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7139736 Content rendering repository  
A rendering method, system and software for use in a distributed system for managing use and rendering of content in accordance with usage rights associated therewith, and including a rendering...
7139737 Apparatus and method for managing software licenses and storage medium storing a program for managing software licenses  
An inventory information collecting unit automatically collects inventory information including inventory information regarding software installed in each of a plurality of computers within an...
7139407 Image generation apparatus, image file generation method, image verification apparatus and image verification method  
An image generation apparatus includes an image file generating unit operable in one of first, second and third modes, wherein (a) if the first mode is selected, the image file generating unit...
7136838 Digital license and method for obtaining/providing a digital license  
To obtain a digital license for rendering a piece of digital content, a license requester contacts a license provider and sends a license request. The license provider checks the license request...
7136945 Method and apparatus for extending protected content access with peer to peer applications  
The invention illustrates a system and method of sharing content with multiple peer device while protecting the content from unauthorized use. In one embodiment, the system and method comprises:...
7137025 Key controlling system, key controlling apparatus, information encrypting apparatus, information decrypting apparatus and storage media for storing programs  
A key managing system including information transmitting apparatus which transmits a date and time when secrecy protection is ended to a key controlling apparatus. The key controlling apparatus...
7133914 Statistics-preserving ACL flattening system and method  
A method and system transforms one or more lists for a data communications system into a single list, each list of the one or more lists including a plurality of entries. The method includes...
7133845 System and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection  
The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the...
7134134 Electronic program guide hardware card  
An electronic program guide (EPG) hardware card is disclosed. The card is insertable into a television tuning device having EPG capability. A non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, is situated...
7130830 Providing notice of patent rights  
The present invention provides tools and techniques for providing users of devices with actual notice of patent rights by displaying applicable patents, or by allowing users to indicate they have...
7130816 Digital distribution method and digital distribution system  
Digital contents representing the entity of a product are incorporated in a control program, and the control program is transmitted from a vendor to a buyer over a network. The product is delivered...
7130829 Digital rights management  
A method, program, and system for augmenting digital rights management are provided. The invention comprises associating two fields with an electronic document. The first field identifies the...
7130476 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program recording medium, and data recording medium  
A management center registers user information which includes user identification information for identifying a user terminal and improvement-information identification information for identifying...
7127516 Verification of image data  
Image data, such as image data coded in MPEG4 format, is verified by a client receiving an information data stream that is generated by multiplexing a plurality of coded object data and associated...
7124437 System for dynamically encrypting information for secure internet commerce and providing embedded fulfillment software  
A data distribution system is provided which supplies customers with an executable for requested secured data files to provide the customer with fulfillment software, obviating the need for the...
7124094 Print system, service system, data server, master server, print client system and printer  
A print system for use through a network comprises a service system connected to the network and having a storage section in which a plurality of data are stored in a plurality of data storing...
7124114 Method and apparatus for determining digital A/V content distribution terms based on detected piracy levels  
A distribution server distributes A/V content to a recipient according to terms determined from information stored in a database of prior unauthorized copying attributed to that recipient. The copy...
7124443 Information transaction system  
A content use rights discrimination card corresponding to encrypted content is sold to a user. The user transmits data recorded on the content use rights discrimination card to a content use rights...
7123979 Method of intercorporate information-sharing, system, and computer program  
A method of intercorporate information-sharing between a product-manufacturing company and a product-inspecting company includes transmitting product quality and manufacturing number information...
7120605 Systems and methods for secure printing  
A preferred printing system includes a printer configured to communicatively couple with a workstation, which incorporates a first code entry device for receiving first coding information from a...
7120254 Cryptographic system and method for geolocking and securing digital information  
A method and apparatus for controlling access to digital information utilizes a location identity attribute that defines a specific geographic location. The location identity attribute is...
7120604 Method of controlling digital content distribution, a method of reproducing digital content, and an apparatus using the same  
A digital content distribution control method, a digital content reproducing method, and a digital content reproducing apparatus. The digital content distributing side manipulates digital content...
7120933 Method for intrusion detection in a database system  
A method for detecting intrusion in a database, managed by an access control system, includes defining at least one intrusion detection profile and associating each user with one of said profiles....
7117181 Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method of digital video signal or audio signal  
Assuming that copying is permitted only once in broadcasting or the like, there is provided a reproduction apparatus and a reproduction method of digital video signal or audio signal for preventing...
7117531 Computer monitoring system  
The invention provides a computer monitoring system for performing monitoring to improve a use efficiency of a monitor-subject computer and also for detecting illegal mail transmission/reception,...
