Patent ID: 7912451
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for limiting the use of one or more multimedia applications of an electronic equipment, the method comprising: transmitting a request from an electronic equipment having one or more multimedia applications that are adapted to be initiated by an associated user's action to a remote server upon initiation of the one or more multimedia applications, wherein the request includes identification information associated with the electronic equipment, wherein the remote server includes a database having one or more permission entries associated with the identity information and/or the location information for the one or more multimedia applications available on the electronic equipment, wherein the database further includes at least one digital rights entry associated with the one or more multimedia applications available on the electronic equipment, receiving access information from the remote server, wherein the access information is based at least in part on the request transmitted to the remote server and the access information includes location information in which the electronic equipment has limited rights to create and/or distribute multimedia content; and processing the access information to determine whether the one or more multimedia applications that have been initiated are accessible based at least in part on the received access information and wherein a multimedia content file generated by the one or more multimedia applications initiated by the user includes the at least one digital rights entry embedded in a portion of the multimedia content file.