US 7,519,615 B2
Characterization of content based on the associated serialized data
Jonathan H. Cooper, Newport, R.I. (US); and Jason C. Hallford, Provo, Utah (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Filed on Aug. 07, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/215,375.
Prior Publication US 2004/0030708 A1, Feb. 12, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 707—104.1  [707/101; 707/102; 707/103 R] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
forming encrypted content to be disseminated over a network;
forming data associated with said content, which data describes characteristics of said content and includes one or more decryption keys;
serializing said associated data and providing said serialized associated data and said content as a package over the network from a server to one or more clients in a one-way communication, wherein said serialized associated data contains metadata and is bound to said content;
filtering by said one or more clients said associated data according to a specified filtering criterion that is chosen by one or more users of said one or more clients;
storing by said one or more clients filtered data and content; and
decrypting by said one or more clients said filtered data and content using said one or more decryption keys.