Apparatus and method for protecting contents streamed through re-transmission
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsJee Hyun Park, Jung Soo Lee, Jung Hyun Kim, Yeon Jeong Jeong, Do-Won Nam, Kisong Yoon
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Abstract
An apparatus for protecting contents streamed through re-transmission, includes a content service site for servicing a content, managing end user and re-sender re-transmitting the content streamed from the content service site to another user, and issuing and managing a re-transmission license and a content license. The end user pays a charge to the content service site, receives an issued license from the content service site, and uses the content received from the re-sender through re-transmission.
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An apparatus for protecting contents streamed through re-transmission, the apparatus comprising:
- a content service site for servicing a content, managing end user and re-sender which re-transmits the content streamed from the content service site to another user, and issuing and managing a re-transmission license and a content license, wherein the end user pays a charge to the content service site, receives an issued license from the content service site, and uses the content received from the re-sender through re-transmission.
A method for protecting contents streamed through re-transmission, the method comprises:
- selecting, by a user, a specific re-sender from a content service site;
- accessing, by the user, the re-sender and receiving a re-sender ID from the content service site;
- requesting, by the user, a license from the content service site using the re-sender ID;
- issuing, by the content service site, the license to the user;
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- receiving, by the user, a content re-transmitted from the re-sender and re-producing the content using the issued license.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.