CN101449579B - Systems and methods for enabling consumption of copy-protected content across multiple devices - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention discloses various systems and methods for distributing rights managed content objects. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for distribution that include providing a mobile storage device that includes a wireless interface and a storage component maintaining a rights managed content object. A first request to provide the rights managed content object to a first mobile application device via the wireless interface is received, and a second request to provide the rights managed content object to a second mobile application device via the wireless interface is received. The rights managed content object is accessed from the storage component, and a digital rights management tool associated with the accessed content object is accessed. The rights managed content object is decrypted using the digital rights management tool, and streamed to both the first mobile application device and the second mobile application device via the wireless interface.
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The application requires the priority (being their non-interim submission) of following application: the title of being submitted on July 5th, 2006 by people such as Al-Refaee is No. 60/806,610, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application of " SYSTEMS ANDMETHODS FOR MOBILE DATA STORAGE AND ACQUISITION "; The title of being submitted on October 11st, 2006 by people such as Al-Refaee is No. 60/829,007, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application of " SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILEDATA STORAGE AND ACQUISITION "; And be No. 60/869,453, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application of " SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DATA STORAGEAND ACQUISITION " by the title that people such as Al-Refaee submitted on December 11st, 2006.Each above-mentioned application all is transferred to the entity common with the application, and for whole purposes by reference in conjunction with in this application.
In addition, the application relates to the following patent application of submitting on the same day with the application: the title of being submitted to by people such as Bahram is the PCT application number PCT/US07/71989 of " Systems and Methods for Implementing HandsFree Operational Environments "; The title of being submitted to by people such as Haddad is the PCT application number PCT/US07/71991 of " Systems and Methods for MultiportCommunication Distribution "; The title of being submitted to by people such as Warren is the PCT application number PCT/US07/71994 of " Systems and Methods for PowerManagement in Relation to a Wireless Storage Device "; The title of being submitted to by people such as Al-Refaee is the PCT application number PCT/US07/72003 of " Systems andMethods for Multi-user Access to a Wireless Storage Device "; And the title of being submitted to by people such as Warren is the PCT application number PCT/US07/72008 of " Systemsand Methods for Mobile Data Storage and Acquisition ".All above-mentioned relevant applications all are transferred to the entity common with the application, and for whole purposes by reference in conjunction with in this application.
Technical field
In general, the present invention relates to the data distribution, especially carry out system and method about the digital copyright management of data distribution.
Background technology
The computer architecture of administering local pooled storage with central processing unit is as standard in calculating decades.This framework adopts the center knowledge base of the subordinate that is regarded as associated processor.Processor and memory construction that countless equipment utilizations is familiar with have been developed.For example, the many consumer devices that comprise recorder, audio player, cell phone, video machines, video game device, video tape recorder etc. have been developed, they comprise the central memory of concrete equipment this locality, as the subordinate of administration processor in this equipment.Such equipment increases and has satisfied the consumption demand that continues in the market high speed.
The growth of digital copyright management has exposed the various limitations by the data knowledge storehouse of native processor administration.Exactly, digital content provider is wished the sell content to the consumer, and allows the consumer to keep and use described content how long to be ready with regard to how long.But, because the incompatible and other problems of content copyright, this has proved and has fallen short of the reality.Because these are incompatible, digital copyright management often is limited in the use of purchase content on the equipment of the original deployment of described content.Therefore, for example, the consumer may from content provider bought specific the tinkle of bells and with the ring tone downloading bought to mobile phone.Then, as long as the consumer continues to use this mobile phone, the consumer just can use this tinkle of bells.In case the replacing mobile phone, the consumer just is forced to buy again the tinkle of bells.As an alternative, the consumer is forced to download the tinkle of bells of being bought from the service center of the digital rights management scheme supporting to use about this tinkle of bells.During the such service of each user capture all to their charge.Therefore, from consumer's viewpoint, such service with buy the content that this problem is arranged simply again and on new equipment, use and do not have basic difference.
Therefore, at least because above-mentioned reason needs advanced system and method to allow suitably to use digital information to guarantee information security simultaneously in the industry.
