Copy component, program and method thereof
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMunetake Ebihara, Hiroshi Kuno, Keiko Saeki
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a copy component for copying a license describing a usage rule of the content between storage components that store the license in storages, the copy component comprising, a receiving section for receiving the license from the first storage component that stores the license in the first storage, an analyzing section for evaluating the license to allow or prohibit move of the license, and a transferring section for transferring the license to the second storage component that stores the license in the second storage if copy of the content is allowable.
Claims15
A copy component for copying a license describing a usage rule of the content between storage components that store the license in storages, the copy component comprising:
- receiving means for receiving the license from the first storage component that stores the license in the first storage;
- analyzing means for evaluating the license to allow or prohibit move of the license;
- and
- transferring means for transferring the license to the second storage component that stores the license in the second storage if copy of the content is allowable.
A copy program for a copy component for copying a license describing a usage rule of the content between storage components that store the license in storages, the copy program comprising the steps of:
- receiving the license from the first storage component that stores the license in the first storage;
- evaluating the license to allow or prohibit move of the license;
- and
- transferring the license to the second storage component that stores the license in the second storage if copy of the content is allowable.
A copy method for a copy component for copying a license describing a usage rule of the content between storage components that store the license in storages, the copy method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the license from the first storage component that stores the license in the first storage;
- evaluating the license to allow or prohibit move of the license;
- and
- transferring the license to the second storage component that stores the license in the second storage if copy of the content is allowable.
A copy component for copying a license describing a usage rule of the content between storage components storing the license in storages, the copy component comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to receive the license from the first storage component that stores the license in the first storage;
- an analyzing unit configured to evaluate the license to allow or prohibit move of the license;
- and
- a transferring unit configured to transfer the license to the second storage component that stores the license in the second storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.