Patent ID: 9672365
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, digital content; determining, by the computing device, first data indicating first usage rights for the digital content and indicating a first content release window that controls when the first usage rights are applied, wherein the first usage rights control how the digital content is used during the first content release window; determining, by the computing device, second data indicating second usage rights for the digital content and indicating a second content release window that controls when the second usage rights are applied, wherein the second usage rights control how the digital content is used during the second content release window, the second usage rights being different from the first usage rights and the second content release window being different from the first content release window; and prior to the first content release window and the second content release window, encoding, by the computing device, the digital content with a single data structure, wherein the single data structure indicates the first usage rights, the second usage rights, the first content release window, and the second content release window, associates the first usage rights with the first content release window, and associates the second usage rights with the second content release window.