Digital content management method and apparatus for mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A content management method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- playing back a content selected from a given content list during a content playback mode;
finding, during the content playback mode, an expired Digital Rights Management (DRM) content that is not playable due to license expiration;
determining, when an expired DRM content is found, a handling option for the expired DRM content; and
performing one of;
deleting the expired DRM content,moving the expired DRM content, andrenewing the license associated with the expired DRM content, according to the determined handling option.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal includes an apparatus configured to perform content management method. When a DRM content that is not playable owing to license expiration is found during the content playback mode, the non-playable DRM content can be removed, moved to a pre-specified folder, or license-renewed according to settings. The content management method includes: playing back a content selected from a given content list during a content playback mode; finding, during the content playback mode, an expired DRM content that is not playable owing to license expiration; determining, when an expired DRM content is found, a handling option for the expired DRM content; and performing one of deleting the expired DRM content, moving the expired DRM content, and renewing the license associated with the expired DRM content, according to the determined handling option.
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20 Claims
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1. A content management method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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playing back a content selected from a given content list during a content playback mode; finding, during the content playback mode, an expired Digital Rights Management (DRM) content that is not playable due to license expiration; determining, when an expired DRM content is found, a handling option for the expired DRM content; and performing one of; deleting the expired DRM content, moving the expired DRM content, and renewing the license associated with the expired DRM content, according to the determined handling option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a storage unit separately storing various contents according to their types including regular contents, DRM contents, playable DRM contents and expired DRM contents, the storage unit further storing licenses associated with DRM contents, and store settings for handling expired DRM contents and license renewal; and a control unit determining, when an expired DRM content is found during a content playback mode, a handling option for the expired DRM content, and controlling an operation to perform one of deleting the expired DRM content, moving the expired DRM content, and renewing the license associated with the expired DRM content according to the determined handling option. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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