Patent ID: 8892473
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more client-side subscriber computing devices associated with a subscriber of a subscription for controlling access to content that is made available to the one or more client-side subscriber computing devices through the subscription as content of a digital work, the method comprising: transmitting, by at least one of the one or more client-side subscriber computing devices, information satisfying one or more conditions specified by a label representing the subscription to the digital work, the digital work including a first content and a second content, the first content being present content that is available to the one or more client-side subscriber computing devices through the subscription, the second content being future content that is not yet available to the one or more client-side subscriber computing devices through the subscription, the label including one or more pointers to the first content of the digital work and specifying one or more usage rights corresponding to permitted utilizations of the first content and the second content; before the second content is available to the one or more client-side subscriber computing devices through the subscription: after the second content is available to the one or more client-side subscriber computing devices through the subscription: