Patent ID: 7711648
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for resolving rights to reuse content in a resource having information associated therewith displayed on a display screen controlled by a computer having a processor, the method comprising: (a) displaying by the computer on the display screen a plurality of user-selectable links including an additional link to a rights advisor program running in a memory of a rights server connected to the computer, wherein the additional link includes a location of the rights advisor program and information identifying the resource; (b) storing by the rights server alt agreements entered into by an organization to which a user belongs; (c) receiving a selection of the additional link by the computer from a pointing device connected to the computer; (d) obtaining by the computer in response to the selection of the additional link, user context information, including information identifying the organization; (e) sending by the computer the user context information and the information identifying the resource from the computer to the rights server; (f) retrieving by the rights server using the rights advisor program all rights agreements entered into by the organization; (g) determining, by the rights server using the rights advisor program with the information identifying the resource, rights set forth in the retrieved rights agreements that cover the resource; (h) creating by the rights server a hierarchy that extends from a worst applicable right to a best applicable right by using the rights advisor program to arrange the rights determined in step (g); (i) determining by the rights server the best applicable right by examining the hierarchy using the rights advisor program, and (j) presenting by the rights server on the display screen the best applicable rights to the user.