Content management system, content management terminal, usage rule management server, content management method, and content management program

A content management terminal used in a content management system, in which a content and usage rules thereof under management of a certain content management terminal are temporarily moved to an intermediate system, and then moved back to the same content management terminal or moved to any other content management terminal, the content management terminal comprising:

• a content management section operable to manage the content;
• a right management section operable to manage the usage rules of the content;
• a content moving section operable to move the content under management of the content management section to the intermediate system, and moves any of the usage rules defined by the intermediate system to the intermediate system;
• and
• a usage rule moving section operable to move, to a usage rule holding region in which the usage rules are held temporarily, from among the usage rules of the content to be moved by the content moving section, at least any of the usage rules which are not defined by the intermediate system, wherein
• the content management terminal acquires the usage rules of the content based on the usage rule moved from the intermediate system and the usage rule held in the usage rule holding region.

A usage rule management server used in a content management system, in which a content and usage rules thereof under management of a certain content management terminal are temporarily moved to an intermediate system, and then moved back to the same content management terminal or moved to any other content management terminal, the usage rule management server being connected with the content management terminal over a network, and

• comprising:
• a database registration section operable to receive, under secure communications, from among the usage rules of the content to be moved by the content management terminal, at least any of the usage rules which are not defined by the intermediate system, and register the usage rules in a database;
• and
• a database retrieval section operable to search the database in response to a request coming from the content management terminal to which the content is moved from the intermediate system, and notifies the retrieval result to the content management terminal.

A content management method in which a content and usage rules thereof under management of a certain content management terminal are temporarily moved to an intermediate system, and then moved back to the same content management terminal or moved to any other content management terminal,

• the content management method comprising:
• a content management step of managing the content in the content management terminal;
• a right management step of managing the usage rules of the content in the content management terminal;
• a content moving step, in the content management terminal, of moving the content managed in the content management step to the intermediate system, and from among the usage rules of the content, moving any of the usage rules defined by the intermediate system to the intermediate system;
• a usage rule moving step of moving, in the content management terminal, from among the usage rules of the content to be moved in the content moving step, to a usage rule holding region, at least any of the usage rules which are not defined by the intermediate system;
• a usage rule holding step of temporarily holding, in the usage rule holding region, any of the usage rules which are not defined by the intermediate system;
• and
• a step of acquiring, in the content management terminal to which the content is moved from the intermediate system, the usage rule moved from the intermediate system and the usage rule held in the usage rule holding region.

A content management program executed by a content management terminal in which a content and usage rules thereof under management of the content management terminal are temporarily moved to an intermediate system, and then moved back to the same content management terminal or moved to any other content management terminal,

• the content management program comprising:
• a content management step of managing the content;
• a right management step of managing the usage rules of the content;
• a content moving step of moving the content managed in the content management step to the intermediate system, and from among the usage rules of the content, moving any of the usage rules which are defined by the intermediate system to the intermediate system,
• a usage rule moving step of moving, to a usage rule holding region, from among the usage rules of the content to be moved in the content moving step, at least any of the usage rules which are not defined by the intermediate system, and
• a step of acquiring the usage rule moved from the intermediate system, and the usage rule held in the usage rule holding region.