Claims
- 1. A system for controlling use of content in accordance with usage rights associated with the content and determined in accordance with the environment of a user device, said system comprising:
means for receiving a request for secure content from a user device; means for verifying the integrity of the environment of the user device; means for retrieving the appropriate usage rights based upon the results of the verification of integrity; and means for rendering the content on the user device in accordance with the appropriate usage rights.
- 2. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for rendering is under control of a security component on the user device.
- 3. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for verifying the integrity of the environment of the user device verifies the identity of the user.
- 4. The system of claim 1, wherein means for verifying the integrity of the environment of the user device verifies the integrity of a rendering engine of the user device.
- 5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a means for disabling functions of a rendering engine of the user device in accordance with the verification of integrity.
- 6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for receiving, said means for verifying, said means for retrieving, and said means for rendering comprise devices of a computer system.
- 7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for receiving, said means for verifying, said means for retrieving, and said means for rendering comprise computer readable instructions recorded on a medium.
- 8. A method of controlling use of content in accordance with usage rights associated with the content and determined in accordance with the environment of a user device, said method comprising:
receiving a request for secure content from a user device; verifying the integrity of the environment of the user device; retrieving the appropriate usage rights based on said verifying step; and rendering the content on the user device in accordance with the appropriate usage rights.
- 9. The method of claim 8, wherein said rendering step is accomplished under control of a security component on the user device.
- 10. The method of claim 8, wherein said verifying step comprises verifying the identity of the user.
- 11. The method of claim 8, wherein said verifying step comprises verifying the integrity of a rendering engine of the user device.
- 12. The method of claim 8, further comprising disabling functions of a rendering engine of the user device in accordance with said verifying step.
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 10/046,670 filed Jan. 16, 2002, which claims benefit of priority to Provisional Application Serial No. 60/261,803 filed on Jan. 17, 2001 and is a Continuation-In-Part of application Ser. No. 09/649,841 filed Aug. 28, 2000, the entire disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60261803 |
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Continuations (1)
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10046670 |
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10425647 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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09649841 |
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