US 8,555,401 B2Granted

Content provision system

AssigneeFujitsu Limited

InventorsKinji Kawaguchi, Masahiko Ohashi, Yu Minakuchi, Tomotaka Endo

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Abstract

The second content provision system determines, in response to a request by a user from a second terminal belonging to a second network, a second content being a same content as a first content, which is provided to the first terminal belonging to a first network or an alternative content for the first content and matching rights of the user. The second content is provided from the second network to the second terminal and can be used by the second terminal. The second content is determined by using content information specifying the first content which is in-use or which the use has interrupted and ownership information indicating the rights of the user and the content provision system acquires the content information and the ownership information from the first content provision system in response to the request from the second terminal.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A content provision system, comprising:

a first content provision system including a processor to execute processes containing:
issuing, in response to a request by a user from a first terminal belonging to a first network, a license in respect of a first content which the user has rights;
and providing the first content to the first terminal via the first network;
and
a second content provision system including:
a receiver to receive a request by the user from a second terminal belonging to a second network that is different from the first network;
a determiner to determine a second content being a same content as the first content or an alternative content for the first content and matching the rights of the user, wherein the second content is provided from the second network to the second terminal and can be used by the second terminal, the determiner determines the second content by using at least content information specifying the first content which is in-use or which the use has interrupted and ownership information indicating the rights of the user, and the second content provision system acquires the content information and the ownership information from the first content provision system in response to the request from the second terminal;
an issuer to issue a license in respect of the second content;
and
a provider to provide the second content to the second terminal via the second network.

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