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7085741 Method and apparatus for managing digital content usage rights  
A method and an apparatus for specifying and editing rights associated with a content includes a general model that comprehends rights specification at different levels of the content life cycle....
7082399 Information providing apparatus, server apparatus and information processing method  
A charging system is provided which solicits from third parties information about products supposedly infringing on a right holder's lawful right and which, upon exposure of the infringement,...
7082413 System and method for authorized compression of digitized music  
A system and method for enabling authorized music from a CD or DVD to be compressed by a user for the user's own use, but to prevent the recompression of unauthorized music from, e.g., the...
7080031 System and method for determining an evolving combination of network components to maximize the net present value of a provider's cash flow  
A method and computer program product are presented for selecting and arranging an appropriate combination of network components, or elements, in a communications network. The selection of network...
7080042 Method of and a system for distributing digital contents  
In a digital content distribution method to distribute digital contents via a network, distribution of a digital content is instructed according to a distribution schedule, the digital content is...
7073073 Data providing system, device, and method  
A content provider 101 distributes a secure container 104 storing content data encrypted using content key data, content key data encrypted using distribution key data, and encrypted usage...
7072867 System and method for third party logging server  
A system and method for a third party logging server to keep track of sales by online merchants of copyrighted works. Providers of copyrighted works, such as publishers and authors, register with...
7072866 Charge calculation apparatus and method  
The charge for application software used to input/output data is calculated independently of the charge for a device used to input/output the data, thereby flexibly charging for data input/output.
7065506 Method and apparatus to inhibit illicit copying from a record carrier to a computer-readable data storage device  
A technique to prevent illicit copying of a copy-protected CD-ROM into a computer-readable storage drive is presented. In accordance with the present invention, when an authentic copy-protected...
7058819 Data processing system, data processing method, and program providing medium  
The inventive data processing apparatus initially generates verifying values for verifying integrity of contents data stored in a memory device, then stores the verifying values in correspondence...
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...
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...
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,...
7028891 System and method for confirming transaction or billing communications  
A system and method for confirming transactions is provided. A central processor receives a request to process a current transaction coupled with prior transaction information corresponding to a...
7031944 Distributed processing system, method of the same  
A collection/distribution server divides processing task accepted from a customer terminal into a plurality of processing units, and transmits the units to at least one or more user terminals. The...
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...
7028012 System and method for ordering customized identification documents via a network  
A system and method for using an e-commerce system to provide a user with the ability to order customized identification documents over the Internet is provided. The user can customize the layout...
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...
7021531 Payment device  
A payment device including an input unit arranged to receive first data taken from a medium and identifying a user who will proceed with a payment for a purchase which he has made, the input unit...
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...
7020634 Certification and unique electronic seals for online entities  
The invention provides techniques for issuing electronic seals of certification to online entities, such as online merchants, in a manner that prevents non-certified parties from easily stealing or...
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.,...
6986040 System and method of exploiting the security of a secure communication channel to secure a non-secure communication channel  
The present invention features a system and method for establishing a secure communication channel between a client and an application server. In one embodiment, a ticket service generates a ticket...
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...
6970836 System and method for securely storing electronic data  
A system and method for securely storing data provides for storing, managing, and updating an owner's secret data and for accessing the stored data by a trusted third party upon the occurrence of...
6966488 Card payment method for service charge concerning to physical distribution or transportation  
A portable card reader 22 reads data from a credit card 20 issued by an account settlement institution, transmits the data for the card and the data for a service charge to the account...
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...
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...
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...
6957199 Method, system and service for conducting authenticated business transactions  
The invention pertains to a method, online service, and system, for creating partnerships based on trust relationships over a public network, authenticating trade partners, infrastructure providers...
6957195 Player-centric method and apparatus for creating, distributing, and consuming content  
A player-centric content creation, distribution and consumption method is disclosed. A computer implemented-content authoring tool (CI-CAT) is distributed to a content creator. The CI-CAT includes...
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...
6948063 Securing electronic transactions over public networks  
An electronic message for transmission over a network, such as the Internet, is created by encrypting a first component with a first crypto-key, which is associated with a first network entity,...
6931381 Methods and apparatus for authenticating the download of information onto a smart card  
Systems and methods for producing a digitally-computed acknowledgment of a delegated download event are disclosed. An information owner, such as the issuer of a smart card, delegates an information...
6925448 Usage rights grammar and digital works having usage rights created with the grammar  
A digital work recorded on a computer readable media for use within a system having at least one repository for enforcing use of digital content in accordance with usage rights associated with the...
6920436 Digital work structure  
A digital work for use within a rights management system for controlling use of the digital work in accordance with usage rights. The work is organized into an acyclic structure and includes a...
6904418 Method and apparatus for executing cryptographically-enabled letters of credit  
A method and apparatus for executing electronic transactions using cryptographically-enabled accounts stores cryptographically-enabled account information and instructions, receives a...
6904136 Secure method of payment  
A process for a transfer of funds for payment for goods and/or services in which a purchaser of the goods and/or services requests that a financial services organization generate a financial...
6895506 Secure storage and execution of processor control programs by encryption and a program loader/decryption mechanism  
A method and a mechanism for securely storing and executing a program in a computer system processing unit, including a storage unit for storing an encrypted version of the program and a...
6889211 Method and system for distributing multimedia data with management information  
A multimedia data distributing system comprising an ID issuing center side device and a multimedia data distributor side device for distributing multimedia data as electronic data to a purchaser of...
6889208 Contents sale system  
In a contents sale system, original contents data are encrypted into encryption-resultant contents data in response to original playback key data. The original playback key data are encrypted into...
6882987 Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a decoding key encoded with specific information to decode encrypted information of a record medium  
A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data...
6876986 Transaction payment system  
A system for the transaction of transactional amounts when using merchantable content on a medium includes a clearinghouse, an apparatus having a medium handier, a merchantable content receiver, a...
6873976 Secured purchasing system  
A system and method for transferring an encrypted file over the Internet involves a seller, a buyer, and a transaction agent. The file has a first part (administrative information) and a second...
6871198 Composing and cataloging item configuration data  
An improvement for composing and cataloging item configuration data is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes identifying a base item, identifying a part number for the base item,...
6868404 DIGITAL DATA RECORDING DEVICE, DIGITAL DATA MEMORY DEVICE, AND DIGITAL DATA UTILIZING DEVICE FOR CONVERTING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION WHICH CONTAINS RESTRICTIVE INFORMATION USING A DIFFERENT KEY IN EACH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SEND/RECEIVE SESSION  
In each digital content utilize session, a memory card generates conversion key information for specifying a data conversion, while a player generates inverse conversion key information for...
6865552 Data copying system, data copying apparatus, data copying method, and recording medium  
A data copying system of the present invention includes a data copying apparatus for copying data recorded on a first recording medium to a second recording medium. The data copying apparatus...
6850910 Active data hiding for secure electronic media distribution  
A method is provided for distributing multimedia content in an electronic media distribution system. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing active hidden data, where the active hidden data...
6850911 Secure manipulation archiving retrieval and transmission system for electronic multimedia commerce  
A secure manipulation archiving retrieval and transmission system for electronic multi media commerce, includes: a plurality of client devices having image communication capability; an image...
6847953 Process and method for secure online transactions with calculated risk and against fraud  
An electronic commerce process that facilitates online transactions among multiple participants, that prevents consumer fraud due to pirated payment card numbers, with calculated risk, involving at...
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