Method and apparatus for managing a transaction right

US10536458B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Jin Qu · Sunnyvale, US
• Fulong Ma · Shanghai, CN
• Xin Ge · Riverside, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F21/1088
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides a method for managing a transaction right in a digital rights management server. The transaction right is the right to a transaction of a utilization right of a digital content item. The method comprises steps of obtaining an attribute associated with the digital content item from metadata of the digital content item; and generating the transaction right on the basis of a pre-stored rule and the attribute of the digital content item. Since the transaction right is generated on the basis of the attribute of the digital content item, or in other words, the transaction right is dependent on the attribute of the digital content item, the generated transaction right of digital content items can be different if the corresponding attribute associated with the digital content items are different. Furthermore, in additional to the metadata, the generation of the transaction right only requires the pre-stored rule, resulting in affordable complexity and cost. Since the transaction right is also dependent on the pre-stored rule, the content providers need not to individually set the transaction right for each digital content item, but are still able to set the transact…