Patent ID: 6959290
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for enforcing use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital works, said method comprising: receiving a request to use a digital work; determining at a non-centralized repository, whether the request should be granted based on usage rights associated with the digital work, wherein the usage rights include a manner of use for indicating how the digital work can be used, conditions that must be satisfied in order to exercise the manner of use, and status information relating to the state of the usage of the digital work; and enforcing use of the digital work on a computing device in accordance with the manner of use if the result of said determining step is that the request should be granted, wherein the status information comprises a history list indicating events relating to the digital work, the history list can include dates of each of the events, the method further comprises accomplishing one or more transactions with respect to the digital work, and said transactions in said accomplishing step comprise copy, transfer, loan, play, print, backup, restore, delete, directory, folder, extract, embed, edit, execute, authorization, install, and uninstall transactions.