Patent ID: 7526812
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for rights management, comprising: an imaging device that obtains image data from a hard-copy document, the hard-copy document having rights management information embedded thereon; a user interface that allows a user to at least one of (a) enter user authentication information or (b) request an operation to be executed by the system; a detection device that detects the rights management information in the obtained image data of the hard-copy document; and a rights management device that automatically carries out a rights management scheme regarding the hard-copy document based on the detected rights management information wherein detected rights management information applies to only one or more applicable sub-portions of the hard-copy document, and not to all of the hard-copy document, and the rights management device automatically carries out the rights management scheme regarding the applicable sub-portions of the hard-copy document by preventing unauthorized functions, unauthorized operations or unauthorized access to the one or more applicable sub-portions based on detected rights management information.