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`(54) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE
`TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT AND
`ELECTRONIC RIGHTS PROTECTION
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`(75)
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`Inventors: Karl L. Ginter, Beltsville, MD (US);
`Victor H. Shear, Bethesda, MD (US);
`W. Olin Sibert, Lexinglon, MA (US);
`Francis J. Spahn, El Cerrito, CA (US);
`David M. Van Wie, Eugene, OR (US)
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`Correspondence Address:
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT &
`DUNNER LLP
`1300 I STREET, NW
`WASHINGTON, DC 20005 (US)
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`(73) Assignee:
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`InterTrust Technologies Corp.
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`(21) Appl. No.:
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`09/948,598
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`(22)
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`Filed:
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`Sep. 10, 2001
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(60) Division of application No. 09/272,998, filed on Mar.
`19, 1999, which is a continuation of application No.
`08/706,206, filed on Aug. 30, 1996, now Pat. No.
`5,892,900.
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`Publication Classification
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`(51) Ut, C1 aecccccssssssssistsssassetneeeesesn GO06F 17/60
`(52) US. Che cccsessssesistntntietnstnstnnetceee 705/64
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
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`The present invention provides systems and methods for
`electronic commerce including secure transaction manage-
`mentand electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances
`such as computers employed 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. Secure
`subsystems used with 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 elec-
`tronically stored or disseminated information. Such a virtual
`distribution environment may be used to protect rights of
`various participants in electronic commerce and other elec-
`tronic or electronic-facilitated transactions. Secure distrib-
`uted and other operating system environments andarchitec-
`tures, employing,
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`semiconductor
`processing arrangements that may establish secure, pro-
`tected environments at each node. These techniques may be
`used to support an end-to-end electronic information distri-
`bution capability that may be used, for example, utilizing the
`“electronic highway.”
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`FIG. 38
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`FIG. 39
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`FIG. 40
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