Supporting secondary use of content of electronic work

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9940443-B2
Application number	US-201615366373-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2016
Priority date	Oct 27, 2014
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A technique for supporting secondary use of content of an electronic work. This technique includes receiving, from a user terminal, a use request requesting secondary use of the content of the electronic work, in which a secondary use policy of an author of the electronic work is associated with the electronic work; determining whether the use request satisfies the secondary use policy specified by the author; and transmitting, to the user terminal, together with a unique identifier associated with the use request, content of the electronic work based on the determination or edited content based on the determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to perform a method comprising:
receiving, from a user terminal, a use request requesting use of content of an electronic work, wherein a secondary use policy of an owner of the electronic work is associated with the electronic work, and wherein the use request includes a document ID of the electronic work and a requested format of the content of the electronic work, the requested format including a font, a size, a color, a background color, a maximum height, a maximum width, and an alignment of the content;
determining that the use request does not satisfy the secondary use policy;
transmitting, to the owner and in response to determining that the use request does not satisfy the secondary use policy, an inquiry as to whether editing that does not satisfy the secondary use policy is to be permitted;
receiving, from the owner, a notification that editing the electronic work is permitted;
editing, in response to receiving the notification that editing the electronic work is permitted, the content based on the use request to create edited content, wherein the editing includes:
determining, from the use request, the requested format of the content of the electronic work;
modifying the content of the electronic work such that a format of the modified content matches the requested format;
converting the modified content into a file type that does not allow further text editing of the modified content;

transmitting, to the user terminal, together with a unique identifier associated with the use request, the edited content of the electronic work;
receiving, from the user terminal, a re-edit request requesting re-editing of the edited content;
determining that the re-edit request does not satisfy the secondary use policy;
transmitting, to the owner and in response to determining that the re-edit request does not satisfy the secondary use policy, an inquiry as to whether re-editing that does not satisfy the secondary use policy is permitted;
receiving, from the owner, a notification that re-editing the electronic work is permitted;
re-editing, in response to receiving the notification that re-editing the electronic work is permitted, the edited content to satisfy the re-edit request and the secondary use policy;
transmitting, to the user terminal, the re-edited content together with a unique identifier associated with the re-edit request; and
embedding, by the user terminal, the re-edited content into a document being created by the user terminal.

2. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the processor further comprises:
storing the use request, the unique identifier associated with the use request, and content transmitted to the user terminal in response to the use request;
receiving a unique identifier and content transmitted from a computer of a third party;
determining whether the unique identifier and the content stored coincide respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party; and
determining that secondary use of the content satisfies the use request based on the unique identifier and the content stored coinciding respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party.

3. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the processor further comprises acquiring a secondary use frequency of the electronic work, and wherein the editing further includes adding the secondary use frequency of the electronic work to the content.

4. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the use request from the user terminal further includes receiving a unique identifier generated at the user terminal, and
wherein the unique identifier associated with the use request is the unique identifier generated at the user terminal or an identifier generated based on the unique identifier generated at the user terminal.

5. A computer program product for a server computer, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving, from a user terminal, a use request requesting use of content of an electronic work, wherein a secondary use policy of an owner of the electronic work is associated with the electronic work, the use request including a document ID of the electronic work and a requested format of the content of the electronic work, the requested format including a font, a size, a color, a background color, a maximum height, a maximum width, and an alignment of the content;
determining that the use request does not satisfy the secondary use policy;
transmitting, to the owner and in response to determining that the use request does not satisfy the secondary use policy, an inquiry as to whether editing that does not satisfy the secondary use policy is to be permitted;
receiving, from the owner, a notification that editing the electronic work is permitted;
editing, in response to receiving the notification that editing the electronic work is permitted, the content based on the use request to create edited content, wherein the editing includes:
determining, from the use request, the requested format of the content of the electronic work;
modifying the content of the electronic work such that a format of the modified content matches the requested format;
converting the modified content into a file type that does not allow further text editing of the modified content;

transmitting, to the user terminal, together with a unique identifier associated with the use request, the edited content of the electronic work;
receiving, from the user terminal, a re-edit request requesting re-editing of the edited content;
determining that the re-edit request does not satisfy the secondary use policy;
transmitting, to the owner and in response to determining that the re-edit request does not satisfy the secondary use policy, an inquiry as to whether re-editing that does not satisfy the secondary use policy is permitted;
receiving, from the owner, a notification that re-editing the electronic work is permitted;
re-editing, in response to receiving the notification that re-editing the electronic work is permitted, the edited content to satisfy the re-edit request and the secondary use policy;
transmitting, to the user terminal, the re-edited content together with a unique identifier associated with the re-edit request; and
embedding, by the user terminal, the re-edited content into a document being created by the user terminal.

6. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:
storing the use request, the unique identifier associated with the use request, and content transmitted to the user terminal in response to the use request;
receiving a unique identifier and content transmitted from a computer of a third party; determining whether the unique identifier and the content stored coincide respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party; and
determining that secondary use of the content satisfies the use request based on the unique identifier and the content stored coinciding respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party.

7. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises acquiring a secondary use frequency of the electronic work, and wherein the editing further includes adding the secondary use fr

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Furuichi Sanehiro
• Ohkado Akira
• Shioya Tomohiro
• Tada Masami
• Uetsuki Hiroaki

Classifications

• G06F21/6218

  to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database · CPC title

• G06F17/30876

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/105 Primary

  Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level · CPC title

• G06F16/955

  using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL] · CPC title