Information lease management system, information lease management apparatus, information processing apparatus, information lease management method and recording medium
First Claim
1. A system for managing lease of arbitrary information contents to be distributed from an information lease service provider to a user, the system comprising:
- an information lease management apparatus for adding utilization condition information concerning lease of information contents to information contents, and processing the information so as to be distributed to the user;
an information processing apparatus for receiving information contents with utilization condition information distributed from the information lease management apparatus; and
communication means for connecting the information lease management apparatus and information processing apparatus, characterized in that the information processing apparatus is managed so as to automatically erasing the received information contents by using communication means based on the utilization condition information.
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Abstract
In an information lease management system according to the present invention, in the case of managing lease of arbitrary information contents distributed from an information lease service provider to a user, an information lease management apparatus (1) and an information processing apparatus (3) are connected to each other by communication means (2). On one hand, utilization condition information concerning lease of information contents are added to the information contents by means of the information lease management apparatus (1), and then, is processed so as to be distributed to a user. On the other hand, information contents with utilization condition information distributed from the information lease management apparatus (1) are received, and are rented by means of the information processing apparatus (3). In addition, in the information processing apparatus (3), for example, when a lease period has expired, the rented information contents are managed so as to be automatically erased based on utilization condition information. There can be constructed a rental video system, a rental electronic library system, a home-use communication karaoke system using Internet or communication lines such as telephone lines or satellite communication lines.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for managing lease of arbitrary information contents to be distributed from an information lease service provider to a user, the system comprising:
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an information lease management apparatus for adding utilization condition information concerning lease of information contents to information contents, and processing the information so as to be distributed to the user;
an information processing apparatus for receiving information contents with utilization condition information distributed from the information lease management apparatus; and
communication means for connecting the information lease management apparatus and information processing apparatus, characterized in that the information processing apparatus is managed so as to automatically erasing the received information contents by using communication means based on the utilization condition information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for managing lease of information contents distributed from an information lease service provider to a user, the apparatus characterized by comprising:
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data processing means for adding utilization condition information concerning information lease to a user to information contents; and
transmission and reception means for distributing to a user the information contents having the utilization condition information added thereto by the data processing means or receiving response information from the user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for receiving information contents leased from an information lease service provider to a user, said apparatus characterized by comprising:
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transmission and reception means for receiving information contents having added thereto utilization condition information concerning information lease to the user;
data processing means for processing information contents received by the transmission and reception means; and
a recording medium connectable to the data processing means in order to store information contents, wherein the data processing means is provided so as to automatically erase information contents stored in a recording medium based on the utilization condition information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38)
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23. A method of managing lease of information contents distributed from an information lease service provider to a user by using communication means, said method is characterized by comprising the steps of:
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making a contract concerning lease of information contents in advance between the information lease service provider and the user;
adding utilization condition information to information contents to be distributed to the user based on the contrast on one hand, receiving information contents having utilization condition information added thereto on the other hand; and
storing the received information contents in a recording medium with its automatically erasable time limit storage function; and
automatically erasing the information contents stored in the recording medium based on the utilization condition information.
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35. A recording medium for recording information contents with utilization condition information leased from an information lease service provider to a user, characterized in that, when a predetermined lease period has expired, information contents stored in the recording medium is automatically erased based on said utilization condition information.
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