Digital work structure
A digital work and data structure for use within a system for enforcing usage rights associated with digital content, including a description tree file including descriptor blocks organized in a hierarchical manner. The descriptor blocks include usage rights associated with the digital content, and specifying a manner of use of the digital content, a content identifier including a unique identifier of the digital content, and a usage rights portion including the usage rights. The digital content includes plural content portions, and the usage rights portion includes a rights code field including a code indicative of the manner of use of the digital content and a status information field including information relating to a state of the manner of use.
1. A non-transitory digital work organized into an acyclic structure for use within a system for enforcing usage rights associated with digital content, the digital work comprising:
a contents file including information related to digital content that is interpreted by an interpreter; and
a description tree file including descriptor blocks organized in a hierarchical manner, at least some of the descriptor blocks including usage rights associated with the digital content, the usage rights specifying a manner of use of the digital content,
wherein at least one of the descriptor blocks comprises a content identifier and a usage rights portion, the content identifier including a identifier of the digital content and the usage rights portion including the usage rights,
the contents file comprises plural content portions,
the usage rights portion comprises a rights code field including a code indicative of the manner of use of the digital content and a status information field including information relating to a state of the manner of use,
the usage rights information is included in a data structure, and
the data structure is a lookup table including the usage rights information.
2. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the descriptor blocks does not include a content identifier and includes a pointer to a child descriptor block and a usage rights portion including usage rights information associated with the child descriptor block.
3. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the interpreter is a rendering device for rendering the digital content into a desired form.
4. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contents file comprises a stream of addressable bytes representing the information related to the digital content.
5. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the content portions are stored linearly.
6. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of the content identifiers include a pointer to one of the content portions.
7. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises at least one content object.
8. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises audio information.
9. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises video information.
10. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises textual information.
11. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises graphical information.
12. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises a computer program.
13. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contents file and the description tree file are adapted to be stored on the same device.
14. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contents file and the description tree file are adapted to be stored on different devices.
15. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contents file remains with the description tree file.
16. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the transaction related parameters specify a financial account.
17. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the usage rights portion further comprises a label indicating the manner of use specified by the transactional component.
18. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of rendering the digital content.
19. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 18 , wherein the digital content is rendered by a rendering system as the interpreter.
20. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 18 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of displaying.
21. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 18 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of playing.
22. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 19 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of printing.
23. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 12 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of executing the computer program.
24. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 1 , the usage rights portion comprises a transactional component including a specification of the manner of use of the associated digital content and a specifications component specifying conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use or transaction related parameters.
25. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 24 , wherein the transactional component further comprises software instructions which implement the manner of use specified by the usage rights.
26. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a data structure for specifying usage rights that are associated with digital content for use within a system for enforcing use of the digital content in accordance with the usage rights recorded thereon, the data structure comprising:
a description tree file including descriptor blocks organized in a hierarchical manner, at least some of the descriptor blocks including usage rights associated with the digital content, the usage rights specifying a manner of use of the digital content, at least one of the descriptor blocks comprises a identifier of the digital content and a usage rights portion including the usage rights,
wherein the digital content comprises plural content portions,
the usage rights portion comprises a rights code field including a code indicative of the manner of use of the digital content and a status information field including information relating to a state of the manner of use,
the usage rights information is included in a data structure, and
the data structure is a lookup table including the usage rights information.
27. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium data structure as recited in claim 26 , wherein the usage rights portion further comprises a label indicating the manner of use.
28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium data structure as recited in claim 26 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of rendering the digital content.
29. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 28 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of displaying.
30. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 28 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of playing.
31. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 28 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of printing.
32. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium data structure as recited in claim 26 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of executing the digital content comprising a computer program.
33. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 26 , wherein at least one of the descriptor blocks does not include a content identifier and includes a pointer to a child descriptor block and a usage rights portion including usage rights information associated with the child descriptor block.
34. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium data structure as recited in claim 26 , wherein the usage rights portion comprises a transactional component including a specification of the manner of use of the digital content and a specifications component specifying conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use or transaction related parameters.
35. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium data structure as recited in claim 34 , wherein the transactional component further comprises software instructions which implement the manner of use specified by the usage rights.
36. A non-transitory digital work organized into an acyclic structure for use within a system for enforcing usage rights associated with content, the digital work comprising:
a content file including information representing the content that can be rendered by a rendering device; and
a description tree file including descriptor blocks organized in a hierarchical manner, at least one of the descriptor blocks including usage rights associated with the content, the usage rights specifying a manner of use for the content,
wherein at least one of the descriptor blocks comprises a content identifier and a rights portion, the content identifier including an identifier of content and the rights portion including the usage rights; and
wherein the rights portion comprises a rights code field including a code indicative of a manner of use of the content and a status information field including information relating to a state of the manner of use.
37. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the usage rights information is included in a data structure.
38. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 37 , wherein the data structure is a lookup table including the usage rights information.
39. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content file comprises a stream of addressable bytes representing the information related to the content.
40. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the contents file comprises plural content portions.
41. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 40 , wherein the content portions are stored linearly.
42. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 40 , wherein the content identifier includes a pointer to one of the content portions.
43. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content comprises at least one content object.
44. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content comprises audio information.
45. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content comprises video information.
46. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content comprises textual information.
47. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content comprises graphical information.
48. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content comprises a computer program.
49. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content file and the description tree file are adapted to be stored on the same rendering device.
50. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content file and the description tree file are adapted to be stored on different devices.
51. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the content file remains with the description tree file.
52. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the usage rights portion comprises a transactional component including a specification of the manner of use for the content and a specifications component specifying conditions that must be satisfied to exercise the manner of use or transaction related parameters.
53. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 52 , wherein the transaction related parameters specify a financial account.
54. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 52 , wherein the usage rights portion further comprises a label indicating the manner of use specified by the transactional component.
55. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 52 , wherein the transactional component further comprises software instructions which implement the manner of use specified by the usage right.
56. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 36 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of rendering the content.
57. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 56 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of displaying.
58. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 56 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of playing.
59. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 56 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of printing.
60. A non-transitory digital work as recited in claim 48 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of executing the computer software.
61. A non-transitory digital work organized into an acyclic structure for use within a system for enforcing usage rights associated with content, the digital work comprising:
a content file including information representing content that can be rendered by a rendering device; and
a description tree file including descriptor blocks organized in a hierarchical manner, at least one of the descriptor blocks including usage rights associated with the content, the usage rights specifying a manner of use for the content,
wherein at least one of the descriptor block comprises a content identifier and a rights portion, the content identifier including an identifier of content and the rights portion including the usage rights; and
wherein at least one of the descriptor blocks includes a content identifier, a usage rights portion including usage rights information, and a pointer to a child descriptor block.
62. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a data structure for specifying usage rights that can be associated with content for use within a system for enforcing use of the content in accordance with the usage rights recorded thereon, said data structure comprising:
a description tree file including descriptor blocks organized in a hierarchical manner,
at least one of said descriptor blocks including usage rights associated with the content,
said usage rights specifying a manner of use for the content,
at least one of said descriptor block comprises a identifier of content and a rights portion comprising a rights code field including a code indicative of a manner of use of the content and a status information field including information relating to a state of the manner of use.
63. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 62 , wherein said rights portion further comprises a label indicating the manner of use.
64. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 62 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of rendering and the content.
65. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 64 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of displaying.
66. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 64 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of playing.
67. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 64 , wherein the manner of rendering is a manner of printing.
68. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium data structure as recited in claim 62 , wherein the manner of use is a manner of executing the computer software.