System and method of contents utilization and server thereof
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorNorihisa Iga
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Abstract
A ticket showing contents utilization right is issued separately form contents to permit exchange of the ticket between terminals. In order that an approval by the contents copyright under be obtained for the ticket exchange between terminals, a check is made by making a notification to an assignment monitoring server on the network. If necessary, the assignment monitoring server may be allowed to levy fees. Thus, direct exchanging of contents utilization right between terminals and automatic copyright owner's approval are realized.
Claims24
A contents utilization system comprising a contents server with contents stored therein, a terminal for obtaining contents stored in the contents server via the network and executing the obtained contents, a ticket server for issuing ticket data showing a utilization right executing the contents in the terminal,
- the terminal including a means for assigning the ticket data to a different terminal,
- the contents utilization system further comprising an assignment monitoring server for receiving a notification from a terminal for assigning the ticket data and checking whether the assignment of the ticket data between the terminals meets the contents utilization conditions.
A contents utilization method comprising the steps that:
- data of a contents utilization right, which permits obtaining and executing contents, is issued as ticket data to a terminal desiring contents utilization separately from contents distributed to the terminal;
- when assigning the contents utilization right to a different terminal, the ticket data is assigned to the other terminal, while notifying the ticket assignment to an assignment monitoring server for managing the assignment of the contents utilization right;
- the assignment monitoring server notifies contents utilization approval conditions shown by the ticket data to the assignment destination terminal;
- when the ticket data assignment destination terminal executes a process meeting the notified assignment approval conditions, it notifies the completion of the ticket data assignment process;
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- the assignment destination terminal obtains and executes the contents according to the obtained ticket data.
A ticket server for issuing contents ID, contents ID, content utilization terminal ID, contents utilization condition, and ticket data concerning whether the sole ticket data have been assigned between the terminals, as the contents utilization right data to a terminal desiring the contents utilization or contents utilization right assignment separately from a contents server with the contents stored therein.
An assignment monitoring server for registering contents utilization approval conditions of a contents copyright owner or a contents provider, receiving a notification from an assignment source or an assignment destination terminal desiring assignment of a content utilization right, checking whether the contents utilization right assignment meets the approval conditions for the contents copyright owner or the contents provider and notifying the check result to the assignment source and destination terminals.
The assignment monitoring server 14, wherein the registered contents utilization approval conditions are capable of being updated by the contents copyright owner or the contents provider.
A terminal comprising means for obtaining ticket data of contents utilization right from a ticket server, which issues the ticket data separately from the contents, ticket communication means for permitting exchange of the ticket data with a different terminal, means for confirming the contents utilization right by making a notification of the right to an assignment monitoring server for managing the ticket assignment, and a contents execution means for obtaining and executing the contents of the ticket data.
A program to be installed in a universal data processing system having:
- a function of a contents server with contents stored therein;
- a function of a ticket server for issuing ticket data of a utilization right for executing the contents to a terminal;
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- a function of receiving, at the time of assignment of the ticket data between terminals, a notification from a terminal, which assigns the ticket data, and checking whether the assignment of the ticket data between the terminals meets the contents utilization conditions provided in the ticket data.
A program to be installed in a terminal having a communication means for executing:
- a function of obtaining ticket data of the contents utilization right from a ticket server, which issues the ticket data separately from the contents, a function of permitting exchange of the ticket data between terminals, a function of confirming a contents utilization right of the ticket data as a subject of assignment by making a notification to an assignment monitoring server for managing the ticket assignment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.