InterTrust Awarded Important Patent Concerning Rights Management, Secure Messaging and Content E-Commerce
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ --- InterTrust Technologies Corporation
(Nasdaq: ITRU - news), the leading developer of peer-to-peer, distributed digital rights
management (DRM) technology, announced that it today received U.S. Patent No. 6,185,683,
entitled ``Trusted and Secure Techniques, Systems and Methods for Item Delivery and
Execution.'' This is the 18th U.S. patent issued to InterTrust in the fields of digital rights
management and secure computing. These patents are complemented by more than forty pending
applications in the US alone.
The '683 patent includes 131 claims. It addresses central issues facing rights management and
e-business systems regarding rights managed communication and information flow technologies.
We believe these technology inventions are key, required building blocks for efficient and
user-friendly secure content distribution and enterprise policy management applications.
The patent describes in detail, for example, systems for receiving encrypted content and rules,
securely managing content use, and transmitting rights managed content and rules to other users.
The '683 patent also describes rights managed communication solutions such as trusted e-mail,
and messaging and electronic negotiation infrastructure -- where the digital information is governed
according to enterprise policies. With trusted e-mail, sender and recipient may deploy, and
interact with, information in confidence that secrecy, authenticity, integrity, and governed use are
assured.
The patent addresses fundamental aspects of existing and emerging content and enterprise
markets such as:
Content rights management, whether client/server or peer-to-peer, and provision of
electronic licenses and permits.
Superdistribution of rights managed content from consumer to consumer.
Rules managed electronic subscriptions for content.
Trusted messaging, whether asynchronous (governed e-mail and mail attachments) or
synchronous (governed instant messaging and chat), and other communications according
to securely associated policies and rules.
Trusted electronic negotiation, digital information escrow, and automated, secure fulfillment.
Auditable and independently verifiable tracking and secure control of electronic documents,
records, and other digital information among authenticated members of select user groups.
``We believe this is one of the most significant patents issued to InterTrust,'' said Ed Fish,
President of the MetaTrust Utility. ``Providers of communication systems, from secure e-mail to
work-flow to content distribution, may find the inventions described by this patent to be quite
relevant.''
About InterTrust Technologies Corporation
InterTrust Technologies Corporation is the leading developer of peer-to-peer, PC and device
digital rights management (DRM) technologies. Its general-purpose DRM trust platform serves as
a foundation for trusted peer-to-peer and client server e-commerce. InterTrust holds numerous
patents in the area of trusted systems technology and peer-to-peer rights management, and
licenses its technology and patents in the form of software and tools to partners. These partners
provide digital commerce services and applications that together form an interoperable global
commerce system branded the MetaTrust Utility®. InterTrust serves as the commercial
administrator of the MetaTrust Utility, ensuring the neutrality, security, commercial reliability, and
trusted interoperability of devices, services, and applications.
The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
including statements regarding InterTrust's expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies
regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon
information available to InterTrust as of the date hereof, and InterTrust assumes no obligation to
update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from current
expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not
limited to, the factors and risks discussed in InterTrust's reports filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOTE: InterTrust, the InterTrust logo, MetaTrust, and The MetaTrust Utility are registered
trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, all of which may or may not be used in
certain jurisdictions. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies or organizations.
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