摘要:
The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Distributed and other operating systems, environments and architectures, such as, for example, those using tamper-resistant hardware-based processors, may establish security at each node. These techniques may be used to support an all-electronic information distribution, for example, the utilizing the "electronic higher".
摘要:
A method of distributing electronic content is disclosed. The method comprises distributing a first electronic object to a user's computer system (600), the first electronic object being associated with an encrypted piece of electronic content, the first electronic object comprising first control information governing use of the piece of electronic content, the first control information specifying one or more permitted uses of the piece of electronic content, and separately distributing a second electronic object to the user's computer system, the second electronic object comprising second control information governing use of the piece of electronic content. The first and second control information are configured to be applied in combination by tamper resistant hardware and/or software (503) running on the user's computer system to securely govern use of the piece of electronic content. A corresponding method of receiving electronic content is also disclosed.
摘要:
A method performed by an electronic appliance, the electronic appliance comprising a clock. The method includes contacting a trusted server; obtaining a trusted time value from the trusted server; determining whether a time value on the clock is within a predefined range of the trusted time value; and at least temporarily disabling certain functionality if the time value on the clock is not within the predefined range of the trusted time value.
摘要:
A method of printing using a printer capable of executing commands or instructions is described in which the printer downloads a decryption program, receives an encrypted data stream to be printed, decrypts the encrypted data stream using the decryption program, and prints the decrypted data stream on a print medium.
摘要:
A method of and apparatus for assembling software elements to form a component assembly (690) are described. A record (808) containing information identifying the software elements (1000, 1100, 1200, 1202, 690) to be assembled to form the component assembly is accessed. At least some of the software elements (1000, 1100) identified by the record comprise executable program code and at least one of the software elements is a load module (1100) comprising executable program code and a header (804) having an execution space identifier identifying which of a number of different security levels is required of a component assembly execution space. The software elements identified by the record are assembled to form a component assembly (690) that may, in use, be loaded and executed when the level of security of the component assembly execution space matches the level of security identified by the execution space identifier.
摘要:
The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Distributed and other operating systems, environments and architectures, such as, for example, those using tamper-resistant hardware-based processors, may establish security at each node. These techniques may be used to support an all-electronic information distribution, for example, the utilizing the "electronic higher".
摘要:
A method of and apparatus for assembling software elements to form a component assembly (690) are described. A record (808) containing information identifying the software elements (1000, 1100, 1200, 1202, 690) to be assembled to form the component assembly is accessed. At least some of the software elements (1000, 1100) identified by the record comprise executable program code and at least one of the software elements is a load module (1100) comprising executable program code and a header (804) having an execution space identifier identifying which of a number of different security levels is required of a component assembly execution space. The software elements identified by the record are assembled to form a component assembly (690) that may, in use, be loaded and executed when the level of security of the component assembly execution space matches the level of security identified by the execution space identifier.
摘要:
The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Distributed and other operating systems, environments and architectures, such as, for example, those using tamper-resistant hardware-based processors, may establish security at each node. These techniques may be used to support an all-electronic information distribution, for example, the utilizing the "electronic higher".
摘要:
The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information. Such electronic appliances provide a distributed virtual distribution environment (VDE) that may enforce a secure chain of handling and control, for example, to control and/or meter or otherwise monitor use of electronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual distribution environment may be used to protect rights of various participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Distributed and other operating systems, environments and architectures, such as, for example, those using tamper-resistant hardware-based processors, may establish security at each node. These techniques may be used to support an all-electronic information distribution, for example, the utilizing the "electronic higher".