Information-processing method, information-processing apparatus and computer program
First Claim
1. An information-processing method comprising:
- a proxy-server designation step of designating a client as a proxy server by execution of a communication through a local network between a content-utilization management server connected to said local network and said client; and
a member registration step of setting and registering an external client to serve as a member client having a right to utilize a content managed by said content-utilization management server on the basis of a result of processing carried out by said proxy server to verify said external client.
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Abstract
In a configuration allowing a client to be designated as a proxy server, the proxy server to register an external client to serve as a member client and the member to utilize a content, a content-utilization management server designates a client as a proxy server whereas the proxy server checks an external client connected to an external network and registers the external client to serve as a member client having a right to utilize a content managed by the content-utilization management server. Then, the proxy server gives a license to the external client as a right to utilize such a content. Thus, the external client not connected to a local network of the content-utilization management server is also capable of utilizing the content based on the license.
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13 Claims
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1. An information-processing method comprising:
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a proxy-server designation step of designating a client as a proxy server by execution of a communication through a local network between a content-utilization management server connected to said local network and said client; and
a member registration step of setting and registering an external client to serve as a member client having a right to utilize a content managed by said content-utilization management server on the basis of a result of processing carried out by said proxy server to verify said external client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information-processing method comprising:
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a license-granting right delegation step of permitting a proxy server to grant a license to an external client by carrying out a communication between a content-utilization management server and said proxy server, which are connected to a local network, through said local network; and
a license-granting step of granting a license from said proxy server to said external client as a right to utilize a content managed by said content-utilization management server on the basis of a result of a process carried out by said proxy server to verify said external client. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information-processing apparatus used as a content-utilization management server, comprising:
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a storage unit for storing a member-client list of registered clients each having a right to utilize a content; and
a data-processing unit for carrying out a process to verify a proxy server, wherein;
said data-processing unit includes;
a member-client list management unit for carrying out a membership confirmation process to confirm membership of said proxy server on the basis of said member-client list; and
a locality check unit for carrying out a locality confirmation process to confirm locality of said proxy server by verifying that said proxy server is a client connected to a local network, to which said content-utilization management server is connected, and designation of a client as a proxy server or delegation of a right to grant a license to said proxy server is performed on condition that said membership and said locality are confirmed.
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12. A computer program to be executed to carry out a proxy-server designation process of designating a client as a proxy server by execution of a communication through a local network between a content-utilization management server connected to said local network and said client, said computer program comprising:
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a membership confirmation step of confirming membership of said client to be designated as a proxy server by verifying that said client is a member client already registered in said content-utilization management server;
a locality confirmation step of confirming locality of said client to be designated as a proxy server by verifying that said client is a client connected to said local network, to which said content-utilization management server is connected; and
a step of designating said client as a proxy server on condition that said membership and said locality are confirmed.
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13. A computer program to be executed to carry out a license-granting right delegation process of permitting a proxy server to grant a license to an external client by carrying out a communication between a content-utilization management server and said proxy server, which are connected to a local network, through said local network, said computer program comprising:
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a membership confirmation step of confirming membership of said proxy server by verifying that said proxy server is a member client already registered in said content-utilization management server;
a locality confirmation step of confirming locality of said proxy server by verifying that said proxy server is a client connected to said local network, to which said content-utilization management server is connected; and
a step of delegating a right to grant a license to said proxy server on condition that said membership and said locality are confirmed.
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