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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - EX. 1021, p. 1
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 1
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`Inventors:
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`Xin Wang, Eddie Chen, Charles Gilliam, and Bijan Tadaxon
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`Embodiment for Access Control to Services:
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`(All other pending and issued ContentGuard’s patent applications are
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`incorporated here by reference.)
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`As we treat services and privacy data as content, the rights and conditions
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`applied to distribution and usage of content generally apply to services and
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`privacy data. Tracking the access to services and privacy data is also important.
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`Service provider provides the conditions. User wants the access, and
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`thus, has to satisfy those conditions. All of this is done automatically.
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`For the distribution and use of the content, one can set the conditions for access to
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` the translation of the content and in terms of the local customs, news, culture, hobbies,
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`the services. For example, the user may wish to go to a web site, however, as a condition
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`of access to the web site, the user has to be located in a specific geographical area (for
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`example in the United States). This is useful for localization of the web site, in terms of
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`local sport news, local news makers, local industry, local merchandise, or local
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`advertisements, selected based on the predetermined content or additions/ modifications
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`chosen for that specific area or locality. For example, if the customer is located in the
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`United States, the English spellings used are the American versions, and the
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`advertisements are based on the American taste, season, or political climate at that
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`moment. The localization increases the appeal of the web site, and thus, improves
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`customer satisfaction and traffic of the web site or volume of sale. Another benefit is that
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`the content owner may want to release a specific content in US first, and three months
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 2
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 2
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`later in Europe. This is common in movie industry, where the different releases in
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`different geographical areas are restricted based on a time schedule, which gives the
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`maximum profit to the content owner. The release dates and / or time tables can all be
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`incorporated into the DRM solution, as parameters in a template, so that the assignment
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`or modifications of the time table would be easy for the content owner, and keeping track
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`of the times can be done automatically, without further human intervention, for ease of
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`use and more confidence/ security.
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`Another example is when a crawler collects data and gets information from a web
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`site. As a condition to access the web site, the crawler should request the access after
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`midnight, when the web site traffic is at a minimum, and therefore, delays are reduced.
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`Furthermore, one can specify how to get access. For example, one can specify
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`how the users distribute the content (for example, by super-distribution). This gives more
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`control to the content owner, as to Where and by what method the distribution is
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`conducted. The geographical location restriction is one parameter. The parameters of the
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`super-distribution could also be specified by the content owner, to further limit the
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`method of distribution, in terms of expiration date, number of copies, and the people
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`forbidden to get a copy (from some forbidden list, which for some reason are identified as
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`unfiiendly customers, such as known hackers).
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`Or, one user may want to share his / her personal calendar with his / her friends,
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`however, as a condition of access to the calendar, the user may require his / her friends to
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`do a specific task/ condition (for example, open one specific file), first. The calendar can
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`be used and edited by the all friends or some of the friends who have the right to input,
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`modify, or edit. Some of the friends may have the right to use-only, or use-and-input—
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 3
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 3
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`only, with no modification rights. The calendar can keep track of conflict of schedules
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`for two or more people, which automatically notifies the conflicting parties or all of the
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`people in the list about the conflict. The calendar can also highlight the unavailable days,
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`When one or more parties are out of town or unavailable for other reasons. The calendar
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`can also suggest some days or hours that the calendar is relatively empty, or for a
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`specified parties, find the common acceptable dates or hours, based on the input by one
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`or more users.
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`Another example is the print shop, where one can specify some policy to restrict
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`the access of users to printing services. For example, the user may send a large file to be
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`printed by the print shop, for a fee. However, as a way of managing the job orders, the
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`smaller files get printed sooner (have higher priority). The size of the files within a
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`predetermined time frame are compared and ordered for printing purposes. However, if a
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`job must be printed regardless of the size before a deadline, then the length of the printing
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`process is estimated, and the job schedule is modified to fit that in, to make the deadline.
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` parameters), which contains the order of priority, the information about the deadline, or
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`This out-of-order prioritization is signified by a flag or a variable (or set of variables/
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`the like. In the case of the conflict of the schedules or having not enough time to satisfy
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`all the deadlines, the jobs in a class with a higher priority will jump in front of the other
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`jobs. Thus, the size is important only Within a specific class of priority.
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`As a service provider, one can set conditions for quality: A lower quality image
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`can be purchased for less money. For example, the resolution can be corresponded to the
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`price, based on a table, a formula, a function, or values on a curve.
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 4
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 4
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`Another example is the person who changes or sets the time for a computer
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`network, in which case the condition is the identification of the person as the system
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`administrator. Thus, the identification is based on the role of the individual, which can be
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`established by a smart card, ID, or the like. The role-based model makes the change in
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`the right assignment or change in the position of the individuals much easier.
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`In general, one can specify how people use or access services, accessing both on-
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`line and off-line. The content owner or the distributor will have more control on the
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`content, and that provides security and peace of mind.
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - EX. 1021, p. 5
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1021, p. 5
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