Patent ID: 9135408
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing an authorization of digital rights, the method comprising: authorizing, by a second server device, a first server device to have an authorization to create a domain rights object (RO) for a domain which is managed by the second server device; transmitting, by the second server device, to the first server device, a drop domain authorization trigger message for an initiation of an authorization protocol to cease creating the domain RO for the domain, the drop domain authorization trigger message including information on the domain, wherein the second server device is a Domain Enforce Agent/Domain Authority (DEA/DA), and the information on the domain is an identity (ID) of the domain; receiving, by the second server device, from the first server device, a drop domain authorization request message including the ID of the domain, a reqID parameter indicating an ID of the first server device, a resID parameter indicating an ID of the second server device, and a signature, wherein the drop domain authorization request message further includes a not-authorized element which indicates that the first server device does not have the authorization for the domain if it is checked that the authorization already has been dropped; processing, by the second server device, the drop domain authorization request message based on content included in the drop domain authorization request message; updating, by the second server device, the status of the authorization; and transmitting, by the second server device, to the first server device, a drop domain authorization response message including a status element indicating a result of the second server device processing the drop domain authorization request message.