Digital rights management of content when content is a future live event

摘要

A method and system for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith including a point of capture system adapted to generate content of a future event when the event occurs, a content distributor adapted to generate a rights label having usage rights associated with content of the future event before the content is created, the rights label having a distribution key for encrypting the content as the content is generated, the distribution key being encrypted with a public key. The system also includes a license server adapted to generate a license associate with the content from the rights label before the content is generated, the license including the distribution key encrypted with the public key, and a content distributor adapted to distribute the license before the content is generated.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for controlling use of future content, the future content being a recorded representation of a future event, the method comprising:
receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices before the future content is available, at least one rights offer associated with the future content, the at least one rights offer including at least one usage right specifying a manner of use of the future content that is enforceable by a repository; selecting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices before the future content is available, one of the usage rights included in the rights offer; requesting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices before the future content is available, generation of an authorization token associated with the future content, the authorization token being exchangeable for a right to access the future content when the future content becomes available and usable to authorize the granting of the selected usage right; transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, device information and information identifying the authorization token, wherein the device information can be used to authenticate at least one of the one or more computing devices; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an indication that the future content is available, wherein use of the future content in accordance with the selected usage right is controlled by a software application installed on at least one of the one or more computing devices; and receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a data stream representing the future content, wherein the software application processes the data stream in accordance with the selected usage right.