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.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a user interface that enables a user to more easily identify servers that may be used to set access permissions for content items. The method and system described herein includes receiving user credentials that are associated with a user. In response to receiving the user credentials, one or more servers associated with the user credentials are displayed. The one or more servers are configured to manage information rights for a content item created by the user. Upon receiving a selection of one of the one or more servers, a list of one or more templates supported by the selected server is displayed to the user. The one or more templates identify information rights that may be applied to the content item.

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment through a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity amongst users of a plurality of other organizational entities, wherein computer data content and access rights for the computer data content is shared between a first and second user, the computer data content and access rights for the computer data content are transformed into a DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities.

Disclosed is a hotlinking protection method and an electronic device. The method includes acquiring characteristic information from access request; generating a digital watermark based on the characteristic information and adding it to the URL of a file to be played to generate a play page address; counting the number of accesses of the play page address having the digital watermark within a certain period; comparing the number of accesses with the predetermined threshold to screen out the play page addresses of which the number of accesses is greater than the predetermined threshold; parsing the digital watermark in the play page addresses to determine IP address of hotlinking user; and shielding the IP address from access service. A more thorough hotlinking protection can be realized and the accuracy of hotlinking protection can be improved.

Installation of an application on a test bed machine is monitored to generate a streamed application set of a stream enabled version of the application. Execution of the application on the test bed machine is monitored to generate the streamed application set of the stream enabled version of the application. Stream enabled application pages and a stream enabled application install block to form the streamed application set is generated based on the monitoring of the installation of the application and the monitoring of the execution of the application on the test bed machine. The stream enabled application install block is provided to a client device. A request for a stream enabled application page of the stream enabled application pages is received from the client device. The stream enabled application page is provided to the client device for continued execution of the stream enabled version of the application.

A method to provide negotiation control to data such that a person or entity can negotiate the use of data gathered beyond what is needed for a particular use by a third party transaction. The method also provides negotiation for the control and operation of autonomous vehicles such as drones operating in non-public space.

Content may be provided to an access device by the content delivery platform. When the access device decides to access the content, a request may be received at the content delivery platform. The request is intercepted at a URL proxy, which determines if the content has been purchased or not. If the content has been purchased, the request is redirected to a digital rights server. The digital rights server processes the request and determines digital rights for the content using the address. The digital rights are then provided such that the access device can access the content. If a user of the access device has not already purchased the content, a message may be sent to the access device requesting that the user purchase the content. Once the content is purchased, the digital rights are then provided such that the access device can access the content.

A computer implemented system and method of sharing files between a link sharer and a link recipient over a network. The method comprises generating, in response to a request by a link sharer, a file sharing link to a file set, where the link does not provide a link recipient the ability to modify the contents of the linked file set. In response to receiving an indication that the generated link has been activated by a link recipient, displaying a representation of the linked file set with a display element configured to send a request for modification rights to the linked file set when activated by the link recipient. In response to receiving the request for modification rights, either automatically granting modification rights to the linked file set or sending notice to the link sharer indicating that the link recipient is requesting modification rights to the linked file set.

The invention claimed is a digital media distribution system involving administration of digital copyright ownership registration and license purchase transactions of digital media under copyright licensure. Important aspects of the claimed invention presented include aspects such as user authentication methods, transaction administration methods and server features, and copyright protection mechanisms. The technical field pertaining to the claimed invention is described, and background information related to the claimed invention is given. Background considerations of digital copyright regarding propriety, legal implications, and ethical value of the claimed computer system invention utility are presented. Features and functions of two main types of system clients: a dedicated electronic device and a general-purpose personal computer software program, as well as ancillary types of clients are described in detail. Copyright registration and administration options for digital media distribution methods used by the claimed computer system invention are defined and described. System features related to transaction records and administration servers are described and claimed. Specific invention aspect claims are enumerated. Finally, terminology contemporary to information systems, data processing, and computing industries that are used in this patent document are clearly defined.

The invention enables digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. An application running on the wireless device has been automatically adapted to parameters associated with the wireless device without end-user input (e.g. the application has been configured in dependence on the device OS and firmware, related bugs, screen size, pixel number, security models, connection handling, memory etc. This application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network and to playback and manage that downloaded music content. The application also includes a digital rights management system that enables unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device and also enables any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as a subscription service has not terminated.