7117180 System for controlling the use of digital works using removable content repositories  
A rendering method, system, repository and software for controlling use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated therewith and including a manner of use therefor, including...
7117179 Method of recording and reproducing sample data to/from a recording medium and sample data containing recording medium  
The present invention relates to a method of recording and reproducing sample data to/from a recording medium and a sample data containing recording medium. According to the present invention,...
7113926 Secure media on demand system whereby charge is determined in part from the periodicity of an encryption key  
An object of the invention is to provide a transmitting system of which data is difficult to be tapped and which is suitable for flexibly determining a watching and listening fee. In order to...
7113912 Composite digital works having usage rights and method for creating the same  
A method for creating a composite digital work having usage rights and composite digital works having usage rights. The method comprises creating a digital content portion of a composite digital...
7111164 Crisis management system, computer, and computer memory product  
A server computer simulates an incident, and accurately gathers information to be provided to communication terminal apparatuses 2 a , 2 b and 2 c . The server computer 1 performs...
7110919 Field panel trending on event in a building control system  
A building control system, such as an HVAC system, has a field unit incorporating a control panel (a field panel) with a local user interface allowing user selected parameters for collecting trend...
7108171 Methods of temporarily providing digital content to a customer  
There are methods of temporarily providing digital content to a customer based on a request for a desired digital content. At a point of sale, a writeable optically-readable medium may be provided...
7110544 Optical disk, an optical disk barcode forming method, an optical disk reproduction apparatus, a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk  
Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded...
7110982 Secure access method and system  
A secure electronic content system and method is provided. The system includes a controller including an interface component, a host system coupled to the controller, the host system configured to...
7107246 Methods of exchanging secure messages  
The invention enables a registered PEAD user to exchange a secure message with another registered PEAD user by using the user ID and the user public key information in the server. The sender can...
7107236 Self-contained business transaction capsules  
A self-contained business transaction capsule to conduct a wireless transaction includes data regarding the wireless transaction. Transaction logic is provided to complete the wireless transaction....
7107462 Method and system to store and distribute encryption keys  
A method and system to store and distribute encryption keys commences when a service provider receives a product key from a content provider. The service provider encrypts content controlled by the...
7103781 OPTICAL DISK, AN OPTICAL DISK BARCODE FORMING METHOD, AN OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, A MARKING FORMING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF FORMING A LASER MARKING ON AN OPTICAL DISK, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL DISK  
Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded...
7103574 Enforcement architecture and method for digital rights management  
An enforcement architecture and method for implementing digital rights management are disclosed. Digital content is distributed from a content server to a computing device of a user and received,...
7100047 Adaptive transparent encryption  
A technique for adaptive encryption of digital assets such as computer files. The system model monitors passage of files to uncontrollable removable storage media or through network connections and...
7099847 Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for construction and maintaining a calendaring interface  
The present invention comprises apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for providing, accessing and editing content intended for publication or dissemination. A client-server architecture...
7099846 Apparatus and system for providing fee-based content  
A user who repeatedly purchases the same electronic content is entitled to receive a discount price for the additional purchases. This is accomplished by establishing an “Accounting History” of...
7096504 Distribution system, semiconductor memory card, receiving apparatus, computer-readable recording medium and receiving method  
A distribution server 103 distributes a content via a network, and a KIOSK terminal 105 receives the content via the network and records the content in an SD memory card 100 . A customer...
7096201 Copyright management apparatus, copyrighted-work distribution apparatus, and copyrighted-work distribution and receiving system  
A TV music broadcasting program is distributed from a distribution apparatus through a ground station and a satellite, and a musical-piece program is also distributed through a plurality of audio...
7096202 Consumer distribution license system and method  
A method for facilitating distribution of a digital work within a system having at least one repository configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with rights. The digital work...
7096203 Method and apparatus for dynamic renewability of content  
A method and apparatus for dynamically and transparently renewing licenses associated with downloaded content. Licensing associated with content can allow the provider to retain control over the...
7092908 System and method for selling protected information in an oem context  
A method and apparatus of encouraging distribution, registration, and purchase of free copyable software and other digital information which is accessed on a User's System via a Programmer's...
7092930 Architecture and method to secure database records from tampering in devices such as postage value dispensing mechanisms  
A method and apparatus for protecting against a replay attack in a database system makes use of customer records including a counter, and freshness records that include the customer counters and a...
7092907 System and method for software selling  
Methods and system to progressively degrade a trial version of software products in various ways so as to permit the user to continue to use the product until the user becomes reliant on the...
7092975 Methods and apparatus for management of data storage resources  
Techniques for monitoring of storage usage and trends in a document image processing and storage system are described. A storage and retrieval monitor resides on a storage server and monitors the...