Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods that facilitate more efficient and/or improved connection generation in connection with social media and/or other contact, connection, and/or data management services. In some embodiments, devices associated with users may exchange certain device identification information when the devices are in relative close proximity, as may be the case when two users associated with the devices are interacting in person. The devices may communicate the exchanged device identification information to one or more social media and/or other contact or connection management services, which may generate one or more contacts and/or connections in profiles and/or accounts associated with the respective users.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing electronic services using a trusted service. Entities may transmit an indication of associated electronic services and associated conditions to the trusted service. Users interested in the electronic services may transmit requests to the trusted service with associate request conditions. The trusted service may analyze the conditions associated with the electronic services and associated requests to determine a degree of agreement and/or fit between the electronic services and the requested services. In further, the trusted service may package one or more electronic services connection with satisfying a request and/or associated conditions by an interested user.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods that use contextual information relating to a user's emotions and/or moods in connection with information targeting and content tagging. In some embodiments, user moods and/or emotional states may be determined and/or otherwise inferred using certain contextual information collected using one or more sensors included in devices associated with a user. Obtaining information relating to a user's mood and/or emotional state may allow for, among other things, more efficient targeting of content, search results, and/or other information that is well matched to a user's interests at a given point in time. In further embodiments, information relating to a user's mood and/or emotional state may be used to tag and/or otherwise associate content with information relating to the user's mood and/or emotional state while viewing and/or capturing the content.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that use tag authentication and presence verification techniques in connection with a variety of transactions. In certain embodiments, an authentication device may verify the authenticity of a secure tag by determining whether the secure tag stores secret information provisioned by a trusted authority. In some embodiments, such an authentication process may be performed without exposing the secret information to the authentication device, thereby maintaining integrity of the secure tag. In other embodiments, insecure tags and/or tags that do not include secret information are used.

Abstract: This disclosure related to systems and methods that facilitate the secure collection and management of operational data relating to a power generation system that includes one or more wind turbines. Embodiments disclosed herein may also be used to provide various insights on wind farm operation and management using collected operational data. Further embodiments facilitate policy-managed access to operational data, including policy-managed access implementing differential privacy, in a manner allowed and/or otherwise controlled by parties having ownership rights or interests in the data.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for using available computational resources of a variety of connected devices in a connected device ecosystem in connection with performing various computational and/or processing operations. In certain embodiments, computational and/or processing operations may be distributed between a plurality of connected devices by a trusted service, leveraging available computational resources of the connected devices to perform relatively complex computations and/or operations. Systems and methods are further disclosed that allow for enforcement of various policies in connection with such distributed computation and/or processing operations, which may help to protect the privacy and security interests of various stakeholders in the connected device ecosystem.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for management of information, including environmental information, obtained by a variety of sensors associated with one or more distributed mobile sensor platforms. In certain embodiments, the geographically transitory nature of a mobile sensor platform may be leveraged to facilitate collection of environmental information over a larger geographic area than that of a fixed sensor platform. Embodiments disclosed herein provide for information consistency and/or quality checking of information obtained by mobile sensor platforms. Further embodiments may be used to incentivize the collection and/or acquisition of certain data via point and/or credit based compensation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that use tag authentication and presence verification techniques in connection with a variety of transactions. In certain embodiments, an authentication device may verify the authenticity of a secure tag by determining whether the secure tag stores secret information provisioned by a trusted authority. In some embodiments, such an authentication process may be performed without exposing the secret information to the authentication device, thereby maintaining integrity of the secure tag. In other embodiments, insecure tags and/or tags that do not include secret information are used.

Abstract: A content information providing system is disclosed which can protect the copyrights of contents while permitting users who do not purchase the contents to utilize the contents. A content information providing server includes a user information storage section for storing a user key unique to each user, a content key storage section for storing content keys unique to individual contents, a recommendation section for selecting a content to be recommended to the user, a content key encryption section for encrypting the selected content key with a user key of the user of a target of the recommendation, and a content information sender section for transmitting the encrypted content key to a content reproduction apparatus used by the user. The content reproduction apparatus includes a content information receiver section for receiving the content key, and a content key decryption section for decrypting the encrypted content key.

Abstract: A client obtains license information. The client has a client module for using content under conditions defined in the license information. When the client module is updated and a new function is added, the client obtains updating license information including permission of the new function. The client is allowed to use the content under the conditions defined in the previous license information and the conditions defined in the updating license information without obtaining new rights information for the updated client module.

