one of the usage rights specifies the digital ticket; storing the digital work; distributing the digital ticket; receiving a request for access to the digital work based on the at least one usage right specifying the digital ticket; determining if a requester possesses the digital ticket; and granting access to the content in accordance with the manner of usage specified by said at least one usage right if the requester possesses the digital ticket, wherein said granting step is not only a Boolean operator for filtering.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
138 words
A method that controls access to digital worlks comprising the steps of: creating a digital work comprising content, one or more usage rights specifying a manner of use, and a digital ticket, the digital ticket being a digital work; associating the one or more usage rights with the content, wherein at least one of the usage rights specifies the digital ticket; storing the digital work; distributing the digital ticket; receiving a request for access to the digital work based on the at least one usage right specifying the digital ticket; determining if a requester possesses the digital ticket; and granting access to the content in accordance with the manner of usage specified by said at least one usage right if the requester possesses the digital ticket, wherein said granting step is not only a Boolean operator for filtering.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein distributing the digital ticket is based on a fee.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital ticket comprises a first timestamp portion that stores a time when the digital ticket was distributed and a second timestamp portion that stores a timestamp when the digital ticket was validated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 3 , further comprising refreshing the digital ticket to enable a subsequent use.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 4 , further comprising: making a copy of the digital ticket for a fee; and marking the first timestamp with information about when the digital ticket was refreshed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is a manner of rendering at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the manner of rendering is viewing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the manner of rendering is printing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the manner of rendering is playing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is copying at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage fights is transferring at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is loaning a copy of at least a portion of the digital work for a predetermined period of time.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is backing up at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is restoring at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is deleting at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is requesting information about a digital work from a directory.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is one of creating and renaming a folder containing the digital work.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is extracting at least a portion of the digital work and creating a new digital work containing the extracted portion of said digital work.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is using at least a portion of the digital work to create another digital work.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is authorizing one or more usage rights relating to the digital work.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is installing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is uninstalling at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is executing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is a manner of executing the digital work.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
127 words
An information storage media comprising program code that controls access to digital works, said storage media comprising: content, one or more usage rights specifying a manner of use, and a digital ticket, the digital ticket being a digital work; program code that distributes the digital ticket; program code that receives a request for access to the digital work based on the at least one usage right specifying the digital ticket; program code that determines if the requester possesses the digital ticket; and program code that grants access to the content in accordance with the manner of use specified by said at least one usage right if the requester possesses the digital ticket, wherein said program code that grants access is not only a Boolean operator for filtering.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
127 words
An information storage media comprising program code that controls access to digital works, said storage media comprising: content, one or more usage rights specifying a manner of use, and a digital ticket, the digital ticket being a digital work; program code that distributes the digital ticket; program code that receives a request for access to the digital work based on the at least one usage right specifying the digital ticket; program code that determines if the requester possesses the digital ticket; and program code that grants access to the content in accordance with the manner of use specified by said at least one usage right if the requester possesses the digital ticket, wherein said program code that grants access is not only a Boolean operator for filtering.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
18 words
The information storage media of claim 25 , wherein distributing the digital ticket is based on a fee.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
42 words
The information storage media of claim 25 , wherein the digital ticket comprises a first timestamp portion that stores a time when the digital ticket was distributed and a second timestamp portion that stores a timestamp when the digital ticket was validated.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
21 words
The information storage media of claim 27 , further comprising information that refreshes the digital ticket to enable a subsequent use.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information storage media of claim 28 , further comprising: information that makes a copy of the digital ticket for a fee; and information that marks the first timestamp with information about when the digital ticket was refreshed.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
33 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is a manner of rendering at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
22 words
The information storage media of claim 30 wherein the manner of rendering is viewing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
22 words
The information storage media of claim 30 wherein the manner of rendering is printing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
22 words
The information storage media of claim 30 wherein the manner of rendering is playing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is copying at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is transferring at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
39 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is loaning a copy of at least a portion of the digital work for a predetermined period of time.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
31 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is backing up at least a portion, of the digital work.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is restoring at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is deleting at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is requesting information about a digital work from a directory.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
32 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is one of creating and renaming a folder containing the digital work.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
44 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is extracting at least a portion of the digital work and creating a new digital work containing the extracted portion of said digital work.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
35 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is making at least a portion of the digital work to create another digital work.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
32 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is authorizing one or more usage rights relating to the digital work.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is installing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is uninstalling at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information storage media of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is executing at least a portion of the digital work.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 25 wherein the manner of use specified by the one or more usage rights is a manner of executing the digital work.
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