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7058606 Method for loaning digital works  
A method for loaning a digital work having one or more rights associated therewith within a system having repositories configured to enforce use of the digital work in accordance with the rights. A...
7058607 Contents distribution method and system  
The object of the present invention is to provide contents distribution method and system which can readily distribute digital contents, can prevent unfairness such as copying and falsifying...
7054839 Transmission apparatus and method, reception apparatus and method, management apparatus and method, charging apparatus and method, providing apparatus and method, and recording medium  
This invention relates to a transmission apparatus for transmitting digital content data via a communication medium, comprising attachment means for attaching cost information per unit data volume...
7055040 Method and apparatus for uniquely and securely loading software to an individual computer  
A method and apparatus for uniquely and securely loading software to an individual computer includes requesting download of software components to a hardware platform and delivering a token from a...
7047296 Method and system for selectively dedicating resources for recording data exchanged between entities attached to a network  
Recording resources are selectively dedicated for recording data exchanged between entities attached to a network including at least one agent in an enterprise, a user, and a server connected to...
7043458 Charging process management system  
A charging process management system includes image input/output devices which are connected to a network, each image input/output device having software components that are charged for service...
7043453 Method and system for conducting transactions between repositories using a repository transaction protocol  
A method and apparatus for establishing a secure communications channel between a first repository and a second repository using a repository transaction protocol. A registration identifier and...
7039440 Wireless rechargeable money card  
A method, computer program product and system that may be used to limit the funds that are available through the use of a business transaction card by having a business transaction card first place...
7039613 System and method for controlling distribution and use of digital works using price specifications  
A method, system and device for determining fees for access to digital works including associating a usage right with a digital work and which specifies a manner of use of the digital work and (i)...
7039615 Retail transactions involving digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system  
A retailer facilitates issuance of a digital license from a licensor to a customer for a corresponding piece of digital content. The retailer receives payment for the license from the customer,...
7035827 Content receiving apparatus and method, storage medium, and server  
A content receiver is compatible with a plurality of rights management and protection methods (RMP) devised for each content distribution system. Only the format which specifies the specification...
7035830 Method and apparatus for remote filing and recordation of documents  
A document filing method and system is disclosed that utilized has: a user interface display connected to a server in electronic communication with at least one remote compute engine with URL...
7031921 System for monitoring audio content available over a network  
A method is provided for monitoring audio content available over a network. According to the method, the network is searched for audio files, and audio identifying information is generated for each...
7028011 Hybrid optical recording disc with copy protection  
A hybrid optical recording disc having copy protection for use in a computer, including a read-only area having preformed information including at least one program and disc identifier data; a...
7028009 Method and apparatus for distributing enforceable property rights  
An enforceable property right and a system for controlling the manner of use of an item in accordance with usage rights. The enforceable property right includes an item ticket having a security...
7028085 Storage-related accounting system and method of the same  
An accounting system includes a plurality of host computers, an accounting server connected to the plurality of host computers, a storage control device connected to the plurality of host computers...
7024392 Method for controlling use of database content  
Method for providing database content usage. The database content can be a digital work having one or more rights associated therewith. The method can be effected within a system having at least...
7024391 System, method and program product for sharing information  
A member accessible information system for managing member information, and selectively providing member information to individual members. The members, typically belong to a common industry, such...
7020637 Digital audio and video playback with performance complement testing  
System and method for monitoring and modifying a playlist of viewable audio and/or video selections at one or more selected times to account for the effects of restrictions on the times, and number...
7020635 System and method of secure electronic commerce transactions including tracking and recording the distribution and usage of assets  
Disclosed is a system and method that tracks the usage of rented digital assets. A server includes an asset database that stores a digital asset, the title of the digital asset, and a server usage...
7020780 Method apparatus and systems for producing and writing cipher keys, reproducing information with a cipher key, and for permitting reproduction of information with a cipher key, and permitting reproduction of information with a cipher key, and optical disc recorded with a cipher key  
Plural program information and a BCA (Burst Cutting Area) number of the optical disc 100 is previously recorded in the optical disc 100 . A drive ID is stored in the nonvolatile memory 104 a ...
7016878 Content sales period verifying system and content decryption key effective period verifying system  
A CD-ROM is recorded with a CD-ROM effective period and an effective period of a content stored in the CD-ROM. A CD-ROM effective period judging section of a personal computer reads the effective...
7013296 Using electronic security value units to control access to a resource  
A network utilizes electronic security value units to prevent unauthorized access to resources in the network. The network includes at least a resource manager and an electronic bank server (e.g.,...
7010686 Method for enabling a file  
A method for enabling use rights on a file, which is stored on a storage medium together with at least one other file and is provided with an identifier, for use by a single computer system or by a...