Summary of the invention
In general, the present invention relates to the data distribution, especially carry out system and method about the digital copyright management of data distribution.
Various embodiment of the present invention provides the system of the content object of distribution rights management.Such system comprises mobile application apparatus and movable storage device.Described movable storage device comprises processor, wave point and memory module, comprises non-volatile storage component.Described movable storage device is communicative connection to described mobile application apparatus via described wave point, and the graphic user interface of described mobile application apparatus is used to control the visit to described movable storage device.Described memory module comprises at least one content object and the executable instruction of described processor, to provide information set via described wave point to described mobile application apparatus.Described information set is used to drive the described graphic user interface of described mobile application apparatus, and described graphic user interface is as the remote graphics user interface of described movable storage device.Described instruction further can be carried out to receive described content object and to store described content object with native format by described processor.Described instruction further by described processor can carry out with: receive the request indicate selected form to described content object, visit described content object from described memory module, the digital rights management tool that visit is associated with described content object, use described digital rights management tool to decipher described content object, the form of described deciphering back content object is converted to described selected format from described native format, and makes the content object after the described deciphering send to described mobile application apparatus via described wave point streaming with format conversion.
Other embodiment of the present invention provide the method for the content object of distribution rights management.Such method comprises the movable storage device of the memory module that the content object that comprises wave point and in store rights management is provided.Reception is moved first request that application apparatus provides the content object of described rights management via described wave point to first, receives via described wave point and moves second request that application apparatus provides the content object of described rights management to second.Visit the content object of described rights management from described memory module, the digital rights management tool that visit is associated with the content object of described visit.Use described digital rights management tool to decipher the content object of described rights management, and send to described first via described wave point streaming and move application apparatus and described second and move application apparatus.
Under some situation of the foregoing description, described method further comprises the content object that receives described rights management and is stored in the described memory module with the content object of native format with described rights management.In some cases, described first request and described second request have indicated the different-format of the content object that transmits described rights management.Under these circumstances, can carry out the format conversion of content object from described native format to selected format of described rights management earlier, transmit the content object of described rights management again to the recipient.
Under some situation of the foregoing description, described digital rights management tool is a decruption key, and under other situations of the foregoing description, and described digital rights management tool comprises that described processor can carry out one group of instruction with the content object of deciphering described visit.According to open material provided herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize the operable various digital rights management tool about one or more embodiment of the present invention.In some cases, described memory module had both comprised that hard disk drive also comprised flash memory, and in other cases, described memory module comprises one of hard disk drive and flash memory.Described wave point can be, but be not limited to blue tooth interface and/or WiFi interface.
Other embodiment of the present invention provide the system of the content object of distribution rights management.Such system comprises the movable storage device that has processor, wave point and memory module.Described memory module keeps first content object and second content object at least.In addition, described memory module also comprises the executable instruction of described processor visiting one of described first content object or described second content object from described memory module, and the digital rights management tool that is associated with the content object of described visit of visit.Described instruction further can be carried out using described digital rights management tool to decipher the content object of described visit, and content object from described wave point to mobile application apparatus that distribute described deciphering via.Under some situation of the foregoing description, described system further comprises the graphic user interface that joins described mobile application apparatus.Described graphic user interface is as the remote graphics user interface of described movable storage device.
Content part of the present invention only provides the general summary according to some embodiment of the present invention.According to the following detailed description, subsidiary claims and accompanying drawing, many other targets of the present invention, characteristics, advantage and other embodiment will become apparent more all sidedly.
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By the accompanying drawing of introducing in the remainder with reference to this specification, can realize further understanding to different embodiments of the invention.In these accompanying drawings, identical Reference numeral is used in reference to similar assembly from start to finish in a few width of cloth accompanying drawings.In some cases, the subtab that comprises lowercase is associated with Reference numeral, to indicate one of a plurality of similar assemblies.Reference numeral is quoted and when not specifying existing subtab, be intended to a plurality of similar assembly that refers to that all are such.
