Patent ID: 7360098
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for managing time-limited orders for rights associated with a compound work that has other works with associated rights contained therein, the apparatus comprising: a rights table with an entry for each right associated with the compound work, the entry containing permission date information that indicates a time period during which that right may be exercised; a work relation table that has a record that relates each work that is contained in the compound work with the compound work; an order table containing a record for each order and an indication whether a right requested by that order has been authorized or denied; means responsive to an order requesting a right to a desired work and operable when the order is within the time period during which the right can be exercised and the right is available for the compound work for searching the work relation table to determine whether the desired work is contained in the compound work; and means responsive to a determination that the desired work is contained in the compound work for updating the order table to indicate that the right has been authorized or denied.