| 6959288 |
Digital content preparation system |
| Oct-25-2005 |
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 content... |
| 6957350 |
Encrypted and watermarked temporal and resolution layering in advanced television |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A method and apparatus for image compression using temporal and resolution layering of compressed image frames, and which provides encryption and watermarking capabilities. In particular, layered compression... |
| 6957194 |
Method for printing digital works |
| Oct-18-2005 |
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 in... |
| 6957193 |
Repository with security class and method for use thereof |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A trusted system having at least one repository for controlling use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital works. A request to use a digital work in accordance with... |
| 6954896 |
Browser-based arrangement for developing voice enabled web applications using extensible markup language documents |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A unified web-based voice messaging system provides voice application control between a web browser and an application server via an hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) connection on an Internet Protocol... |
| 6954860 |
Network copy protection for database programs |
| Oct-11-2005 |
Improved techniques for implementing Network Copy Protection for database programs are disclosed. The techniques can provide Network Copy Protection across various platforms and/or connection protocols.... |
| 6954857 |
Method and apparatus for detecting data |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A system for facilitating copyright protection of material includes an apparatus for detecting the presence or absence of a block of data, which may have been embedded repeatedly a predetermined number... |
| 6950944 |
Security code activated access control system |
| Sep-27-2005 |
An access control system that utilizes security codes (500), a database (430), and a control device (20) is disclosed. Each security codes (500) is comprised of a unique key code... |
| 6947910 |
Secure ticketing |
| Sep-20-2005 |
Methods, apparatus and system, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for generating a ticket representing a selection of media files to be transferred from a content server... |
| 6947909 |
Distribution, recognition and accountability system for intellectual and copy written properties in digital media's |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method for distribution, recognition and accountability for Intellectual and Copy written Properties in digital media's by associating a Transaction Code Identifier or Designator and further bundled... |
| 6947563 |
Method for assigning encryption keys |
| Sep-20-2005 |
An encryption key matrix has rows grouped into segments, with a set of one segment per column establishing a slot. Slots are assigned to device manufacturers, with the keys of the slots then being assigned... |
| 6944769 |
Apparatus and a method for security authorization using a security key installed on removable media |
| Sep-13-2005 |
An apparatus and a method in a data processing system are provided for insuring the security of data accessed from removable media. Normal virus scanning occurs after data is loaded into the main memory,... |
| 6944765 |
Method of authentication anonymous users while reducing potential for "middleman" fraud |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method of authenticating anonymous users while reducing potential for "middleman" fraud includes the step of constructing a puzzle in response to information received from a software user. The puzzle... |
| 6944601 |
Method of licensing software programs |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method and a system for the combined licensing of one or more software programs (3) protected by a software protection (5), is provided. Each software protection (5) can be deactivated... |
| 6944600 |
System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works using digital tickets |
| Sep-13-2005 |
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... |
| 6944298 |
Steganographic encoding and decoding of auxiliary codes in media signals |
| Sep-13-2005 |
One aspect of the invention is a method of decoding an auxiliary code embedded in an audio signal. The method performs a statistical decoding of a multibit auxiliary code embedded in an audio signal. The... |
| 6944297 |
Method and apparatus for reproducing ciphered data |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A data reproducing apparatus and method is provided for reproducing data that was ciphered during recording in one or more of sector forming, header appending, error correction coding, modulation, and... |
| 6941283 |
Information recording device and information reproducing device |
| Sep-6-2005 |
The information reproduction device for reproducing contents information based on license information added to the contents information and required for reproducing the contents information, includes a... |
| 6934851 |
Method and apparatus for use of a time-dependent watermark for the purpose of copy protection |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A copy protection system for protecting content wherein a ticket and a watermark are created, utilizing a first time reference (TD) and a one-way function, to indicate the copy protection status of the... |
| 6934847 |
Data alteration checking apparatus and method and recording medium |
| Aug-23-2005 |
MAC values formed with respect to each file belonging to a directory 122A and ICVs (D-ICVc) formed on the basis of the MAC values of all files belonging to the directory 122A are stored into... |
| 6934837 |
System and method for regulating the transmission of media data |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A system and method regulate the transmission of media data. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a header portion of a media file is encoded to include an access code. The access code corresponds... |
| 6934693 |
System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works |
| Aug-23-2005 |
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... |
| 6928419 |
Method and apparatus for repackaging portions of digital works as new digital works |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A method and system for creating a new digital work from one or more existing digital works having parts. A first part of a digital work has first usage rights associated therewith, the first usage rights... |
| 6928165 |
Communication system using digital watermark for synchronizing multiplexed text data to video frames |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A digital video communication system includes, at a source site, an embedding circuit for embedding a digital watermark in a digital video stream to produce a watermarked digital video stream, and a multiplexer... |
| 6925448 |