Fig. 1 has described the various UMCS equipment according to certain embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 2 has showed according to the present invention the flow chart of the method for one or more embodiment, is used for according to the present invention one or more embodiment with UMCS equipment and the binding of other local devices;
Fig. 3 has described the demonstration UMCS equipment according to certain embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the system for numeral copyright management according to various embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 5 has described the method according to the distribute content object of certain embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 6 has described according to the present invention the flow chart of the method for one or more embodiment, and the data that are used for this locality is stored into application apparatus are carried out digital copyright management.
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In general, the present invention relates to the data distribution, especially carry out system and method about the digital copyright management of data distribution.
Some embodiment of the present invention adopts movable storage device, and such as general mobile content storage (UMCS) equipment, it especially can be stored one or more content objects and carry out the digital copyright management of required content object about described storage.As used herein, term " copyright management " and " digital copyright management " with its most widely implication be used to show several technology known in the industry and exploitation in the industry or method any, it can be used for to the restrict access of information for being equipped with the people of key with the deciphering or the described information of decoding.Therefore, for example, the content object of rights management is any data of encrypting or packing (wrap) through such mode, promptly try hard to it is used and distribution limits to the people of digital rights management tool with the content object that can decipher or otherwise separate packing (unwrap) rights management.Should be noted that as used herein, but the content object of rights management can be to be not limited to the content of consumption object, such as audio frequency, video and/or software object; And enterprise's content, such as document etc.Equally, as used herein, term " content object " with its most widely implication be used to any information set of showing that application apparatus can use.Therefore, for example, content object can be digital audio file, digital video file, computer software programs, document etc.In some cases, various digital rights management schemes are supported, make movable storage device can use different digital copyright management methods to support the storage and the distribution of content object.Therefore in such embodiments, the content of digital copyright management can be carried by the user, this locality of the equipment that uses the user.In addition, use to utilize or described content can be visited and use to one or more equipment that wired or wireless connections can be connected to movable storage device.
In the operation, the equipment that is communicative connection to described movable storage device can the request content object.After described movable storage device is received request, judge whether to have adopted digital rights management scheme,, adopted any if adopt.Select suitable digital rights management module to separate the selected content object of packing then.Packed content object in case separate, just streaming sends to the equipment of request by this way, and certain other assurance of level promptly is provided, and makes content object be protected and avoids bootlegging.
Turn to Fig. 1, the exemplary content of having described among the figure can adopt according to various embodiments of the invention is used network 100.Content uses network 100 can be used for distributing to one or more receiving equipments from UMCS equipment the content object of one or more rights managements.Exemplary content uses network 100 to comprise UMCS110 in its core.UMCS110 can from one or more online and wireless content suppliers and from various from the application apparatuss that keep such as recorder and video tape recorder received content object.In some cases, UMCS110 can be wired to personal computer 115 off and on via cable 117.Under these circumstances, use the standard I/O interface that is associated with personal computer 115, can be via personal computer 115 configuration UMCS110.
UMCS110 can interact via wireless network 120 and various device and equipment class.For example in some cases, UMCS110 can be used for via wireless network 120 and the application apparatus direct interaction of enabling UMCS.The application apparatus of enabling UMCS like this comprises following ability: UMCS110 is differentiated and accepts and transmit information to UMCS110 from UMCS110; and provide digital copyright management; thereby, and in enabling the application apparatus of UMCS, also keep content safety not only at UMCS110 and enable in the transmission between the application apparatus of UMCS and protect content.At wireless network 120 is under the situation of blueteeth network, and the application apparatus of the above-mentioned UMCS of enabling can comprise bluetooth capability.As an alternative, perhaps as a supplement, be under the situation of WiFi network at wireless network 120, the application apparatus of the above-mentioned UMCS of enabling can comprise the WiFi ability.