7010500 On-line subscription method  
A system and a method of providing on-line subscription services from a subscription server to a user of a mobile terminal through the Internet. The subscription server receives from the mobile...
7006996 Restriction canceling apparatus  
A restriction canceling apparatus comprising: a memory that stores content consisting of a plurality of relating parts whose functions are restricted and a plurality of restriction canceling data,...
7003496 Terminal apparatus, information service center, transmitting system, and transmitting method  
A transmitting system is provided in which a data once downloaded in a memory means of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while...
6999948 Memory card  
A memory card 110 extracts a session key Ks from the data applied onto a data bus BS 3 by carrying out a decryption process. An encryption processing unit 1406 encrypts a public encryption key...
6999946 Method for computer network operation providing basis for usage fees  
A computer network having a requesting node and a providing node permits data transfer therebetween when permitted by an authorizing node. Reports generated in response to authorizations and...
6996547 Method for purchasing items over a non-secure communication channel  
A method for purchasing items over a non-secure communication channel uses a secure communication device. The secure communication device includes a host processor, a secure memory that includes a...
6990468 System, method and article of manufacture for cryptoserver-based auction  
A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for pricing a cryptographic service on a network utilizing one or more cryptoservers. A request for a cryptographic service is received...
6983289 Automatic identification of DVD title using internet technologies and fuzzy matching techniques  
An iterative search technique is used to quickly and accurately locate information in a database, such as one storing information about digital versatile discs (DVDs). First, a presumably unique...
6980652 Combination mastered and writeable medium and use in electronic internet appliance  
An optical medium uses a single structure or format (such as identical materials, layers and the like) for both a region for holding mastered data and a writeable area. In one aspect, a writeable...
6980930 Communication terminal and information processing apparatus of a payment system  
A payment system automatically provides objective information and sets remuneration for objective information to high-rate. A payment system comprises multiple communication terminals and multiple...
6978256 Method and apparatus for selling digital contents, processing program thereof and recording medium for the program  
The present invention relates to a digital contents selling system for selling digital contents. Identification information of digital contents selected by a customer is received. Personal digital...
6970849 Inter-server communication using request with encrypted parameter  
A server architecture for a digital rights management system that distributes and protects rights in content. The server architecture includes a retail site which sells content items to consumers,...
6971007 Assured printing of documents of value  
The transmission and reproduction of an original document transferred via a data network can be assured when the printing mechanism generates a unique serial number for the document being printed....
6970850 Proximity service provider system  
Web-sites www.proximityservices.com, www.accessservices.com, www.vendingmachineservices.com, www.vehicleservices.com, www. meterservices.com, www.picopay.com, www.tollservices.com, for all the...
6968324 Method, system and program product for evaluating a computational processing capacity migration between computer platforms  
A method, system and program product for determining a cost differential resulting from a migration of computational workloads between computer platforms is disclosed herein. Information regarding...
6968059 Video information generating apparatus, video communication terminal, video distribution server, and video information system  
The conventional multimedia communication terminals require the implementation of a camera unit for video input and a video encoder for generating encoded video streams. This configuration is...
6968384 License management system and method for commuter licensing  
A system for managing licenses for protected software on a communication network is disclosed. The system includes at least one client computer that is capable of being coupled to or decoupled from...
6966002 Methods and apparatus for secure distribution of software  
Software is securely distributed with limited usage rights. The software may be an executable program and/or one or more data files such as image or multimedia data files. The software includes an...
6963859 Content rendering repository  
A rendering system adapted for use in a system for managing use of content and operative to rendering content in accordance with usage rights associated with the content. The system includes a...
6963860 Information recording and reproducing system and method and distribution medium  
To make it possible to provide high-quality music signal regardless of the advertising voice superimposing position, an encrypted pure music signal input through a transmission medium and an...
6961715 Input/output buffer managed by sorted breakpoint hardware/software  
A data processing device uses a portion of a random access memory as an input buffer for holding a portion of a stream of data which is being processed by a processing unit within the processing...
6961714 Method of quantifying royalty owner rights  
The invention is a business method for calculating royalty owner rights—specifically, calculating a metric of use corresponding to an aspect of royalty owner interest in an aggregate...
6961858 Method and system to secure content for distribution via a network  
A method and system to secure content for distribution via a communications network commences when a user device authentication process is associated with content from a content provider. A...
6959288 Digital content preparation system  
A digital content preparation system that includes a metadata acquisition tool for acquiring metadata associated with the digital content, and a digital content processor for processing the digital...
6959290 Method and apparatus for tracking states of digital works  
A method and system for controlling use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital works. The method includes the steps of receiving a request to use a digital...
6957194 Method for printing digital works  
A method for providing limited printing of a digital work having one or more rights associated therewith within a system having at least one repository configured to enforce use of the digital work...
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