Cloakware, an Irdeto group company, has launched a new Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)-compliant Digital Rights Management (DRM) software for the secure delivery of digital content across the Android open source platform.
Cloakware said that the OMA DRM 1.0 Client for Google’s Android operating system is an expansion of its Windows Mobile offering and was developed in response to Android-supported mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks, and other consumer electronics devices.
According to Cloakware, the new software features OMA Content Ingestion Agent, which processes all secure content and licenses similar to Android’s normal file download process. It comes with a DRM Engine, which responds to requests by device applications for access to OMA secure content for rendering, file management, or sharing. It checks for licenses, evaluates the rights language of the license and decrypts the content for the application, working in conjunction with Android software.
Other features include: support for all three OMA DRM delivery methods – forward lock, combined delivery, and separate delivery; improved encryption features to prevent unauthorised content redistribution; maintenance of rights objects received by the rights issuer; streamlined device integration; and a DRM user interface that supports up to 27 languages and localised customisations.
David Canellos, SVP of sales and marketing at Irdeto, “The release of Cloakware’s OMA DRM 1.0 Client for Android gives device manufacturers and their customers an edge in delivering secure content through an operating system that is fast becoming a new content ecosystem.”
