Digital content authorization management system and method for using the same
OwnerLien Hao Chuanginventor
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Abstract
A digital content authorization management system and a method for using the same are provided for controlling a legal granting and use of a copyright of a digital content. Mainly, after storing the digital content on a server using a first user-end information device, an authorization rule is established for the digital content, and an authorization code is set and corresponded to an identification code of a near-field communication (NFC) tag. In this way, the server unifies management of the legally authorized digital content. When the NFC tag is circulated externally, one who obtains the NFC tag can use a second communication device to sense the NFC tag, perform and pass an identification and verification process, and then obtain a right to read the digital content.
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A digital content authorization management system, configured to control a playback permission of a digital content, wherein the system comprises:
- a server having a central processing unit (CPU) capable of performing logical operations, wherein the CPU is informationally connected to an authorization code management module, a digital content database, and an authorization verification module, wherein the authorization code management module stores an identification code list, an authorization code list, and an authorization information list, and wherein a plurality of identification codes are recorded in the identification code list, a plurality of authorization codes are recorded in the authorization code list, and a plurality of authorization rules are recorded in the authorization information list;
- the digital content database informationally connected to the CPU and storing a plurality of digital contents;
- the authorization verification module informationally connected to the CPU and configured to verify validity for one of the authorization rules and one of the authorization codes, and grant a playback permission for one of the digital contents when a verification result is valid;
- a first user-end information device configured to edit the one of the digital contents and transmit the one of the digital contents to the server after the editing is completed;
- wherein when the one of the digital contents is transmitted to the server for storage, an authorization rule is defined for the one of the digital contents, and the authorization management module generates an authorization code, creates a package comprising the one of the digital contents and the authorization rule and associates the package informationally with the authorization code, and pairs the authorization code with an identification code corresponding to a near-field communication (NFC) tag, wherein, after the pairing is completed, the one of the digital contents is stored in the digital content database, the authorization code is stored in the authorization code list, the identification code is stored in the identification code list, and the authorization rule is stored in the authorization information list;
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- when a second user-end information device attempts to read the one of the digital contents, the second user-end information device activates a near-field sensing mode to sense the NFC tag, and then enters an identification and verification process and an authorization process, and obtains the playback permission for the one of the digital contents to view the one of the digital contents through playback.
A method for using a digital content authorization management system to control a playback permission of a digital content after a first user-end information device uploads the digital content to a server, wherein the method comprises:
- an authorization rule-establishing operation for defining an authorization rule for the digital content via an operation interface;
- an authorization code-generating operation for, after the definition of the authorization rule is completed, generating, by an authorization management module of the server, an authorization code, creating, by the authorization management module, a package comprising the digital content and the authorization rule and associating, by the authorization management module, the package informationally with the authorization code;
- an identification code-pairing operation for, following a previous operation, pairing, by the server, the authorization code with a near-field communication (NFC) tag having an identification code which is unique, wherein after the pairing is completed, the digital content is stored in a digital content database informationally connected to the server, the authorization code is stored in an authorization code list informationally connected to the server, and the NFC tag is released for use;
- an authorization code and identification code-storing operation for, following a previous operation, storing the identification code which has been paired in an identification code list informationally connected to the server and storing the authorization rule in an authorization information list informationally connected to the server;
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- wherein upon completion of the above operations, the digital content is assigned a file name and then stored as a file in the digital content database informationally connected to the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.