Information distribution system, its distribution center apparatus and user terminal apparatus, and information storage medium usable for the system

An information distribution system which distributes information data to a user terminal apparatus from a distribution center apparatus via a communication line, wherein

• the distribution center apparatus separately manages to each store information data encrypted with a prescribed key and the key in advance, distributes information data required from the user terminal apparatus in an encrypted state, requires to the user terminal apparatus to present medium proper identification information stored in an information storage medium having proper identification information, and encrypts to distribute the key itself used for encrypting the information data by using the medium proper identification information presented in response to the request, and the distribution center apparatus comprises:
• a user management unit which generates and registers user individual management information including use conditions of distributed information data by associating it with user information registered in advance;
• a material data accumulator which accumulates material data to print information related to the information data onto a label print surface of the information storage medium;
• a request accepting unit which accepts a request for print information for the distributed information data to be transmitted from the user terminal apparatus together with the medium proper identification information;
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• a transmitting unit which reads user individual management information from the user management unit as well as reads the corresponding material data from the material data accumulator in accepting the request for the print information to each transmit them to the user terminal apparatus at the request source, and wherein
• the user terminal apparatus decrypts an encrypted key received from the distribution center apparatus by using the medium proper identification information presented to the distribution center apparatus, and decrypts the encryption of the distributed information data with the decrypted key, and the user terminal apparatus comprises:
• a communication unit which transmits, to the distribution center apparatus, the request for the print information of the distributed information data together with the medium proper identification information, and receives the material data and the user individual management information to be transmitted from the distribution center apparatus;
• an accumulator which accumulates the material data and the user individual management information print image received by the communication unit by associating them with the distributed information data;
• a print image generation unit which reads the material data and the user individual management information corresponding to the distributed information data from the accumulator to generate the print image in a prescribed form;
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• a print unit which prints the print image onto a label print surface of the information storage medium with the distributed information data stored thereon.

A distribution center apparatus, in an information distribution system distributing information data to a user terminal apparatus via a communication line, which individually manages to each store information data encrypted with a prescribed key and the key in advance, distributes information data required from the user terminal apparatus in an encrypted state, requires to present medium proper identification information stored on an information storage medium having proper identification information to the user terminal apparatus, encrypts to distribute the key itself used for encrypting the information data by using the medium proper identification information presented in response to the request, decrypts the encrypted key by using the medium proper identification information on a side of the user terminal apparatus, and decrypts the encryption of the distributed information data with the decrypted key, the distribution center apparatus comprising:

• a user management unit which generates to register user individual management information including use conditions of the distributed information data by associating the management information with the user information to be registered in advance;
• a material data accumulator which accumulates material data to print information related to the information data onto a label print surface of the information storage medium;
• a request accepting unit which accepts a request for print information of the distributed information data to be transmitted from the user terminal apparatus together with the medium proper identification information;
• a print image generation unit which reads the user individual management information from the user management unit as well as reads the corresponding material data from the material data accumulator in accepting the request for the print information to generate a print image in a prescribed form;
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• a transmitting unit which transmits the print image to the user terminal apparatus at the request source of the print information.

A distribution center apparatus, in an information distribution system distributing information data to a user terminal apparatus via a communication line individually, which individually manages to each store information data encrypted with a prescribed key and the key in advance, distributes information data required from the user terminal apparatus in an encrypted state, requires to present medium proper identification information stored on an information storage medium having proper identification information to the user terminal apparatus, encrypts to distribute the key itself used for encrypting the information data by using the medium proper identification information presented in response to the request, decrypts the encrypted key by using the medium proper identification information on a side of the user terminal apparatus, and decrypts the encryption of the distributed information data with the decrypted key, the distribution center apparatus comprising:

• a user management unit which generates to register user individual management information including use conditions of the distributed information data by associating the management information with the user information to be registered in advance;
• a material data accumulator which accumulates material data to print information related to the information data onto a label print surface of the information storage medium;
• a request accepting unit which accepts a request for print information of the distributed information data transmitted from the user terminal apparatus together with the medium proper identification information;
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• a transmitting unit which reads the user individual management information from the user management unit as well as reads the corresponding material data from the material data accumulator in accepting the request for the print information to transmit them to the user terminal apparatus at the request source.

A user terminal apparatus of an information distribution system which receives information data distributed from a distribution center apparatus via a communication line, wherein

• the distribution center apparatus individually manages information data encrypted with a prescribed key and the key to each store them in advance, distributes information data required from the user terminal apparatus in an encrypted state, requires to a distribution destination to present medium proper identification information stored in an information storage medium having proper identification information, and when encrypting to distribute the key itself used for the encryption of the information data by using the medium proper identification information presented in response to the request, decrypts the encrypted key received from the distribution center apparatus by using the medium proper identification information presented to the distribution center apparatus, and decrypts the encryption of the distributed information data with the decrypted key, the information distribution system decrypts the encrypted key received from the distribution center apparatus by using the medium proper identification information presented to the distribution center apparatus, and decrypts the encryption of the distributed information data with the decrypted key, and when the distribution center apparatus generates to register user individual management information including use conditions of the distributed information data and accumulates material data to print information related to the information data onto a label print surface of the medium proper storage medium by associating the management information with the user information to be registered in advance, accepts the request for the print information of the distributed information data transmitted together with the medium proper identification information, reads the material data and the user proper management information to be required in accepting the request for the print information, and generates the print image in a prescribed form to transmit it to the user terminal apparatus at the request source of the print information, the user terminal apparatus comprises:
• a communication unit which transmits, to the distribution center apparatus, the request for the print information of the distributed information data together with the medium proper identification information, and receives a print image to be transmitted from the distribution center apparatus;
• an accumulator which accumulates the print image received by the communication unit;
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• a print unit which prints the print image onto a label print surface of the information storage medium.

A user terminal apparatus of an information distribution system which receives information data distributed from a distribution center apparatus via a communication line, wherein

• the distribution center apparatus of the information distribution system separately manages to each store information data encrypted with a prescribed key and the key in advance, when the distribution center apparatus distributes information data required from the user terminal apparatus in an encrypted state, requires to a distribution destination to present medium proper identification information stored in an information storage medium having proper identification information, and encrypts to distribute the key itself used for encrypting the information data by using the medium proper identification information presented in response to the request, the information distribution system decrypts the encrypted key received from the distribution center apparatus by using the medium proper identification information presented to the distribution center apparatus, and decrypts the encryption of the distributed information data with the decrypted key, and when the distribution center apparatus generates to register user individual management information including use conditions of the distributed information data and accumulates material data to print information related to the information data onto a label print surface of the information storage medium in advance, accepts a request for print information of the distributed information data to be transmitted together with the medium proper identification information, reads the material data and the user individual management information in accepting the request for the print information to transmit them to the user terminal apparatus at the request source, the user terminal apparatus comprises:
• a communication unit which transmits, to the distribution center apparatus, the request for the print information of the distributed information data together with the medium proper identification information, and receives material data and user individual management information transmitted from the distribution center apparatus;
• an accumulator which accumulates the material data and the user individual management information received by the communication unit by associating them with the distributed information data;
• a print image generation unit which reads the material data and the user individual management information corresponding to the distributed information data from the accumulator to generate print image in a prescribed form;
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• a print unit which prints the print image onto a label print surface of the information storage medium with the distributed information data stored thereon.