Usage rights grammar and digital works having usage rights created with the grammar |
| Aug-2-2005 |
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 digital... |
| 6920436 |
Digital work structure |
| Jul-19-2005 |
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 contents... |
| 6915481 |
Transactional watermarking |
| Jul-5-2005 |
Transactional watermarking is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an original multimedia content source. The original multimedia content source may have already... |
| 6912514 |
Content distribution system and a reference server |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A content distribution system includes a plurality of distribution servers (101-108), and a reference server (112). The reference server (112) holds URLs showing network locations of the plurality of distribution... |
| 6909784 |
Recording apparatus and recording method of electronic watermark |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A detector (1) of signal detects an electronic watermark (first electronic watermark) signal from an inputted contents data. The detected electronic watermark signal is temporarily stored in a memory (2)... |
| 6907407 |
Copyright management apparatus |
| Jun-14-2005 |
An electronic copyrighted work distribution management system includes an electronic copyrighted work sales apparatus selling an electronic copyrighted work, a copyright management apparatus administering... |
| 6898578 |
Recording apparatus for recording digital information |
| May-24-2005 |
A digital information recording apparatus to record digital information to protect copyright of digital information that includes at least first digital information and first copy control information.... |
| 6898577 |
Methods and systems for single sign-on authentication in a multi-vendor e-commerce environment and directory-authenticated bank drafts |
| May-24-2005 |
A computer-implemented draft authentication method for use in e-commerce includes the steps of establishing partner relationships between a financial institution and a plurality of World Wide Web (Web)... |
| 6898576 |
Method and apparatus for executing code in accordance with usage rights |
| May-24-2005 |
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... |
| 6889210 |
Method and system for managing security tiers |
| May-3-2005 |
Techniques for reorganizing security levels without implicating accessibility to secured files classified in accordance to one of the security levels are disclosed. In a case of adding a new security level,... |
| 6889209 |
Method and apparatus for protecting information and privacy |
| May-3-2005 |
A mechanism for the purchase of tags for copies of software ensures that identity of the purchaser of a tag table identifier value included in a purchased tag is not revealed. A mechanism of Call-Ups from... |
| 6889208 |
Contents sale system |
| May-3-2005 |
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 first... |
| 6889206 |
Method for computer network operation providing basis for usage fees |
| May-3-2005 |
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 reports generated... |
| 6885748 |
System and method for protection of digital works |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A method of protecting a digital work uses a format preserving encryption scheme to encrypt the digital work. This enables any native replay application or rendering application to transform an encrypted... |
| 6885629 |
Recordable optical disk including an auxiliary information presence indicator |
| Apr-26-2005 |
An optical disk having a first recording area for recording information; and a second recording area having auxiliary information including disk identification information unique to that optical disk recorded... |
| 6882987 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a decoding key encoded with specific information to decode encrypted information of a record medium |
| Apr-19-2005 |
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 recording apparatus... |
| 6882979 |
Generating revenue for the use of softgoods that are freely distributed over a network |
| Apr-19-2005 |
An on-line electronic commerce transaction for facilitating purchase of digital products (softgoods) after enabling a user to preview the softgoods. Creators of the softgoods enter into an agreement with... |
| 6873976 |
Secured purchasing system |
| Mar-29-2005 |
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 part (subject-matter... |
| 6873975 |
Content usage control system, content usage apparatus, computer readable recording medium with program recorded for computer to execute usage method |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A content usage control system comprises a copyright holder system, content server, license server and user system. The ACL setting section of the copyright holder system sets a license ACL expressed as... |
| 6871192 |
System and method for preventing unauthorized use of protected software utilizing a portable security device |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method and system for protecting software from unauthorized use on a computer system using an external security device is disclosed. The method and system include encrypting the software to be protected... |
| 6868495 |
One-time pad Encryption key Distribution |
| Mar-15-2005 |
Some of these problems with digital information protection systems may be overcome by providing a mechanism which allows a content provider to encrypt digital information without requiring either a hardware... |
| 6868494 |
Reproducing apparatus and information distribution system |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A reproducing apparatus operable to move data that is coded and managed for copyright protection after evaluation an encryption key and permitting its movement based on a result of the evaluation, to copy... |
| 6865677 |
Contents rendering control method, contents reproducing equipment, and contents distribution equipment |
| Mar-8-2005 |
To enable the control of rendering contents in part by using digital watermark technique: a contents serving center for embedding watermark in contents 4 embeds control information as digital watermarks... |
| 6865675 |
Method and apparatus for use of a watermark and a unique time dependent reference for the purpose of copy protection |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A copyright protection system for protecting content wherein a time dependent ticket is calculated at a source device by combining a checkpoint with a ticket. The checkpoint is transmitted from a display... |
| 6865553 |
Copy protection apparatus and method |
| Mar-8-2005 |
An apparatus and method of copy protection for use in digital data recorders such as DVD-RAM recorders, which includes embedding transmission time information into a digital data stream by digital watermarking... |
| 6865552 |
Data copying system, data copying apparatus, data copying method, and recording medium |
| Mar-8-2005 |
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 includes:... |
