Copy Protection System Using Intermediary Detection and Dynamic Authorization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Websites face challenges in protecting computer-displayable content from unauthorized copying and pasting, which can lead to intellectual property theft and lack of compensation for content owners.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize executable instructions to detect and prevent copy commands on website content, notify content owners of such events, track pasted content, and display targeted advertisements, while allowing content owners to customize protection levels and responses, including generating software components like plug-ins to enforce copyright protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If copy and paste commands are allowed on website content, then user convenience and ease of operation are improved, but intellectual property protection and content security deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of executable instructions and a server that mediates between the user's copy/paste actions and the content. The system intercepts copy commands, processes them through a server that verifies authorization, and only permits the operation if authorized. This intermediary layer maintains user convenience while preventing unauthorized intellectual property theft.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If copy commands are prevented on website content, then intellectual property protection is improved, but user convenience and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control where the restriction on copy commands is not absolute but adaptive. The system evaluates each copy request individually, checking authorization status and content type. Authorized users experience no restriction (full convenience), while unauthorized users encounter blocking (protection). This dynamic approach balances intellectual property protection with user convenience based on real-time authorization status.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If tracking and notification systems are implemented for copy events, then content security and monitoring are improved, but device complexity and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex tracking and notification functionality from the client device into a separate server system. The executable instructions on the user's device remain relatively simple, while the server handles the complexity of tracking copy events, managing notifications, and maintaining authorization databases. This extraction reduces client device complexity while maintaining comprehensive content security and monitoring capabilities.
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AI summary
A method of enforcing copyright rights over a distributed computer network includes the steps of transmitting website content to a remote user computer, transmitting computer executable instructions to the remote user computer, the computer executable instructions being operable to identify execution of a copy command applied to at least a portion of the website page content, receiving notification, via the computer executable instructions, of execution of a copy command applied to at least a portion of the website content, receiving identification information associated with either the remote user computer or a user of the remote user computer, and identifying publication of the at least a portion of the website page content.