Method and apparatus for processing digital rights management contents containing advertising contents

A method for processing digital rights management (DRM) contents, comprising:

• generating by a right issuer (RI) a multipart DRM contents format (DCF) file by attaching AD contents to DRM contents;
• and
• downloading the generated multipart DCF file to a DRM device;
• and
• reproducing by the AD contents, the AD contents to use the DRM contents, wherein generating the multipart file includes an AD contents view header indicating an indication that the DRM contents have an attached AD content,
• wherein a DCF header field is added to each of two DRM containers of the multipart DCF file, wherein the DRM contents are added in one DRM container and the AD contents are added in the other DRM container.

A method for processing digital rights management (DRM) contents having advertising contents (AD contents) attached thereto, comprising:

• selecting by a DRM device, DRM contents having the AD contents attached thereto;
• providing by a presentation server (PS), information on the AD contents-attached DRM contents to a rights issuer (RI);
• requesting by the RI, the AD contents and the DRM contents from a contents issuer (CI);
• providing by the CI, the AD contents and the DRM contents to the RI;
• generating a multipart DRM contents format (DCF) file by the RI by using the provided AD contents and the DRM contents;
• and
• downloading the generated multipart DCF file to the DRM device, wherein the multipart file includes an AD contents view header indicating an indication that the DRM contents have a attached AD content,
• wherein a DCF header field is added to each of two DRM containers of the multipart DCF file, wherein the DRM contents are added in one DRM container and the AD contents are added in the other DRM container.