| 7043454 |
Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate idea submission, purchase and licensing and innovation transfer |
| May-9-2006 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for effectuating bilateral commerce in ideas. The present invention is both an originator-(400) and user-driven (300) online commercial network system designed... |
| 7039944 |
Digital data file management method and recording medium for recording digital data file management program thereon |
| May-2-2006 |
The digital data file management method reads a header of the digital data file stored on an external medium. Based on the read header, the digital data file is selectively uploaded and/or managed. |
| 7039615 |
Retail transactions involving digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system |
| May-2-2006 |
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, where the... |
| 7039613 |
System and method for controlling distribution and use of digital works using price specifications |
| May-2-2006 |
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) a fee... |
| 7036019 |
Method for controlling database copyrights |
| Apr-25-2006 |
The present invention provides a method for controlling copyrights of digital data in a database system including real time transmission of a digital picture. Copyrights are controlled using one or more... |
| 7035827 |
Content receiving apparatus and method, storage medium, and server |
| Apr-25-2006 |
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 of the... |
| 7031943 |
Digital license agreement |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method and system for licensing intellectual properties. A user can acquire a license conveying rights in intellectual properties by accessing a designated site and making a digital license request.... |
| 7031944 |
Distributed processing system, method of the same |
| Apr-18-2006 |
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 collection/distribution... |
| 7028340 |
Apparatus, a system and method for controlling access to contents |
| Apr-11-2006 |
The apparatus controls access to the contents. The apparatus comprises MO device, MPEG2 decoder, and MO media as physical elements. Information for identifying these physical elements (identifying information)... |
| 7024393 |
Structural of digital rights management (DRM) system |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A digital rights management (DRM) system operates on a computing device when a user requests that a protected piece of digital content be rendered by the computer device in a particular manner. The DRM... |
| 7017188 |
Method and apparatus for secure content delivery over broadband access networks |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A system for secure delivery of on-demand content over broadband access networks utilizes a pair of servers and security mechanisms to prevent client processes from accessing and executing content without... |
| 7013294 |
License management system |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A license management system for software which drives a single computer or a plurality of computers includes: an application program for requesting a decision of the number of license which it needs to... |
| 7010697 |
System for dynamically encrypting information for secure internet commerce and providing embedded fulfillment software |
| Mar-7-2006 |
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 customer... |
| 7006997 |
Method and program for preventing unfair use of software |
| Feb-28-2006 |
For user registration, feature of a file system of a computer of a particular user is extracted, and a licenser generates key data characteristic of the extracted feature and provides the key data to the... |
| 7000144 |
Information management apparatus, information management system, and information management software |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A user machine provided with a system of a software battery is connected to a host machine for providing a battery through a communications line, and a specific battery in a user machine is charged. The... |
| 6999947 |
License devolution apparatus |
| Feb-14-2006 |
There is provided a license devolution system for devolving the right of using as to contents. The license devolution system makes it possible to copy or distribute contents while contributing to a protection... |
| 6999948 |
Memory card |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A memory card 110 extracts a session key Ks from the data applied onto a data bus BS3 by carrying out a decryption process. An encryption processing unit 1406 encrypts a public encryption... |
| 6993664 |
Method and system for licensing a software product |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for activating and obtaining a license for a software product is disclosed. A local license is obtained from a storage medium of the software product and is stored with the software... |
| 6993131 |
Method and system for managing rights in digital information over a network |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for distributing digital information is disclosed. Preferably, a user acquires a tangible object which contain a code authorizing access to the digital information. The user reads the... |
| 6990584 |
Method of and apparatus for restricting copy of digital information, and apparatus for recording digital information |
| Jan-24-2006 |
An apparatus for restricting a copy of digital information is provided with a detecting device for detecting a first watermark, which is buried in the digital information and comprises a first signal generated... |
| 6983262 |
Server having an automatic management mechanism |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A server, having an automatic management mechanism, automatically delivers a request for license from a user to a communication window, automatically arranges information such as titles of software parts,... |
| 6980972 |
Method and system for controlling and auditing content/service systems |
| Dec-27-2005 |
An improved interactive network system is provided that allows the Network Operator to control the transfer of information to and from the network end users, the system preferably using triggers or markers... |
| 6980652 |
Combination mastered and writeable medium and use in electronic internet appliance |
| Dec-27-2005 |
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 region... |
| 6978291 |
Method for correlating job-step or execution-process information with corresponding software licensing information |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A software processing method enhances the functionality of job-step, charge-back systems by providing accurate charge-backs based on cognizance of software products actually being used. In the invention,... |
| 6973444 |
Method for interdependently validating a digital content package and a corresponding digital license |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method is disclosed for a device to interdependently validate a digital content package having a piece of digital content in an encrypted form, and a corresponding digital license for rendering the digital... |
| 6968384 |
License management system and method for commuter licensing |
| Nov-22-2005 |
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 the... |
| 6963859 |
Content rendering repository |
| Nov-8-2005 |
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 rendering... |
| 6961858 |
Method and system to secure content for distribution via a network |
| Nov-1-2005 |
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 copy-protected... |
| 6959290 |
Method and apparatus for tracking states of digital works |
| Oct-25-2005 |
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 work, and... |
| 6959291 |
Management of a concurrent use license in a logically-partitioned computer |
| Oct-25-2005 |
An apparatus, program product and method track concurrent uses of a computer program across a plurality of logical partitions in a logically partitioned computer, such that a decision as to whether to... |
| 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... |
| 6954854 |
Electronic authentication method, electronic authentication apparatus and electronic authentication storage medium |
| Oct-11-2005 |
According to the invention, techniques for verifying that data input as a response to presented contents is true input data for a content access. In a representative embodiment according to the present... |
| 6954738 |
Method and apparatus for distributing enforceable property rights |
| Oct-11-2005 |
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 mechanism... |
| 6952685 |
Music distribution system and associated antipiracy protection |
| Oct-4-2005 |
Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's computer-based user station. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive... |
| 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... |
| 6944776 |
System and method for data rights management |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A system and method for data rights management across multiple data rights management architectures is disclosed. The system and method solves the problems posed by multiple incompatible data rights management... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6915278 |
License management method and system |
| Jul-5-2005 |
Improved license management system and method for a convertible floating license for software that permit conversion from one license state to a second license state to permit authorized license use and... |
| 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... |
| 6904528 |
Illegitimate duplication preventing method, data processing apparatus and medical imaging apparatus |
| Jun-7-2005 |
In order to assuredly prevent illegitimate duplication of a program by a simple technique, license information 304 is created as information in the form of a run-time read module in a data processing apparatus... |
| 6904523 |
Method and system for enforcing access to a computing resource using a licensing attribute certificate |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A licensing attribute certificate enables a trusted computing base to enforce access to a computing resource by a computer application. The licensing attribute certificate can contain enforcement data... |
| 6904525 |
Method for preventing counterfeiting of articles of manufacture |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A method for verifying the source of an article of manufacture. A label having information relating to the article is prepared and digitally signed or otherwise encrypted to authenticate the information.... |
| 6904417 |
Policy notice method and system |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a method and system for promoting compliance with data protection and privacy laws and regulations relating to the privacy rights of individuals.... |
| 6901386 |
Electronic asset lending library method and apparatus |
| May-31-2005 |
A electronic asset lending library method and apparatus enables the electronic management and reassignment of licenses for unused electronic assets installed on computers connected through a communications... |
| 6898708 |
Device for reproducing data |
| May-24-2005 |
A cellular phone (100) stores encrypted content data and encrypted license key distributed thereto in a memory card (110). The cellular phone (100) and the memory card (110) collectively perform a part... |
