METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CHAINING OF ACCESS RULES IN A DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A system (100) for determining whether a client (102) is authorized to acces s content in a communication network (114) is disclosed. The system includes a computer software product (106, 112) containing programming instructions for defining content access rules in connection with accessing the content and f or identifying client selections related to the content. The computer software product (106, 112) further includes programming instructions for providing client entitlement data. The computer software product (106, 112) further includes programming instructions for comparing the client entitlement data with the content access rules and the client selections to determine whether the client is authorized to access the content. Optionally, the computer software product (106, 112) also includes programming instructions that allo w additional rules to be added to the content access rules. These additional rules can be added by other parties that are involved in the process of providing the requested content to the client.