Content receiving apparatus and method, storage medium, and server
First Claim
1. A content receiving apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver operable to receive content distributed in accordance with a rights management and protection method;
an identification unit operable to identify said rights management and protection method for said received content; and
a rights processing unit operable to perform rights processing of said received content in accordance with said identified rights management and protection method.
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Abstract
A content receiver is compatible with a plurality of rights management and protection methods (RMP) devised for each content distribution system. Only the format which specifies the specification of the RMP formed of information such as content billing, security, and copyright protection, is standardized. Each content provider inputs encrypted content and rights processing information to content in a form conforming to the standardized specification. For content users, by merely being provided with functions corresponding to each RMP method in advance, even if the content is based on any RMP method, the content can be decrypted and used in the same content receiver.
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29 Claims
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1. A content receiving apparatus, comprising:
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a receiver operable to receive content distributed in accordance with a rights management and protection method;
an identification unit operable to identify said rights management and protection method for said received content; and
a rights processing unit operable to perform rights processing of said received content in accordance with said identified rights management and protection method. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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14. A content receiving method, comprising:
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receiving content distributed in accordance with a rights management and protection method;
identifying the rights management and protection method for the received content; and
performing rights processing of the received content in accordance with the identified rights management and protection method.
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27. A storage medium recorded with a computer-readable program for receiving content, said program comprising:
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receiving content distributed in accordance with a rights management and protection method;
identifying the rights management and protection method for the received content; and
performing rights processing of the received content in accordance with the identified rights management and protection method.
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28. A server, comprising:
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means for storing a plurality of types of rights management and protection modules corresponding to respective rights management and protection methods; and
means for transmitting a selected one of the rights management and protection modules in response to a request containing information identifying the selected rights management and protection module.
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29. A server, comprising:
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means for storing a plurality of types of rights management and protection modules corresponding to respective rights management and protection methods;
means for selecting one of the rights management and protection modules based on identification information; and
means for converting content by using the selected rights management and protection module.
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