METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENFORCING APPLICATION LEVEL RESTRICTIONS ON LOCAL AND REMOTE CONTENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enforce application level restrictions on local and remote content rendered on a device.

SOLUTION: A method for enforcing application level restrictions on local and remote content comprises: receiving a permissions list 120 associated with the content; receiving a content descriptor 120 that identifies the content; and receiving a modification detection indicator 120 created by an authority 108. The modification detection indicator binds the permissions list and the content descriptor. The method further comprises retrieving the content identified by the content descriptor 106 and rendering the content on a content viewer 116, and the content is restricted based on the permissions list 120.

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