Patent ID: 8201260
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a digital-rights-management (DRM) agent to manage the utilizing of a content object including secured digital content based on a rights object (RO) related to said content object, wherein based on at least one restriction defined in said rights object (RO), said DRM agent is to cause said apparatus to present supplemental content of at least one supplemental content object when said content object is utilized, wherein said restriction relates to at least one group object (GO) including at least one reference to said at least one supplemental content object, respectively, wherein said reference includes identification information to identify said supplemental content object, wherein the group object (GO) is distinct from said rights object (RO), wherein the DRM agent is to obtain the rights object (RO) at a first time, and to obtain the group object (GO) at a second time, wherein, subsequent to a modification of content of the group object (GO), to which the rights object (RO) points, the DRM agent is to utilize the modified content of the group object (GO) while the rights object (RO) is maintained unmodified, wherein the apparatus is implemented by utilizing at least a hardware component.