Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for tracking end-user electronic content usage
- Patent Title (中): 跟踪最终用户电子内容使用的系统
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Application No.: US11674489Application Date: 2007-02-13
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Publication No.: US07962750B1Publication Date: 2011-06-14
- Inventor: George Gregory Gruse , Jonn J. Dorak, Jr. , Kenneth Louis Milsted
- Applicant: George Gregory Gruse , Jonn J. Dorak, Jr. , Kenneth Louis Milsted
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco PL
- Agent Jon A. Gibbons
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32

Abstract:
A system, a method and a computer program product for tracking usage of digital content on user devices. A license to play digital content data is transmitted to a user. An user watermark is generated by the user device using watermarking instructions and usage rights associated with the digital content. The user watermark is separate from the water mark created outside the user device. Further, information is transmitted to a logging site whenever the content data is played by the content player or copied from the content player to an external medium so that usage of the licensed content data can be tracked.
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