Shared information system in network
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsShinichi Kawashima, Norio Murakami
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Abstract
A terminal A which is an owner of contents transmits a request to share contents downloaded from a contents provider with terminals B and C to an ASP. The ASP obtains permission that a license can be shared from the contents provider, and notifies the terminal A of the information. The ASP calls the terminals B and C and provides the license for them.
Claims16
A shared information system for sharing and inheriting information among information terminals, comprising:
- a device having an interface for communicating various types of information with an information provider, receiving contents specified by the information provider through the interface and information about use of the contents, and storing the contents and the information;
- a device having an interface for communicating various types of information about an information terminal of a service requester (owner) and an information terminal to be registered for the service requester sharing and inheriting information, receiving a service request, etc. of the service requester through the interface, and storing the information and the service request;
- a device receiving and storing information specified by the service requester and a condition of information distribution, etc., and a device calculating simplification of a condition of information distribution;
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- a device receiving and storing information required to make a payment among the information provider, the service requester, and a network operator, performing the settlement between entrepreneurs process, and a device notifying the information provider, the service requester, and the network operator of a payment result.
A shared information system for sharing electronic contents for which an owner has a license with other users, comprising:
- a request acceptance device accepting on line a request to issue a shared license for sharing information from an owner;
- a shared license assignment device assigning a license for sharing on line information with a terminal of another user based on the obtained shared license;
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- an electronic contents transmission device transmitting on line the electronic contents to a terminal of another user.
An information sharing method for sharing electronic contents for which an owner has a license with other users, comprising:
- accepting on line a request to issue a shared license for sharing information from an owner;
- assigning a license for sharing on line information with a terminal of another user based on the obtained shared license;
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- transmitting on line the electronic contents to a terminal of another user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.