APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENTS DISTRIBUTED OVER NETWORK
First Claim
1. A content server for storing at least one content file, comprising:
- a storage which stores the content file;
a communication unit which transmits content information in response to a content information request received from a content management server; and
a control unit which transfers the content information on the content file corresponding to the content information request from the storage to the communication unit and transfers the content file from the storage to the communication unit in response to a content file request.
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Abstract
A content management system entails analyzing similarity of the contents distributed among at least one network element (e.g., contents server) and managing the contents on the basis of the analysis result. The content management server analyzing similarities of content files and providing the similarities information includes a communication unit that collects content information from at least one content server stored the content files and the content information corresponding to the content files; a digital content management (DCM) control unit which analyzes similarities of the content files received from the content server; a storage which stores information on the similarities analyzed by the DCM control unit; a content information comparison unit which detects the content information in response to a similar content file request transmitted from a client on the basis of the similarities information.
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31 Claims
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1. A content server for storing at least one content file, comprising:
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a storage which stores the content file; a communication unit which transmits content information in response to a content information request received from a content management server; and a control unit which transfers the content information on the content file corresponding to the content information request from the storage to the communication unit and transfers the content file from the storage to the communication unit in response to a content file request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A content management server which analyzes similarities of content files and provides similarities information, comprising:
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a communication unit which collects content information from at least one content server storing the content files and the content information corresponding to the content files; a digital content management (DCM) control unit which analyzes similarities of the content files received from the content server; a storage unit that stores information on the similarities analyzed by the DCM control unit; and a content information comparison unit which detects the content information in response to a similar content file request transmitted from a client on the basis of the similarities information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A content management method for a content management server which analyzes and provides similarities of content files, comprising:
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collecting content information from at least one content server which stores at least one content file corresponding to the content information; on the basis of the content information, analyzing and storing similarities of the contents files distributed among the content servers; retrieving similar content information on the basis of the similarities when a similar content file request is received through a communication network; and transmitting the similar content information through the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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