US 12,141,247 B1
Apparatus and method for persistent digital rights management
Steven Harvey McCown, Mapleton, UT (US); Paul Ashley, Toowong (AU); Neil Readshaw, Draper, UT (US); John David Mumford, Portola Valley, CA (US); and Tim Bartley, Draper, UT (US)
Assigned to Anonyome Labs, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Anonyome Labs, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/427,582.
Application 18/427,582 is a continuation of application No. 17/530,843, filed on Nov. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,928,188.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,609, filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/1085 (2023.08) [H04L 9/085 (2013.01); G06F 21/107 (2023.08)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine, comprising:
a network interface circuit to provide connectivity to networked machines;
a processor connected to the network interface circuit; and
a memory connected to the processor and the network interface circuit, the memory storing instructions executed by the processor to:
record the purchase of a digital asset by a user at a client machine from a data source machine in network communication with the client machine,
archive the location of the digital asset on one or more machines of the networked machines, wherein the location is separate from the data source machine,
associate the digital asset with a data access policy, wherein the data access policy has a smart contract to administer the data access policy,
receive a request for the digital asset,
enforce the data access policy through programmatic control utilized by one or more of the networked machines to form a consent state, where the consent state is reached with a Content Item Access Key (CIAK) that is dynamically constructed in a Secure Enclave on an electronically connected machine separate from the client machine, and
authorize distribution of the digital asset to a networked machine in response to the consent state.