In all cases, UMCS110 can be used for via the application apparatus direct interaction of wireless network 120 with not enabled UMCS.Under these circumstances, perhaps UMCS110 comprises and adjusts output and receive the ability of input from the application apparatus of not enabled UMCS, and perhaps the application apparatus of not enabled UMCS can be via in order to adapt to the special-purpose UMCS transducer and UMCS110 interaction with the operation of certain kind equipment.Therefore, for example, when wireless network 120 is blueteeth network, can enable the UMCS transducer and receive information and provide information, and use the exchange of information that comes and goes between Bluetooth protocol and the UMCS110 to the application apparatus of not enabled UMCS via any application apparatus from not enabled UMCS in many communication modes.As an example, UMCS110 can interact via UMCS digital audio transducer 150 and digital audio-frequency apparatus (as digital audio player 151 and digital recorder 152).As another example, cell phone 161 or personal digital assistant (not shown) can or directly or via UMCS audio/video converter 160 interact with UMCS110.As another example, UMCS110 interacts via UMCS digital video transducer 165 and video equipment (as set-top box 166, record-reproduce head player 167, digital VTR 168 and television set 169).As further example again, UMCS110 can interact such as digital still camera 171 or printer (not shown) via UMCS digital picture transducer 170 and still image equipment.As another example again, UMCS110 can interact via UMCS GPS transducer 175 and GPS receiver/display 176.
In all cases, UMCS110 can be used for via the application apparatus direct interaction of the synthetic transducer 140 of UMCS with not enabled UMCS.The synthetic transducer 140 of UMCS can be used for providing the UMCS with the multiclass receiving equipment to interact.Therefore, for example, when wireless network 120 is blueteeth network, can enable the synthetic transducer 140 of UMCS receiving information via any application apparatus in many communication modes and to provide information, and use the exchange of information that comes and goes between Bluetooth protocol and the UMCS110 to the application apparatus of different classes of not enabled UMCS from different classes of not enabled UMCS.As an example, the synthetic transducer 140 of UMCS can be connected to UMCS110 for example digital audio player 141, digital VTR 142, television set 143, set-top box 144, digital still camera 145, record-reproduce head player 146, digital recorder 147, cell phone 148 and GPS receiver 149, perhaps certain combination of the said equipment classification.The decoder that the decoding of the storage medium accessed content that comprises from UMCS110 under these circumstances, is to use to be provided in the synthetic transducer 140 of UMCS is finished.Therefore, by UMCS110 content is separated packing, the content of separating after the packing offers the synthetic transducer 140 of UMCS via wireless network 120.UMCS synthesizes 140 pairs of content decodings of transducer and it is offered suitable receiving equipment, guarantees that simultaneously the digital copyright management of any requirement all is maintained.In some cases, the synthetic transducer 140 of UMCS may be embodied as the dongle that is associated with one or more receiving equipments.
Formerly for being provided in the patent application of " Systems and Methods for Mobile Data Storage and Acquisition ", the content that comprises UMCS equipment uses the further discussion of network in conjunction with in this application title by reference for whole purposes.
Turn to Fig. 2, flow chart 500 has been showed according to the present invention the method for one or more embodiment, is used for according to the present invention one or more embodiment with UMCS equipment and the binding of other local devices.Follow flow chart 500, UMCS equipment is switched on or is otherwise enabled (square frame 510).In case enable, UMCS equipment just detects any available network (square frame 520) and attempts such network is differentiated oneself (square frame 530).Above-mentioned detection and differentiate can comprise that wait differentiated that by particular network discerning described network is known network, like that.Therefore, when network was blueteeth network, UMCS equipment sent and/or received signal according to bluetooth network protocol.As an alternative, perhaps as a supplement, when network was the WiFi network, UMCS equipment sent and/or received signal according to the WiFi procotol.Next step, for the network of each discriminating, the UMCS recognition of devices be communicative connection to described network other enable UMCS's or the addressable equipment of UMCS (square frame 540).Use any method of known in the industry identification connected device can accomplish this point.For one or more detected equipment, carry out discrimination process so that concrete apparatus bound is arrived described UMCS (square frame 550).Such discrimination process can comprise visit and the equipment associated unique identification symbol that will be differentiated and this unique identifier of known device tabulation check that keeps with UMCS.As an alternative, perhaps as a supplement, can be from the device request username and password that will be differentiated, when user name and password coupling, this equipment is differentiated.According to open material provided herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize operable other discrimination methods about one or more embodiment of the present invention.
