METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC WORKS

摘要

A system for managing, distributing and using of electronic content. The system includes an encoding/encryption appliance (110) for receiving content and creating protected content, a distribution appliance (120) for defining one or more grants, a consumption appliance (130) for exercing the one or more grants to transform the protected content into exercisable content, and a licensing appliance to coordinate passage of the electronic content from the encoding/encryption (110) appliance to the distribution appliance (120) to the consumption appliance (130) in a distributed computing environment.