Systems and methods are described for securely and efficiently processing electronic content. In one embodiment, a first application running on a first computing system establishes a secure channel with a second computing system, the secure channel being secured by one or more cryptographic session keys. The first application obtains a license from the second computing system via the secure channel, the license being encrypted using at least one of the one or more cryptographic session keys, the license comprising a content decryption key, the content decryption key being further encrypted using at least one of the one or more cryptographic session keys or one or more keys derived therefrom. The first application invokes a second application to decrypt the license using at least one of the one or more cryptographic session keys, and further invokes the second application to decrypt the content decryption key using at least one of the one or more cryptographic session keys or one or more keys derived therefrom, and to decrypt a piece of content using the content decryption key. The first application then provides access to the decrypted piece of content in accordance with the license.

The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for managing license utilization comprising a client system, a number of message transport servers, and a number of license management servers. The client system is configured to generate a number of messages having information about usage associated with a project code or a business unit. The number of message transport servers replicates the number of messages. The number of messages is transmitted to a message transport server in the number of message transport servers. The message transport server receiving the number of messages replicates the number of messages to each message transport server. The number of license management servers has a number of license management services configured to listen for updates from the number of message transport servers. The updates are the number of messages replicated across the number of message transport servers.

Provided are a system and method for media content rights negotiation based on defined protocol for management of media content rights using distributed media rights transaction ledger. An initiating node determines acquisition requirement and/or receive request on behalf of other participant for media content rights of requested media content and traverses associated instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger to identify receiving entity node that has media content rights available for negotiation. Accordingly, initial media content rights negotiation transaction is issued, which includes offer for corresponding media content rights. The receiving entity node verifies an identity and signature of initiating entity from initial media content rights negotiation transaction, issues new media content rights negotiation transaction based on verification, evaluation, and/or acceptance of offer. Each instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger includes at least initial media content rights negotiation transaction and new media content rights negotiation transaction.

The present invention relates to data rights management and more particularly to a secured system and methodology and production system and methodology related thereto and to apparatus and methodology for production side systems and are consumer side systems for securely utilizing protected electronic data files of content (protected content), and further relates to controlled distribution, and regulating usage of the respective content on a recipient device (computing system) to be limited strictly to defined permitted uses, in accordance with usage rights (associated with the respective content to control usage of that respective content), on specifically restricted to a specific one particular recipient device (for a plurality of specific particular recipient devices), or usage on some or any authorized recipient device without restriction to any one in specific, to control use of the respective content as an application software program, exporting, modifying, executing as an application program, viewing, and/or printing of electronic data files.

A system for providing mobile content to a mobile communication device includes a first computing system including one or more servers to cause a graphical user interface to be displayed at a second computing system, the graphical user interface (i) enabling a user of the second computing system to at least one of create, edit, or select the mobile content and (ii) enabling the user of the second computing system to provide a phone number associated with the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being separate and remote from the first computing system and the second computing system. The first computing system uses the phone number to cause delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device via a wireless communications network in a format compatible with one or more operational parameters of the mobile communication device, the one or more operational parameters including at least one of a mobile communication device type and a software platform type, wherein the using of the phone number to cause the delivery of the mobile content to the mobile communication device is performed without the mobile communication device identifying the one or more operational parameters to the first computing system or the second computing system.

Methods and systems for managing data assets and rights thereto are disclosed. One method can comprise generating an access token representing access rights of one or more users or device. A request for access to data can be received from the one or more users and the request can be granted or denied based upon the access rights of the one or more users. The access token can be modified based upon granting or denying the request.

Apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network, with dynamic or adaptive insertion of secondary content (e.g., advertisements or promotions) that are more relevant for that context. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process; secondary content is evaluated and selectively inserted or replaced depending on factors such as the user's remote location, the configuration of their platform, the date and time of their access request, and/or the subject matter of the primary content.

Systems and methods for managing data are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving a first request for a service, wherein the first request is associated with a first rights package. The first rights package can be processed to determine access to the service. An evaluation key can be generated, wherein the evaluation key represents the determination of access relating to the processing of the first rights package. A second request for a service can be received, wherein the second request is associated with a second rights package. The second rights package can be processed using the evaluation key.

There is provided a method to playback content in a ROM having a ROM ID. The method includes copying the content from the ROM to a RAM having a RAM ID, copying the ROM ID to a memory accessible to a RAM controller, transmitting a license request from the RAM controller to a license server, the license request comprising a RAM controller ID, the ROM ID and a request for a content license to play back the content from the RAM; receiving the content license including a right for the playback of the content from the RAM, and a content key, decrypting the content license by the RAM controller, according to the RAM controller secret associated with the RAM controller ID, to recover and provide the content key to a playback module, decrypting the content using the content key to generate a decrypted content, and playing back the decrypted content.

Systems, and methods are provided to provide cloud-based coordination of customer premise service appliances. A system can include a cloud-based service platform, which includes a coordination server and a cloud-based service appliance, and an on-premise service appliance. The coordination server is configured to establish a service session, select a service appliance, and control a sequence of operations on the selected service appliance. Establishing the service session can include establishing a service session with a first client in response to a service request received from the first client, the first client associated with an account including a service policy. Selecting the service appliance can include selecting the cloud-based service appliance or the on-premise service appliance, based on the service policy, to handle the service request. Upon selection of the on-premise service appliance, the coordination server controls a sequence of operations performed by the on-premise service appliance to satisfy the service request.