License management device, license management method, and computer program
First Claim
1. A license management apparatus for setting a condition for providing a license as a content usage right, comprising:
- a disk table in which data indicating content usage statuses of clients is stored;
an album price master table in which information concerning license providing conditions according to the content usage statuses is stored; and
license providing condition determining means for obtaining information concerning a content usage of a client from the disk table based on identification data accompanying a license obtaining request received from the client, and for obtaining information concerning a license providing condition from the album price master table based on the content usage information so as to determine the license providing condition for the client based on the information concerning the license providing condition.
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Abstract
To provide an information recording medium and an information processing apparatus and method in which the content usage by ensuring copyright protection can be implemented both in CD players and information processing apparatuses, for example, PCs. A license providing condition for a client can be dynamically set based on the content usage status of the client. For example, for clients having a large number of content usages, the license price is decreased, or the license can be provided free. A media ID stored in, for example, a CD, and a product ID as an identifier in, for example, a title unit or an album unit are received from the client. Based on such identification data, the content usage status data can be checked. Accordingly, the licenses can be provided under the reliable management of the content usage.
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15 Claims
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1. A license management apparatus for setting a condition for providing a license as a content usage right, comprising:
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a disk table in which data indicating content usage statuses of clients is stored;
an album price master table in which information concerning license providing conditions according to the content usage statuses is stored; and
license providing condition determining means for obtaining information concerning a content usage of a client from the disk table based on identification data accompanying a license obtaining request received from the client, and for obtaining information concerning a license providing condition from the album price master table based on the content usage information so as to determine the license providing condition for the client based on the information concerning the license providing condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A license management method for setting a condition for providing a license as a content usage right, comprising:
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an identification data receiving step of receiving identification data accompanying a license obtaining request from a client;
a content usage information obtaining step of obtaining information indicating a content usage of the client from a disk table in which data indicating content usage statuses of clients is stored;
a license providing condition information obtaining step of obtaining, based on the content usage information, information indicating a license providing condition from an album price master table in which information indicating license providing conditions according to the content usage status is stored; and
a license providing condition determining step of determining the license providing condition for the client based on the obtained information concerning the license providing condition. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program in which a processing program for executing license management processing for setting a condition for providing a license as a content usage right is indicated, the computer program comprising:
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an identification data receiving step of receiving identification data accompanying a license obtaining request from a client;
a content usage information obtaining step of obtaining information indicating a content usage of the client from a disk table in which data indicating content usage statuses of clients is stored;
a license providing condition information obtaining step of obtaining, based on the content usage information, information indicating a license providing condition from an album price master table in which information indicating license providing conditions according to the content usage status is stored; and
a license providing condition determining step of determining the license providing condition for the client based on the obtained information concerning the license providing condition.
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