Claims
- 1. A method for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, said method comprising:
specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item; and generating a modulated sound signal based representation of said rights expression information, wherein said modulated sound signal based representation is configured to be interpreted by an interpreter of a system for controlling use of said item to permit enforcement of said rights expression based on said rights expression information.
- 2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said modulated sound signal comprises sound frequencies within an audible frequency range of a human.
- 3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said modulated sound signal comprises sound frequencies not within an audible frequency range of a human.
- 4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting said modulated sound signal to cause a device to enforce said rights expression information.
- 5. The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising:
transmitting said modulated sound signal via a speaker.
- 6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said modulated signal based representation comprises modulated sound tones.
- 7. The method as recited in claim 6, further comprising:
varying characteristics of said modulated sound tones to correspond to a plurality of interpretations for said rights expression information.
- 8. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting said modulated sound signal to a computing device via a telephony device to cause said computing device to enforce said rights expression information.
- 9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said rights expression information includes conditions that must be satisfied in order to exercise a manner of use of at least one of digital content, a service, an abstract object, a resource, and goods.
- 10. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
generating said modulated sound signal based representation of said rights expression information including a first modulated sound signal that is interpreted if a second modulated sound signal is present in a predetermined manner.
- 11. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
determining that said modulated sound signal based representation of said rights expression information is unaltered as a condition for interpretation of said modulated sound signal based representation.
- 12. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
configuring said modulated sound signal based representation as a pointer to one of another modulated sound signal based representation associated with said rights expression information, and information associated with said rights expression information.
- 13. A system for creating a rights expression for association with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expression, said system comprising:
means for specifying rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item; and means for generating a modulated sound signal based representation of said rights expression information, wherein said modulated sound signal based representation is configured to be interpreted by an interpreter of a system for controlling use of said item to permit enforcement of said rights expression based on said rights expression information.
- 14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said modulated sound signal comprises sound frequencies within an audible frequency range of a human.
- 15. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said modulated sound signal comprises sound frequencies not within an audible frequency range of a human.
- 16. The system as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
means for transmitting said modulated sound signal to cause a device to enforce said rights expression information.
- 17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein said means for transmitting said modulated sound signal comprises a speaker.
- 18. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said modulated signal based representation comprises modulated sound tones.
- 19. The system as recited in claim 18, further comprising:
means for varying characteristics of said modulated sound tones to correspond to a plurality of interpretations for said rights expression information.
- 20. The system as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
means for transmitting said modulated sound signal to a computing device via a telephony device to cause said computing device to enforce said rights expression information.
- 21. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said rights expression information includes conditions that must be satisfied in order to exercise a manner of use of at least one of digital content, a service, an abstract object, a resource, and goods.
- 22. The system as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
means for generating said modulated sound signal based representation of said rights expression information including a first modulated sound signal that is interpreted if a second modulated sound signal is present in a predetermined manner.
- 23. The system as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
means for determining that said modulated sound signal based representation of said rights expression information is unaltered as a condition for interpretation of said modulated sound signal based representation.
- 24. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
means for configuring said modulated sound signal based representation as a pointer to one of another modulated sound signal based representation associated with said rights expression information, and information associated with said rights expression information.
- 25. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said means for specifying and said means for generating comprise devices of a computer system.
- 26. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said means for specifying and said means for generating comprise computer readable instructions recorded on a medium.
- 27. In a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with a rights expression associated with said item, a rights expression comprising:
rights expression information indicating a manner of use of an item; and a modulated sound signal representation of said rights expression information, wherein said representation is configured to be interpreted by an interpreter of a system for controlling use of said item to permit enforcement of said rights expression based on said rights expression information.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED DOCUMENTS
[0001] The present invention claims benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to commonly assigned, co-pending, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/363,932 of Raley et al., entitled “USE OF RIGHTS EXPRESSIONS IN APPLICATIONS WITH PERFORMANCE CONSTRAINTS,” filed on Mar. 14, 2002, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60363932 |
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