APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONTENT

• US 20080140685A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeong, Ji-yeon, Lee, Nam-geol, Kim, Hyung-chan, Kim, Gyu-baek
• Application Number:
  US11/831,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140685A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2151 Time stamp

Abstract

An apparatus for managing content including a property-modeling unit for defining properties in a predetermined format according to the content types, a category-managing-unit for creating categories mapped to the content type, a UI-providing unit for providing a screen on which property-information values are input according to the types of the generated categories, a mapping unit for mapping the property-information values to a predetermined content file. The property-information value includes one or more sets of information regarding the authority information and/or the price model of the content where each set is capable of including both the authority information and the price model.

Claims

1. An apparatus for managing content, comprising:

a property-modeling unit to define properties in a predetermined format applicable to a predetermined content file according to content types;

a category-managing unit to generate and to manage categories mapped to the content type;

a user interface (UI) providing unit to output a screen through which property-information values for the defined properties are input according to the generated categories; and

a mapping unit to map and apply the property-information values to the predetermined content files,

wherein the property-information values comprise one or more sets of information including authority information of the content types and/or a price model of the content types and each set is capable of indicating both the authority information and the price model.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a calling unit to call an external library needed for digital rights management (DRM) encryption according to a code input by a user.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mapping unit maps a plurality of the property information values to the predetermined content file.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mapping unit maps the content files to a content file of a higher level in a content-file tree structure.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the generated category is arranged at a position in a tree structure of generated categories.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the UI-providing unit further provides a screen through which a name of the content type and an explanation of the content type are input to define new content types.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the UI-providing unit further provides a screen through which the properties are defined according to the named content type to provide the authority information and/or the price model thereto.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a managing unit to store and to manage the property-information values.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the price model includes billing information, and a same interface allows setting of and defining of the billing information.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the authority information includes digital rights management data to restrict use of the predetermined content file.

6. A method of managing content, comprising:

defining properties in a predetermined format applicable to a predetermined content file according to content types;

generating categories to which the content types are mapped;

providing a screen through which property-information values for the defined properties are input according to the generated categories;

mapping the property-information values to the predetermined content file,

wherein the property-information values comprise one or more sets of information including authority information of the content types and/or a price model of the content types and each set of information is capable of indicating both the authority information and the price model.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising calling an external library needed for DRM encryption according to an executable code input by a user.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising mapping a plurality of property information values to the content file.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising arranging the generated category at a position in a tree structure comprising generated categories.

15. A computer-readable medium encoded with processing instructions implementing the method of claim 6 performed by a computer.

16. The method of claim 6, further comprising defining property values corresponding to the defined properties.

17. The method of claim 6, further comprising reviewing information regarding the managed content.

18. An apparatus for managing content, comprising:

a property-modeling unit to define properties in a predetermined format applicable to a predetermined content file according to content types, the content types being selectable between at least audio content, video content, and image content;

a category-managing unit to generate and to manage categories mapped to the content type, the generated categories being selectable between at least neutral, digital rights management (DRM), and billing;

a user interface (UI) providing unit to output a screen through which property-information values for the defined properties are input according to the generated categories so as to define at least the neutral, DRM, and billing categories; and

a mapping unit to map and to apply the property-information values to the predetermined content file,

wherein the property-information values comprise authority information of the content types and/or a price model of the content types and both the authority information and the price model are capable of being applied to the predetermined content file.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the predetermined content file is capable of being included in a plurality of content types.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the predetermined content file is capable of being included in a plurality of generated categories.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the predetermined content file is capable of being mapped to an other predetermined content file of at least one of a different content type and a different category.