Apparatus and method for managing digital rights management contents in portable terminal

An apparatus for managing a Digital Rights Management (DRM) content in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

• an external memory configured to write changed license information on the DRM content when a license of the DRM content is consumed;
• an internal memory configured to store information representing a written state of the changed license information of the external memory;
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• a DRM unit configured to check latest license information from the external memory using the information stored in the internal memory and to determine whether the changed license information has changed by comparing, a hash value from among the information stored in the internal memory with a hash value from the checked latest license information, when a replay of the DRM content is attempted, and to determine whether the DRM content is available according to whether the changed license information has changed.

A method for managing a Digital Rights Management (DRM) content in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

• when a license of the DRM content is consumed, writing changed license information, which is stored in an external memory, on the DRM content;
• storing information representing a written state of the changed license information of the external memory into an internal memory;
• when a replay of the DRM content is attempted, checking latest license information from the external memory using a start position from among the information stored in the internal memory;
• determining whether the changed license information has changed by comparing a hash value from among the information stored in the internal memory with a hash value from the checked latest license information;
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• determining whether the DRM content is available according to whether the changed license information has changed.

A portable terminal for managing a Digital Rights Management (DRM) content, the portable terminal comprising:

• an external memory configured to, when a license of the DRM content is consumed, write changed license information on the DRM content;
• an internal memory configured to store information representing a written state of the changed license information of the external memory;
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• a DRM unit configured to check latest license information from the external memory using a start position from among the information stored in the internal memory and to determine whether the changed license information has changed by comparing a hash value from among the information stored in the internal memory with a hash value from the checked latest license information, when a replay of the DRM content is attempted, and to determine whether the DRM content is available according to whether the changed license information has changed.

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for managing a Digital Rights Management (DRM) content in a portable terminal, the program comprising:

• a first code segment, configured to write changed information, which is stored in an external memory, on the DRM content, when a license of the DRM content is consumed;
• a second code segment, configured to store information representing a written state of the changed license information of the external memory into an internal memory;
• a third code segment, configured to check latest license information from the external memory using the information stored in the internal memory and to determine whether the changed license information has changed by comparing a hash value from among the information stored in the internal memory with a hash value from the checked latest license information;
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• a fourth code segment, configured to determine whether the DRM content is available according to whether the changed license information has changed.