In case various device is differentiated (square frame 550), they just are bound to UMCS, and mode is included in the tabulation of known device and keeps communicate by letter (square frame 560) with bound device for the equipment that will differentiate.In addition, detection/discrimination process (square frame 520-560) regularly repeats or repeats by order.Therefore, whether the tabulation of regularly judging known device will upgrade (square frame 570).No matter when, perhaps unavailable as long as arrived previous Unidentified equipment as long as one of equipment on the known device becomes via network measuring, can call renewal to the tabulation of known device.When the tabulation of known device will be upgraded, repeat above-mentioned steps, produce the tabulation (square frame 520-560) of the known device after upgrading.
Turn to Fig. 3, described according to the present invention the UMCS200 of one or more embodiment among the figure.UMCS200 comprises that processor 210 is via hard disk drive interface 215 addressable hard disk drives 205.Hard disk drive interface 215 can be the known in the industry any interface that comes and goes Data transmission between permission and the hard disk drive 205.In addition, hard disk drive 205 can be known in the industry any hard disk drive.Under a kind of concrete condition, hard disk drive interface 215 is standard A TA interfaces, and hard disk drive 205 is ATA hard disk drives.
In addition, UMCS200 also comprises many transmission paths 230, and every all is connected to processor 210 via system bus 250.As shown in the figure, UMCS200 comprises three different transmission paths, and every all comprises emittor/receiver 232,234,236, is connected electrically to separately antenna 241,242,243 and local cache memories 231,233,235.Should be noted that desired use and/or the design of depending on UMCS200, UMCS200 can comprise more or less transmission path.
UMCS200 also comprises accumulator system, comprises flash memory 258 and system storage 254, is connected electrically to processor 210 via system bus 250.Some embodiment of the present invention adopts the power consumption of the combination of hard disk drive 205 and flash memory 258 with restriction UMCS200.Spent sizable power owing to rotate hard disk drive 205, so to the bigger of hard disk drive and not too frequent visit provides sizable power-saving for UMCS200.Partly according to this point, some embodiment of the present invention has carefully adjusted the size of flash memory 258 and has distributed, and feasible visit to hard disk drive 205 is restricted.When hard disk drive 205 was carried out such visit, the data of a large amount of appropriate selections moved to flash memory 258 from hard disk drive 205.Different with the additive method of pulling big consecutive data block into to high-speed cache from hard disk drive, not necessarily continuous from hard disk drive 205 to the data that flash memory 258 drags.In addition, in some cases, the domination that the data of duplicating to flash memory 258 from hard disk drive 205 are gathered by the medium of particular memory type and/or many content objects.
Formerly, provide the further discussion of the UMCS equipment that can adopt about one or more embodiment of the present invention for whole purposes are in the patent application of " Systems and Methods for Mobile Data Storage and Acquisition " in conjunction with in this application title by reference.Should be noted that disclosed one or more movable storage devices do not comprise graphic user interface in the above-mentioned patent application, perhaps only comprise very limited graphic user interface.Under these circumstances, the graphic user interface that is communicative connection to mobile application apparatus can be used to control movable storage device.As previous suggestion, so mobile application apparatus can include, but are not limited to MP3 player, portable video player, personal digital assistant etc.Be shown as the part of UMCS 200 though should be noted that three strip antennas in addition, according to one or more embodiment of the present invention, the single antenna embodiment that can support a plurality of radio channels also is possible.Formerly, provide an example of such single antenna method of supporting a plurality of radio channels for whole purposes are in the patent application of " Systems and Methods for MultiportCommunication Distribution " in conjunction with in this application title by reference.
