Controllable Content Distributing System
First Claim
1. A system for controlled distribution of a content acquired by a user from a content provider and accessible through an access provider, said system comprising a content control provider able to receive data from said content provider and to store it in a centralized database, said data relating to the user'"'"'s rights over the acquired content, wherein said access provider comprises a local database able to receive from said content control provider said data relating to the user'"'"'s rights and a decisionmaking device able to analyze streams sent out by said user and to decide whether said streams sent out conform to the user'"'"'s rights registered in said local database.
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Abstract
A system for controlled distribution of access to and broadcasting of a content acquired by a user from a content provider and accessible through an access provider, said system comprising a content control provider able to receive from said content provider and to store in a centralized database data relating to the user'"'"'s rights over the acquired content. The access provider comprises a local database able to receive from said content control provider said data relating to the user'"'"'s rights and a decisionmaking device able to analyze streams sent out by said user and to decide if said streams sent out conform to the user'"'"'s rights registered in said local database. Application to controlling access to multimedia contents and broadcasting thereof to users when on the move or away from home via a number of types of networks or to users simultaneously connected to a number of types of networks.
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- 1. A system for controlled distribution of a content acquired by a user from a content provider and accessible through an access provider, said system comprising a content control provider able to receive data from said content provider and to store it in a centralized database, said data relating to the user'"'"'s rights over the acquired content, wherein said access provider comprises a local database able to receive from said content control provider said data relating to the user'"'"'s rights and a decisionmaking device able to analyze streams sent out by said user and to decide whether said streams sent out conform to the user'"'"'s rights registered in said local database.
- 6. A content control provider in a system for controlled distribution of a content acquired by a user from a content provider, wherein said content control provider can supply a local database of an access provider of the user with data relating to the user'"'"'s rights over the content acquired.
- 10. An access provider in a system for controlled distribution of a content acquired by a user from a content provider, wherein said access provider comprises a local database able to store data relating to the user'"'"'s rights over the acquired content and a decisionmaking device able to analyze streams sent out by said user and to decide if said streams sent out conform to said rights of use of the user.
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