SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERMISSION BASED DIGITAL CONTENT SYNDICATION, MONETIZATION, AND LICENSING WITH ACCESS CONTROL BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER

摘要

A system for controlling access to digital content enables global sharing of digital content under terms negotiated between a content owner and a content subscriber, facilitates commerce and the sale of digital access to any digitally transmittable data. The system may include preconfigured online forms in which users simply “fill in the blanks” to create legally binding contracts and/or licenses, including full terms of agreement, date filed, license key, and other identifying information. The system permits monitoring of content deployment by the subscriber for compliance with agreement terms such as: where content may be published and viewed, duration, age limit, by the pageview, and other customizable terms between the parties. The system provides a two-way marketplace that facilitates the finding of content, the setting of agreement terms, and a content collaboration tool. Analytics are provided and the platform facilitates monetary transactions in a trusted centralized location.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for controlling access to digital content comprising:
receiving, by a processor on a first computing device within a network, data representing conditions for access to at least one item of digital content, the conditions for access having been negotiated online between an owner of the at least one item of digital content and a republisher/content subscriber; evaluating, by the processor, the data representing the conditions for access to at the least one item of digital content; responsive to said evaluating, producing, by the processor, data representing computer-readable instructions for implementing and monitoring the conditions for access to at the least one item of digital content; the processor transmitting the data representing computer-readable instructions for implementing and monitoring the conditions for access to at the least one item of digital content to a second computing device on the network, the second computing device being under the control of the republisher/content subscriber; receiving at the first computing device data representing a request to access the least one item of digital content, the request being transmitted by the second computing device; responsive to receipt of data representing a request to access the at least one item of digital content, the first computing device transmitting data representing the at least one item of digital content to the second computing device; the second computing device displaying the at least one item of digital content according the conditions for access.