E-book Text Sharing with Corresponding Media DRM
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current e-book sharing technologies do not efficiently enable users to share selected text along with corresponding media content, such as audio or video, while maintaining digital rights management and usage policies.
Innovation Solution
A framework and architecture that allows a computing device to select and share text from an e-book, accompanied by corresponding media content, using a server to identify and send relevant audio or video portions, along with annotations and greetings, while enforcing usage policies and digital rights management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users share selected text from e-books, then information sharing capability is improved, but digital rights management control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the e-book system and sharing recipients. The server receives sharing requests, identifies corresponding media content, and distributes content while enforcing usage policies and DRM rules. This intermediary mechanism enables flexible sharing while maintaining centralized control over digital rights management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts sharing permissions and content delivery based on usage policies and DRM rules. The server can modify what content is shared, to whom, and under what conditions, allowing the system to adapt to different sharing scenarios while maintaining rights management control.
2Loss of information
If corresponding media content is included in sharing, then sharing completeness is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The server automatically identifies and retrieves corresponding media content based on the selected text without requiring manual user intervention. The system self-services by matching text selections with their associated audio, video, or other media files, reducing the complexity burden on users while maintaining sharing completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The server performs multiple functions: it manages text sharing, identifies corresponding media content, enforces usage policies, and handles DRM protection. This multi-functional approach consolidates complexity into a single system component rather than distributing it across multiple user-side applications.
3Reliability
If usage policies and DRM are enforced, then digital rights protection is improved, but sharing flexibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Usage policies and DRM rules are established and configured in advance before any sharing occurs. The server is pre-configured with the ruleset that defines permissible sharing actions, allowing flexible sharing within predetermined boundaries. This preliminary configuration enables automatic enforcement without restricting adaptive sharing behavior within allowed parameters.
Data Source
AI summary
A server receives a request from a first computing device to send a communication to a second computing device. The request includes data identifying text selected from an e-book. The server identifies media content, such as an audio book or a movie, that corresponds to the e-book. The server extracts a portion of the media content that corresponds to the text selected from the e-book. The server generates a communication that includes media data that enables access to the portion of the media content and sends the communication to the second computing device.