System and method for providing manageability to security information for secured items
US7562232B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/102
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Improved approaches for accessing secured digital assets (e.g., secured items) are disclosed. In general, digital assets that have been secured (secured digital assets) can only be accessed by authenticated users with appropriate access rights or privileges. Each secured digital asset is provided with a header portion and a data portion, where the header portion includes a pointer to separately stored security information. The separately stored security information is used to determine whether access to associated data portions of secured digital assets is permitted. These improved approaches can facilitate the sharing of security information by various secured digital assets and thus reduce the overall storage space for the secured digital assets. These improved approaches can also facilitate efficient management of security for digital assets.
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