TY - GEN
T1 - Middleware services for DRM
AU - Jamkhedkar, Pramod A.
AU - Heileman, Gregory L.
AU - Martinez-Ortiz, Ivan
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Lack of generic digital rights management applications has stunted the growth of the media distribution industry. In this paper we point out the need for middleware services required to develop digital rights management (DRM) applications. Many functionalities are common to most DRM applications and by nature are highly distributed. Standalone DRM applications have found it difficult to implement these services in an efficient manner and have led to closed solutions with limited capabilities. This paper categorizes these functions with reference to a layered DRM framework as middleware services. The characteristics and interface of each of these services is defined along with a prototype implementation of an agent-based negotiations service.
AB - Lack of generic digital rights management applications has stunted the growth of the media distribution industry. In this paper we point out the need for middleware services required to develop digital rights management (DRM) applications. Many functionalities are common to most DRM applications and by nature are highly distributed. Standalone DRM applications have found it difficult to implement these services in an efficient manner and have led to closed solutions with limited capabilities. This paper categorizes these functions with reference to a layered DRM framework as middleware services. The characteristics and interface of each of these services is defined along with a prototype implementation of an agent-based negotiations service.
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U2 - 10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382563
DO - 10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382563
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34748907164
SN - 1424406145
SN - 9781424406142
T3 - Proceedings of the 2007 2nd International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware and Workshops, COMSWARE 2007
BT - Proceedings of the 2007 2nd International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware and Workshops, COMSWARE 2007
T2 - 2007 2nd International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware and Workshops, COMSWARE 2007
Y2 - 7 January 2007 through 12 January 2007
ER -