Patent ID: 7124364
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a data dictionary for definition of terms of a rights expression language, the method comprising operating at least one computer to perform the steps of: assigning a single meaning signifying a basic action to a first term of the data dictionary; assigning different singular meanings to each of a plurality of terms comprising a basic term set of the data dictionary, wherein each of the different singular meanings is derived partially with reference to the first term, and wherein a context term of the basic term set is assigned a meaning signifying a circumstance in which the basic action or a type of basic action occurs; defining a plurality of basic relational terms, whereby each respective one of the plurality of basic relational terms links the context term of the basic term set to respective other ones of the basic term set; defining other terms as needed to convey an intended semantic content of the expression language, each of the other terms defined as a type of a term selected from the basic term set or the first term, whereby ones of the other terms are linked by any selected one of the plurality of basic relational terms, wherein the method is operative to create the data dictionary defining terms of a rights expression language in a memory operatively associated with the at least one computer; and displaying at least a portion of the data dictionary using a display operatively associated with the at least one computer.