Turn to Fig. 4, described according to the present invention the block diagram of the system for numeral copyright management 700 of one or more embodiment among the figure.System for numeral copyright management 700 comprises one or more content objects 710, many digital rights management module 720, many format converting module 730 and processor.Each content object 710 all comprises content object Payload 712 and filec descriptor 714.Content object Payload 712 comprises data, does not perhaps revise, and perhaps comprises the content of content object 710 after deciphering.Therefore, as just the part of many examples, content object Payload 712 can be that digital music is selected, digitized video is selected, software program etc.Filec descriptor 714 comprises one or more information fields of describing content object 710.As shown in the figure, filec descriptor 714 comprises the field 716 of the native format that identifies content object Payload 712 and the field 718 that sign is applied to any digital copyright management of content object Payload 712.According to open material provided herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize about the operable various content objects of one or more embodiment of the present invention, content object Payload and filec descriptor.In a specific embodiment of the present invention, system for numeral copyright management 700 is embodied as the part of UMCS equipment.
In the operation, be distribution chosen content object 710.This selection can receive from another equipment that is communicative connection to system for numeral copyright management 700, also can comprise the indication to the Final Format that selected content object wherein is provided.When not receiving the indication of Final Format, suppose that the native format that can accept with selected content object transmits.As used herein, term " native format " with its most widely implication be used to show on processor 740 addressable memory modules any form that keeps certain particular content object.Therefore, for example, when selected content object was audio file, native format can be MP3 or high definition audio.According to open material provided herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize many native formats that can keep the particular content object therein.
The selection of processor 740 response contents objects 710 is from processor 740 addressable memory module accessed content objects 710.Processor 740 adopts the information in the filec descriptor 714 to determine will use if any which digital rights management module 720 to decipher or otherwise separate packing content object Payload 712.Selected digital rights management module 720 is carried out by processor 740, so that decipher or otherwise separate packing content object Payload 712.When in filec descriptor 714, not having the reference numbers copyright managing method, suppose not implement digital copyright management.Under these circumstances, do not select digital rights management module 720, and skip above-mentioned deciphering/separate packaging process.
In addition, when the original selection of content object 710 had indicated the Final Format different with the specified native format of filec descriptor 714, processor 740 selected suitable in the format converting module 730 one object Payload 712 is converted to specified file format from filec descriptor 714 specified native formats.In case finished above-mentioned deciphering and format conversion, just provide content object Payload 712 to the receiving equipment that indicates with streamed content object 750.
Provide streamed content object 750 can include, but are not limited to sporadicly send the deciphering of content object Payload 712 and the part after the format conversion.In case receiving equipment has been received described part, just decode and content of consumption object Payload with the audio frequency, vision or other modes that are suitable for the particular content object.In case after the consumption, according to the digital copyright management that is associated with content object, the part of content object Payload 712 is deleted from receiving equipment.In some cases, via receiving equipment and the Radio Link of wherein having implemented between the equipment of system for numeral copyright management 700 information is provided.
To recognize with top that as reading various embodiment of the present invention provide some system and methods, are used to distribute the content object that has added one or more digital rights management schemes.In some cases, such system and method can provide the content of copyright management to the one or more equipment that are communicative connection to the equipment of wherein having implemented system for numeral copyright management 700.Can not increase expense to the user who content is distributed to another equipment when in addition, realizing such distribution.Can there be the help of personal computer when should be noted that the content of distribution copyright management, or not to the visit of internet, because content remains on the local device of distribution.In addition, because but the content of distribution can remain on the mobile memory medium of accessing wirelessly, so needn't get back to locality (as the family at personal computer place), just can zero access and the described content of consumption with addressable form retrieval of consumer device (as consumer-elcetronics devices) or the required content of recompile.
Turn to Fig. 5, diagram 400 has been showed according to the present invention the method for content object delivery of one or more embodiment.Content companies 310 is illustrated in the many content owners in the digital content distribution process that permission undertaken by online retailer 315 and wireless retailer 320.The content object that wireless retailer 320 and online retailer 315 permit to consumer's (as UMCS equipment 410 of user's maintenance) distribution under the permission of content companies 310 again.UMCS 410 can receive from any online retailer 315, wireless retailer 320 and/or the content equipment that keeps certainly, such as the content of audio capture equipment 420 or video capturing device 415.UMCS 410 be activated with via common interface to one or more consumer device output contents.In some cases, common interface is a wave point.But such wave point can be to be not limited to 802.11 wave points.Under a kind of concrete condition, wave point is 802.11 (i) interface.
