Information converting apparatus

• US 20060153212A1
• Filed: 02/01/2006
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tianma Microelectronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Eiji, Hatano, Kouji, Kawaguchi, Kyoko, Sugiura, Masataka, Tsukamoto, Yoshihiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,397,817 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1073 Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

An information export method for exporting content and right information of the content to a repository includes referring to the right information when the content is exported to the repository and checking whether the repository is allowed to have the content based on a description of the right information. When the repository is not allowed to have the content, it is determined not to export the content and the right information to the repository.

Claims

1. An information export apparatus that exports content and right information of the content to a repository, wherein said information export apparatus is configured to:

refer to the right information when said information export apparatus exports the content to said repository;

check whether said repository is allowed to have the content exported to said repository, based on a description of the right information; and

determine not to export the content and the right information to said repository when said repository is not allowed to have the content exported to said repository.

2. An information export method for exporting content and right information of the content to a repository, the method comprising:

referring to the right information when the content is exported to said repository;

checking whether said repository is allowed to have the content exported to said repository, based on a description of the right information; and

determining not to export the content and the right information to said repository when said repository is not allowed to have the content exported to said repository.

3. An information export apparatus that exports content and right information of the content to a repository, wherein said information export apparatus comprises:

means for referring to the right information when said information export apparatus exports the content to said repository;

means for checking whether said repository is allowed to have the content exported to said repository, based on a description of the right information; and

means for determining not to export the content and the right information to said repository when said repository is not allowed to have the content exported to said repository.

4. An information export method for exporting content and right information of the content to a repository, the method comprising the steps of:

referring to the right information when the content is exported to said repository;

checking whether said repository is allowed to have the content exported to said repository, based on a description of the right information; and

determining not to export the content and the right information to said repository when said repository is not allowed to have the content exported to said repository.