American Green Inc (ERBB)

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...scusi if this is a re-post:

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Small part of it:

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United States Patent Application 20060155648
Kind Code A1
Vandewater; Eric ; et al. July 13, 2006

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System and method of protecting digital content


Abstract
A method of operating a personal computer includes steps of determining whether a digital recordation of content that is readable by a hardware device in the personal computer is protected; and responsive to a determination that the digital recordation of content is protected, selectively limiting which software programs are permitted to access digital information from the digital recordation of content. Programs that are authorized to access the digital information may include a conversion program for converting the digital work to a compressed file format that will be stored on the hard drive of the personal computer in a format that is governed by a digital rights management protocol, secure player software that is enabled to play the digital work directly from the digital recordation of content and controlled copy software that permits copies to be made under specified licensing conditions.


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Inventors: Vandewater; Eric; (Scottsdale, AZ) ; Jacobs; Peter; (Phoenix, AZ)
Correspondence Name and Address: KNOBLE, YOSHIDA & DUNLEAVY
EIGHT PENN CENTER
SUITE 1350, 1628 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD
PHILADELPHIA
PA
19103
US