Embedded DRM Module Using Geographic and Temporal Traits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital rights management techniques are rigid and inflexible, failing to adapt to changing user behaviors and consumption traits, limiting content usability and distribution.
Innovation Solution
Implementing digital rights management using geographic and temporal traits, where a digital rights management module embedded in content controls access based on specified behavioral traits, such as age, location, and time, allowing dynamic adjustment of content access without requiring content updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional digital rights management techniques (user name and password, CD keys, encryption keys) are used to control content access, then access control and security are improved, but adaptability to changing user behaviors and consumption patterns deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from static access control mechanisms (fixed user names, passwords, CD keys) to dynamic control mechanisms that automatically adjust access rights based on real-time detection of user behavior patterns, geographic location, and temporal context. The system continuously adapts access policies without requiring manual intervention or content updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of access control from traditional credential-based parameters (username, password, key) to behavior-based parameters (geographic location, time of access, usage patterns). This parameter transformation enables the system to respond to changing user behaviors while maintaining security through automated policy enforcement.
2Reliability
If rigid digital rights management policies are enforced to maintain security, then content protection is improved, but content usability and distribution flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting user behavior patterns, geographic location, and temporal context, then autonomously enforcing access policies without requiring manual intervention. The digital rights management module self-adjusts access control based on real-time conditions, eliminating the need for rigid manual policies while maintaining protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors user access behavior, geographic location, and temporal patterns, then uses this feedback to dynamically adjust access policies. This closed-loop feedback enables the system to adapt to changing conditions while maintaining security, improving both protection and usability.
3Device complexity
If all-or-nothing content access control is used, then implementation simplicity is improved, but user experience and distribution effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing content access into fine-grained segments based on user behavior patterns, geographic location, and temporal context. Instead of all-or-nothing access control, the system segments access rights to allow selective content delivery to specific user groups under specific conditions, significantly improving distribution effectiveness while maintaining manageable complexity through automated policy enforcement.
Data Source
AI summary
Digital rights management using geographic and temporal traits is described. In one or more implementations, a digital medium environment is configured to control access to at least on item of content by digital rights management functionality embedded as part of the content. Data is collected describing geographical traits of a location or temporal traits associated with a request received from the user to access the content. A determination is made from the data using a digital rights management module embedded as part of the content as to whether the geographical or temporal traits meet specified traits of a geographical behavior of a digital rights management policy enforced by the digital rights management module for the at least one item of the content. Responsive to a determination that the specified traits are met, access is permitted to the least one item of the content by the embedded digital rights management module.