| 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... |
| 6898286 |
Method and system verifying product licenses using hardware and product identifications |
| May-24-2005 |
The present invention provides a method and system for verifying software product licenses using hardware and product identifications. Specifically, the present invention provides a method and system for... |
| 6895392 |
Usage rights grammar and digital works having usage rights created with the grammar |
| May-17-2005 |
A system for associating usage rights with digital works, a method for creating usage rights with a grammar, and usage rights created with a grammar. The system includes a mechanism for creating usage... |
| 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... |
| 6889212 |
Method for enforcing a time limited software license in a mobile communication device |
| May-3-2005 |
A mobile communication device (104) loads an application bundle (200), which includes a software application (202) and an indication of a time limited license (206). To enforce the time limited license,... |
| 6889207 |
Content control in a device environment |
| May-3-2005 |
Devices and methods are disclosed for controlling content within a device environment through interaction among electronic devices of the environment. The device has a transmitter, receiver, memory storing... |
| 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... |
| 6885999 |
Digital identifiers and digital identifier control systems for intellectual properties |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A method and system thereof for controlling intellectual properties in an intellectual property management system. A unique digital identifier is assigned to each of the intellectual properties. The digital... |
| 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... |
| 6879990 |
System for identifying potential licensees of a source patent portfolio |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A list of potential licensees of a patent portfolio can be generated from a source patent portfolio. To identify the licensees, the source patent portfolio comprising, for example, all the patents owned... |
| 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:... |
| 6865555 |
System and method for providing conditional access to digital content |
| Mar-8-2005 |
In response to a user request to view specific digital content, the user's set top box (STB) accesses a verification entity via a persistent network connection. The STB establishes the user's identity... |
| 6865556 |
Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers |
| Mar-8-2005 |
Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the... |
| 6859792 |
Product suite licensing method |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A license management method specifies a predetermined number of assigned units for each of a plurality of individually selectable programs in a product suite. A discrete node running total equals the assigned... |
| 6859793 |
Software license reporting and control system and method |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing licenses associated with an application program utilizing a network. Initially, information is collected relating to at least one... |
| 6859793 |
Software license reporting and control system and method |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing licenses associated with an application program utilizing a network. Initially, information is collected relating to at least one... |
| 6857071 |
System and method for distributing digital works, apparatus and method for reproducing digital works, and computer program product |
| Feb-15-2005 |
An editing apparatus generates a capsular work in which usage conditions for each of plural usages and usage secret information, obtained by encrypting a decryption key encrypted work data with ticket... |
| 6856976 |
Secured commercial transaction |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A system and method for transferring an encrypted file over the Internet involves a seller, a buyer, and a transaction agent. First, the seller creates a file for publication on the Internet. This file... |
| 6842741 |
Recording medium with electronic ticket definitions recorded thereon and electronic ticket processing methods and apparatuses |
| Jan-11-2005 |
An electronic ticket comprises a ticket ID 233, an issuer ID 237, right information 239 of the electronic ticket, and issue, transfer and redeem conditions 240, 241 and 242, the entire block of these pieces... |
| 6839691 |
Method for acquiring a customer for online postage metering |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A method for acquiring customers for meter licenses for PC postage. The method includes the steps of a meter vendor obtaining a first meter license from the Post for a first meter; loaning the use of a... |
| 6832358 |
System and method for providing burst licensing in a circuit simulation environment |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A system and method which allows for burst licensing, particularly for use in a circuit design and analysis system in which designers use tools to assist in characterizing and verifying the circuit. Burst... |
| 6832319 |
Content guard system for copy protection of recordable media |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A system and method for enabling broadcast programs to be copied once only by consumer recorders includes writing a unique media identification on each blank disk to which content is to copied in a read-only... |
| 6826594 |
Method and system for remote content management of a designated portion of a web page |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method for inserting a dynamic content into a web page uses a dynamic content code embedded in the web page. The dynamic content code is used to access a program file on a dynamic content host computer... |
| 6826546 |
Method and system for licensing a copy of a copyright protected work |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method and system are provided for facilitating the purchase of a license for a downloaded file of a copyrighted work. In one embodiment, a method for licensing a digital copy of a copyrighted work includes... |
| 6820200 |
Information processing apparatus and method and recording medium |
| Nov-16-2004 |
An application program that was encrypted by using a predetermined secret key is input to an input section that is a part of a program execution system, and encrypted sentences as the encrypted application... |
| 6820063 |
Controlling access to content based on certificates and access predicates |
| Nov-16-2004 |
Digital rights for content downloaded to a subscriber computer from a provider are specified in an access predicate. The access predicate is compared with a rights manager certificate associated with an... |
| 6816842 |
Method and apparatus for automatically processing business contract information into licensed end-user application |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A system for managing the generation of licensed end-user software applications based on contracting information which is automatically fed from one or more business contract systems. A license manager... |
