
US Patent No: 7,664,708
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System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works using digital tickets
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Feb 16, 2010
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Oct 3, 2005
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11/240,569
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Abstract
A method, system and software for controlling the number of times that a usage right associated with a digital work can be exercised, including creating a digital work; determining a usage right for the digital work, the usage right specifying a digital ticket, the digital ticket indicating a number of times the usage right may be exercised; requesting access to the digital work including an identification of the usage right; determining the validity of the usage right based on a number of times the digital ticket has been used; granting or denying access to the digital work based on the result of the determining step; and updating the digital ticket if access to the digital work is granted.
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| 5,943,422 Steganographic techniques for securely delivering electronic digital rights management control information over insecure communication channels | 651 | 1996 | |
| 6,157,721 Systems and methods using cryptography to protect secure computing environments | 378 | 1996 | |
| 5,892,900 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 1511 | 1996 | |
| 5,910,987 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 608 | 1996 | |
| 5,915,019 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 513 | 1997 | |
| 5,917,912 System and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 518 | 1997 | |
| 5,949,876 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 485 | 1997 | |
| 5,920,861 Techniques for defining using and manipulating rights management data structures | 482 | 1997 | |
| 5,999,949 Text file compression system utilizing word terminators | 202 | 1997 | |
| 5,982,891 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 689 | 1997 | |
| 6,112,181 Systems and methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information | 596 | 1997 | |
| 6,253,193 Systems and methods for the secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 487 | 1998 | |
| 6,185,683 Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution | 549 | 1998 | |
| 6,240,185 Steganographic techniques for securely delivering electronic digital rights management control information over insecure communication channels | 273 | 1999 | |
| 6,138,119 Techniques for defining, using and manipulating rights management data structures | 339 | 1999 | |
| 6,363,488 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection | 360 | 1999 | |
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| 5,301,231 User defined function facility | 158 | 1992 | |
| 5,319,705 Method and system for multimedia access control enablement | 612 | 1992 | |
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| 5,432,849 Secure cryptographic operations using control vectors generated inside a cryptographic facility | 110 | 1993 | |
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| 2002/0169,657 Supply chain demand forecasting and planning | 5 | 2001 | |
| 2002/0169,657 Supply chain demand forecasting and planning | 5 | 2001 | |
| 2002/0169,657 Supply chain demand forecasting and planning | 5 | 2001 | |
| 2002/0169,657 Supply chain demand forecasting and planning | 5 | 2001 | |
| 2002/0169,657 Supply chain demand forecasting and planning | 5 | 2001 | |
| 2002/0169,657 Supply chain demand forecasting and planning | 5 | 2001 | |
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| 5,438,508 License document interchange format for license management system | 355 | 1994 | |
| 5,745,879 Method and system for managing execution of licensed programs | 245 | 1995 | |
| 5,999,624 Remote financial transaction system | 160 | 1996 | |
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| 5,539,735 Digital information commodities exchange | 294 | 1994 | |
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| 5,386,369 License metering system for software applications | 152 | 1993 | |
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| 5,504,816 Method and apparatus for controlling access to digital signals | 103 | 1994 | |
| 5,485,577 Method and apparatus for incremental delivery of access rights | 135 | 1994 | |
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| 5,473,687 Method for retrieving secure information from a database | 157 | 1993 | |
| 5,394,469 Method and apparatus for retrieving secure information from mass storage media | 235 | 1994 | |
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| 5,412,717 Computer system security method and apparatus having program authorization information data structures | 281 | 1992 | |
| 5,311,591 Computer system security method and apparatus for creating and using program authorization information data structures | 297 | 1993 | |
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| 5,625,690 Software pay per use system | 196 | 1993 | |
| 6,796,555 Centralized video controller for controlling distribution of video signals | 72 | 1999 | |
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| 5,553,143 Method and apparatus for electronic licensing | 248 | 1994 | |
| 6,219,652 Network license authentication | 138 | 1998 | |
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| 4,713,753 Secure data processing system architecture with format control | 291 | 1985 | |
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| 5,621,797 Electronic ticket presentation and transfer method | 281 | 1995 | |
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| 5,287,408 Apparatus and method for serializing and validating copies of computer software | 115 | 1992 | |
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| 6,301,660 Computer system for protecting a file and a method for protecting a file | 146 | 1998 | |
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| 6,523,745 Electronic transaction system including a fingerprint identification encoding | 45 | 1999 | |
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| 6,516,052 Method of scheduling connections | 38 | 1998 | |
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| 6,006,332 Rights management system for digital media | 312 | 1997 | |
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| 5,787,172 Apparatus and method for establishing a cryptographic link between elements of a system | 160 | 1994 | |
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| 6,135,646 System for uniquely and persistently identifying, managing, and tracking digital objects | 239 | 1997 | |
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| 2004/0064,692 Identifying, managing, accessing, and tracking digital objects and associated rights and payments | 23 | 2003 | |
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| 5,293,422 Usage control system for computer software | 105 | 1992 | |
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| 5,335,275 Television scrambler | 62 | 1992 | |
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| 5,347,579 Personal computer diary | 186 | 1993 | |
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| 5,381,526 Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving generalized image data | 126 | 1992 | |
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| 6,020,882 Television access control system | 60 | 1998 | |
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| 5,850,443 Key management system for mixed-trust environments | 112 | 1996 | |
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