Apparatus and method for inspecting the copyright of digital data on a network, and recording medium on which is recorded a copyright inspection program
OwnerAkira Nakagawa, Kyoichi Hosoya +4inventors
InventorsAKIRA NAKAGAWA, KYOICHI HOSOYA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, KIMIHIKO KAZUI, EISHI MORIMATSU, KIICHI MATSUDA
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Abstract
A copyright inspection apparatus, a copyright inspection method and recording medium on which is recorded a copyright inspection program, for inspecting the copyright of digital data on a network, which can automatically inspect the copyright of digital data provided on a network using a hyperlink for setting a reference path.
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An apparatus for inspecting the copyright of digital data on a network comprising;
- data providing means for providing digital data on a network, and
- copyright inspection means for taking out copyright information from the digital data provided by said data providing means, and inspecting the copyright of said digital data based on the taken out copyright information, and in which is set a hyperlink for enabling reference from one data providing means to a referenced data providing means, wherein said apparatus further comprises;
- hyperlink information take out means for taking out hyperlink information from said data providing means which provides said digital data, when the copyright of the digital data has been inspected by said copyright inspection means, and
- recursive activation means for recursively activating said copyright inspection means with respect to said referenced data providing means which is specified by the hyperlink information taken out by said hyperlink information take out means.
A method of inspecting the copyright of digital data on a network comprising;
- a data providing step for providing digital data on a network, and
- a copyright inspection step for taking out copyright information from the digital data provided by said data providing step, and inspecting the copyright of said digital data based on the taken out copyright information, and in which is set a hyperlink for enabling reference from one data providing step to a referenced data providing step, wherein said method further comprises;
- a hyperlink information take out step for taking out hyperlink information from said data providing step which provides said digital data, when the copyright of the digital data has been inspected by said copyright inspection step, and
- a recursive activation step for recursively activating said copyright inspection step with respect to said referenced data providing step which is specified by the hyperlink information taken out by said hyperlink information take out step.
A recording medium on which is recorded a program for inspecting the copyright of digital data on a network comprising;
- a data providing function for providing digital data on a network, and
- a copyright inspection function for taking out copyright information from the digital data provided by said data providing function, and inspecting the copyright of said digital data based on the taken out copyright information,
- and in which is set a hyperlink for enabling reference from one data providing function to a referenced data providing function, wherein said program further realizes;
- a hyperlink information take out function for taking out hyperlink information from said data providing function which provides said digital data, when the copyright of the digital data has been inspected by said copyright inspection function, and
- a recursive activation function for recursively activating said copyright inspection function with respect to said referenced data providing function which is specified by the hyperlink information taken out by said hyperlink information take out function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.