摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for digital copyrights management using advanced copy with rights issuance, managed copy tokens, etc. <P>SOLUTION: Digital copyrights management by a DRM agent to perform rights management operations on a digital content package includes loading rights management instructions associated with the digital content package, executing rights management instructions, and loading supporting licenses associated with the digital content package for processing by the DRM agent. The DRM agent determines whether to permit the rights management operations requested by rights management instructions. Further, the invention includes associating usage rights with digital content packages, managing digital rights tokens, managing digital content packages having predetermined broadcast dates, preserving usage rights when content is transferred between DRM environments, and distributing content packages. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |