Apparatus and method for providing a user interface based on access rights information

摘要

An apparatus and method for providing access rights information on computer accessible content are provided. The apparatus and method provide a mechanism through which access rights information is provided in association with information and content such that use of the information and content is controlled based on the access rights information. The apparatus and method include access rights information tags being associated with information and content to control access to the content. In alternative embodiments, the access rights information is implemented as metadata files rather than as tags. These metadata files are associated with content files and are processed when the access to the content is requested. In addition, when HTML content, which has associated ARI tags, is downloaded, the ARI tags may be stored as HTML code in a metadata file. The filesystem may then use a web browser or the like to parse and interpret the HTML code when access to the content file is desired.