Abstract: A content information providing system is disclosed which can protect the copyrights of contents while permitting users who do not purchase the contents to utilize the contents. A content information providing server includes a user information storage section for storing a user key unique to each user, a content key storage section for storing content keys unique to individual contents, a recommendation section for selecting a content to be recommended to the user, a content key encryption section for encrypting the selected content key with a user key of the user of a target of the recommendation, and a content information sender section for transmitting the encrypted content key to a content reproduction apparatus used by the user. The content reproduction apparatus includes a content information receiver section for receiving the content key, and a content key decryption section for decrypting the encrypted content key.

Abstract: A client obtains license information. The client has a client module for using content under conditions defined in the license information. When the client module is updated and a new function is added, the client obtains updating license information including permission of the new function. The client is allowed to use the content under the conditions defined in the previous license information and the conditions defined in the updating license information without obtaining new rights information for the updated client module.

Abstract: A content information providing system is disclosed which can protect the copyrights of contents while permitting users who do not purchase the contents to utilize the contents. A content information providing server includes a user information storage section for storing a user key unique to each user, a content key storage section for storing content keys unique to individual contents, a recommendation section for selecting a content to be recommended to the user, a content key encryption section for encrypting the selected content key with a user key of the user of a target of the recommendation, and a content information sender section for transmitting the encrypted content key to a content reproduction apparatus used by the user. The content reproduction apparatus includes a content information receiver section for receiving the content key, and a content key decryption section for decrypting the encrypted content key.

Abstract: A client obtains license information. The client has a client module for using content under conditions defined in the license information. When the client module is updated and a new function is added, the client obtains updating license information including permission of the new function. The client is allowed to use the content under the conditions defined in the previous license information and the conditions defined in the updating license information without obtaining new rights information for the updated client module.

Abstract: A content reproducing device decrypts and outputs an encrypted content encrypted by a content key received from a content transmitting device. The content reproducing device includes a content key obtaining unit for obtaining the content key, and a storage unit for storing the key unique to the content transmitting device, usage restriction information to restrict the usage of the key unique to the content transmitting device, and link information indicating linking of the content transmitting device and the content reproducing device. The content reproducing device also includes a key decryption unit for decrypting the content key with the key unique to the content transmitting device in the event that the content reproducing device is included in the stored link information unit, and a usage control unit for restricting usage of the key unique to the content transmitting device, based on the stored usage restriction information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed wherein a process of information relating to a content which applies a high load to a CPU can be processed efficiently in a distributed manner. A request source information processing apparatus transmits a process type of the process to be executed, and receives identification information of different information processing apparatus in accordance with the process type and apparatus information associated with the identification information including resource information. Then, the request source apparatus acquires load information of the apparatus, and determines a particular apparatus to which a request to execute a process is to be issued based on the resource information and the load information. Then, the request source apparatus issues a request to execute the process and transmits information relating to the content to the particular apparatus.

Abstract: A content information providing system is disclosed which can protect the copyrights of contents while permitting users who do not purchase the contents to utilize the contents. A content information providing server includes a user information storage section for storing a user key unique to each user, a content key storage section for storing content keys unique to individual contents, a recommendation section for selecting a content to be recommended to the user, a content key encryption section for encrypting the selected content key with a user key of the user of a target of the recommendation, and a content information sender section for transmitting the encrypted content key to a content reproduction apparatus used by the user. The content reproduction apparatus includes a content information receiver section for receiving the content key, and a content key decryption section for decrypting the encrypted content key.

Abstract: A client transmits existing license information that includes usage conditions of content, additional difference information including an additional usage condition, and a client certificate to a license server. The license server updates the existing license information based on the additional difference information to generate updated license information, and returns the updated license information to the client.

Abstract: A client obtains license information. The client has a client module for using content under conditions defined in the license information. When the client module is updated and a new function is added, the client obtains updating license information including permission of the new function. The client is allowed to use the content under the conditions defined in the previous license information and the conditions defined in the updating license information without obtaining new rights information for the updated client module.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a right presentation based on a combination of two or more rights to realize a more flexible right presentation. Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus which can use content information within a range of usage conditions written in license information, including: a storage element for storing first license information; a receiving element for receiving second license information; and a linking element for linking a part or all of the second license information with the first license information, wherein the content information is used within a range of license information obtained by linking the first license information with the second license information by the linking element.