In all cases, content object receives with concrete form and is stored on the UMCS 410 with the form of receiving.In other cases, UMCS 410 carries out format conversion to the content object of receiving earlier and stores.Form this paper of content object is called " native format " on UMCS 410.In addition, the content object of being received may need the digital copyright management of certain form.Under these circumstances, the concrete form of digital copyright management is associated with the content object of being received.In some cases, the content object of being received can be deciphered earlier in the memory that is stored in UMCS 410 again.Under these circumstances, any visit of content object in the memory is all needed to satisfy the requirement of digital copyright management.In other cases, content object is stored under the condition of its encryption or coding, only ability digital rights management applied from the memory access content object time.Under these circumstances, can be with the content object storage tags, this label had both indicated the native format of content object, indicated the concrete digital rights management scheme/key that can be used to decipher the particular content object again.
Turn to Fig. 6 now, flow chart 600 has been described according to the present invention the method for one or more embodiment, and the data that are used for the local storage of application device are carried out digital copyright management.Follow flow chart 600, via receiving information (square frame 605) with UMCS equipment associated antennas.Information via demodulation and the buffering (square frame 610-615) received via antenna.Next step judges that whether the equipment of communicating by letter with UMCS is through differentiating (square frame 620).When not finishing discriminating (square frame 620), can differentiate immediately to satisfy and differentiate requirement that this process also can finish (square frame 655) simply.Use known in the industry any discrimination method can carry out such discriminating.In other embodiments of the invention, only can receive information from the previous equipment of differentiating and/or binding.Under these circumstances, square frame 620 and square frame 655 can be unessential.
When satisfy to differentiate requiring (square frame 620), judgement is will be with the information stores received to the memory module that is associated with UMCS equipment or will retrieve (square frame 625) from it.Will be with the information stores received during, judge information whether will encode (square frame 630) to memory module (square frame 625).In the time of will encoding (square frame 630) in information, carry out suitable coding (square frame 635).In some cases, coding provides the format conversion from the form that receives to native format.As previous discussion, in certain embodiments of the present invention, the form storage of content object to receive.Under these circumstances, do not carry out above-mentioned coding.In other embodiments of the invention, content object is at first encoded to change the wherein native format of content object.Judge whether to use information the digital copyright management (square frame 640) of certain form then.When wanting digital rights management applied (square frame 640), indicate suitable digital copyright management (square frame 645) about content object.At last, with the memory module (square frame 650) of information stores to UMCS equipment, this process finishes (square frame 655).
Otherwise, will be the time, from the specified information (square frame 660) of memory module retrieval from the memory module retrieving information (square frame 625) of UMCS equipment.In addition, judge whether to carry out digital copyright management (square frame 665) about the information of being retrieved.In the time will carrying out digital copyright management (square frame 665) about the information of being retrieved, visit suitable digital rights management module (square frame 670), the information of being retrieved is separated packing or otherwise deciphering (square frame 675).Next step judges whether and will provide information (square frame 680) to the requestor with the form beyond the native format.In the time will providing information (square frame 680), carry out suitable decoding (being format conversion) (square frame 685) with the form beyond the native format.At last, information via modulation (square frame 690) and via antenna transmission (square frame 695).
In a word, the invention provides enforcement and exempt from innovative system, equipment, method and the layout of manual operation environment.Though should be noted that this paper many different data sharing methods have been discussed, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the additive method that can implement according to various embodiments of the invention after having read disclosure material.Exactly, though the above detailed description that has provided the one or more embodiment of the present invention for those skilled in the art, under the situation that does not change essence of the present invention, variously substitutes, modification and equivalent way will be conspicuous.So, more than to describe and should not be considered as limitation of the scope of the invention, this restriction is by subsidiary claims definition.