| 6810389 |
System and method for flexible packaging of software application licenses |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A method for providing licenses to client computer systems to allow the client computer systems to use licensed software products includes receiving a request for a feature license for a feature included... |
| 6807641 |
Content provider system |
| Oct-19-2004 |
Even if contents data distributed over a network are once destroyed, the contents data are restored, as the copyright protection is maintained. A PC memorizes backup of distributed music contents on a... |
| 6801999 |
Passive and active software objects containing bore resistant watermarking |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A technique for imparting substantial break-once-run-everywhere (BORE) resistance to passive and active software objects, and for controlling access and use of resulting protected objects by a client computer... |
| 6799271 |
Method and system for authenticating user and providing service |
| Sep-28-2004 |
A service providing method which uses a user terminal, a service providing apparatus, and an authentication apparatus is disclosed. In the method, authentication data is generated and encrypted by using... |
| 6775655 |
Rendering digital content in an encrypted rights-protected form |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A rendering application determines that digital content is in an encrypted rights-protected form and invokes a Digital Rights Management (DRM) system which includes a license store having at least one... |
| 6772133 |
Information recording device and information reproducting device |
| Aug-3-2004 |
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... |
| 6745166 |
Contents information recording method, contents information processing unit, contents information deciphering method, contents information deciphering unit and media thereof |
| Jun-1-2004 |
When enciphered contents information is transferred from media A to media B, enciphered key information and ID(A) of the media A are recorded as a control number of data link ID in a memory of a media... |
| 6744894 |
Data management system |
| Jun-1-2004 |
The present invention provides a system to ensure security of data in a computer network system. A center certifies a public-key of user of the system and distributes a secret-key. A first system comprises... |
| 6742129 |
Software security mechanism |
| May-25-2004 |
A load program causes a user's computer to generate an intermediate code as a function of a read time from the computer's system clock and an operating system ID. The software provider receives the intermediate... |
| 6735699 |
Method and system for monitoring use of digital works |
| May-11-2004 |
A digital work utilization monitoring method and system for preventing illegal use such as unpermitted copying of digital works so that use of the digital works can be monitored by judging whether or not... |
| 6735696 |
Digital content protection using a secure booting method and apparatus |
| May-11-2004 |
A method and system of protecting content by ensuring a secure boot of a processor environment. A processor is coupled to a certification unit which may include a decryption engine and a one-way hash unit.... |
| 6735297 |
System for maintaining PBX license key information in the event of a hardware failure reducing MTTR |
| May-11-2004 |
A programmable telephone system including system software and system hardware. The system software includes instructions for operating the telephone system, and requires license information to operate.... |
| 6725205 |
System and method for secure software installation |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A method secures software in a computer system that has one or more fixed disk drives. Each fixed disk drive is configured with a predetermined system serial number, such that each fixed disk drive has... |
| 6708157 |
System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works using digital tickets |
| Mar-16-2004 |
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... |
| 6697997 |
Recording medium with a signed hypertext recorded thereon signed hypertext generating method and apparatus and signed hypertext verifying method and apparatus |
| Feb-24-2004 |
In a hypertext made up of a plurality of linked documents, each document is composed of a document ID, an issuer ID, a property definition, and a signature attached to the document in its entirety. The... |
| 6684198 |
Program data distribution via open network |
| Jan-27-2004 |
When program data is distributed to users across an open network, such as the Internet, a licensing agreement concluded between a server for the program data and a manager is maintained and the unauthorized... |
| 6681015 |
Digital recording/reproducing system |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A digital recording/reproducing system includes a set top box. The STB receives a digital television broadcast signal and transmits a scrambled data stream from a stream selector via an interface to a... |
| 6678824 |
Application usage time limiter |
| Jan-13-2004 |
An application usage time limiter monitors certain pre-configured application programs when opened or otherwise executed on a computer (e.g. a PC). The application usage time limiter is itself a program... |
| 6665797 |
Protection of software again against unauthorized use |
| Dec-16-2003 |
A central program comprising a EI sub-program for providing identity information of the rightful user thereof for accessing a network central computer to obtain service(s) or software product(s) or alike,... |
| 6658568 |
Trusted infrastructure support system, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce transaction and rights management |
| Dec-2-2003 |
The present invention provides methods and systems for secure, automated transaction processing for use in electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management over an electronic network... |
| 6647495 |
Information processing apparatus and method and recording medium |
| Nov-11-2003 |
In an information processing apparatus and method, an application program that was encrypted using secret key-A is supplied to a decoding section 82, and publicized key-B and an encrypted publicized key-A... |
| 6636867 |
Method of enabling and administering commercial transactions using a computerized administration system |
| Oct-21-2003 |
The present invention relates to a method of enabling and administering commercial transactions using a computerised administration system. The method comprises (with reference to FIG. 1)storing in a first... |
| 6633644 |
Conditional access system for controlling the access to a data content |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A conditional access system for controlling the access of receivers of end-users to data content transmitted from a data content source in an uplink system. The uplink system scrambles the content supplied... |
