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Digital rights management

US7509421B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims
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Filing dateJun 5, 2001
Grant dateMar 24, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital rights management (DRM) system distributes the storage of rights and/or the rights management decision making process between a DRM client and DRM server, in order to overcome the shortcomings inherent in exclusively client-side or exclusively server-side DRM systems.

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