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1. the method for the content object of distribution rights management, described method comprises:
Movable storage device is provided, and wherein said movable storage device comprises wave point and random-access non-volatile storage components, and described memory module comprises the content object of rights management;
Receive the content object of described rights management at described movable storage device;
Store the content object of described rights management into described memory module with native format;
Moving application apparatus via described wave point reception to first at described movable storage device provides the content object of described rights management to indicate first request of described native format;
Moving application apparatus via described wave point reception to second at described movable storage device provides the content object of described rights management to indicate second request of selected format;
Visit the content object of described rights management from described memory module;
The digital rights management tool that visit is associated with the content object of described visit;
Use the content object of described digital rights management tool in the described visit of the local deciphering of described movable storage device;
The content object of described deciphering is transformed into described selected format from described native format;
Make the content object of described deciphering send to described first via described wave point streaming and move application apparatus, wherein, the content object of described deciphering sends to described first with described native format streaming and moves application apparatus; And
Make the content object of described deciphering send to described second via described wave point streaming and move application apparatus, wherein, the content object of described deciphering sends to described second with described selected format streaming and moves application apparatus.
2. according to the process of claim 1 wherein, described mobile application apparatus comprises graphic user interface, and described method further comprises:
Provide the information that drives described graphic user interface via described wave point from described movable storage device, wherein said graphic user interface is as the remote graphics user interface of described movable storage device.
3. according to the process of claim 1 wherein, described digital rights management tool is a decruption key.
4. according to the process of claim 1 wherein, described digital rights management tool comprises that processor can carry out one group of instruction in order to the content object of deciphering described visit.
5. according to the process of claim 1 wherein, described random-access non-volatile storage components had both comprised that hard disk drive also comprised flash memory.
6. according to the process of claim 1 wherein, described wave point is selected from the group that comprises blue tooth interface and WiFi interface.
7. the system of the content object of distribution rights management, described system comprises:
Be used for visiting the device of one of content object that the random-access non-volatile storage components of movable storage device comprises;
Be used to receive the device of the content object of being visited;
Be used for the content object of being visited being stored into the device of described memory module with native format;
Be used to visit the device of the digital rights management tool that is associated with the content object of being visited;
Be used to use described digital rights management tool at the local device of deciphering the content object of being visited of described movable storage device;
Be used for the content object of deciphering is transformed into the device of selected format from described native format, and wherein distribute the content object of being deciphered with described selected format; And
Be used for distributing to mobile application apparatus the device of the content object of being deciphered via wave point.
8. according to the system of claim 7, wherein, described mobile application apparatus is in described movable storage device this locality.
9. system according to Claim 8, wherein, described system further comprises:
Graphic user interface, wherein said graphic user interface add in the described mobile application apparatus, and described graphic user interface is as the remote graphics user interface of described movable storage device.
10. according to the system of claim 7, wherein, described random-access non-volatile storage components comprise hard disk drive and flash memory at least one of them.
11. according to the system of claim 7, wherein, described wave point is selected from the group that comprises blue tooth interface and WiFi interface.
12. the system according to claim 7 further comprises:
Be used for receiving from described mobile application apparatus the device of the indication of described selected format via described wave point.
13. the system according to claim 7 further comprises:
The content object that is used for being visited is converted to the device of native format.
14. according to the system of claim 7, wherein, described digital rights management tool is a decruption key.
15. according to the system of claim 7, wherein, described digital rights management tool comprises the device of the content object that is used to decipher described visit.
16. the system of the content object of a distribution rights management, described system comprises:
Be used for providing to mobile application apparatus the device of information set via wave point, wherein said information set is used to drive the graphic user interface of described mobile application apparatus, and described graphic user interface is used as the remote graphics user interface of movable storage device, and wherein said movable storage device is communicative connection to described mobile application apparatus via described wave point;
Be used for receiving the device of the content object that the random-access non-volatile storage components of described movable storage device comprises;
Be used for storing the device of described content object with native format;
Be used for receiving device to the request of described content object via described wave point from described mobile application apparatus, wherein said request to described content object indicates selected format;
Be used for visiting the device of described content object from described memory module;
Be used to visit the device of the digital rights management tool that is associated with described content object;
Be used to use described digital rights management tool to decipher the device of described content object;
Be used for the form of the content object after the deciphering is converted to from described native format the device of described selected format; And
Be used to make and send to the device of described mobile application apparatus via described wave point streaming with the content object of format conversion after the described deciphering.
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