Method for Providing License Corresponding to Encrypted Contents to Client Apparatus and Digital Rights Management Conversion System Using the Method

• US 20100169221A1
• Filed: 01/05/2007
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Inka Entworks, Inc.
• Inventors: An, Woon Sang, Ahn, Sung Min
• Application Number:
  US12/223,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169221A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/54
• 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: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for providing a license corresponding to encrypted contents to a client apparatus, which provides a license in response to a request of the license corresponding to contents super-distributed to a third person in a DRM conversion system, and a DRM conversion system using the same. First digital rights contents type first contents and a first license corresponding to the first contents are digital rights management converted to generate second digital rights contents type second contents and a second license corresponding to the second contents. A license request corresponding to the second contents super-distributed to a third person is received. A second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed is requested from a server corresponding to the second digital right management. The second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed is received and transmitted to the third person.

Claims

1. An operating method of a digital rights management conversion system for providing a license corresponding to encrypted contents to client apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

(i) digital rights management converting first digital rights contents type first contents and a first license corresponding to the first contents to generate second digital rights contents type second contents and a second license corresponding to the second contents;

(ii) receiving a license request corresponding to the second contents super-distributed to a third person;

(iii) requesting a second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed from a server corresponding to the second digital right management; and

(iv) receiving the second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed and transmitting the second license to the third person.

2. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the digital right management conversion system records a digital right management conversion log in a database.

3. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising (v) querying a server corresponding to the first digital right management an approval or a non-approval of the license request,

wherein step (iii) requesting the second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed from the server corresponding to the second digital rights management when an approval response is received from the server corresponding to the first digital rights management.

4. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 3, wherein step (v) discriminates the server corresponding to the first digital rights management by referring to the database in which the digital rights management conversion log is recorded.

5. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising (vi) allotting and receiving a predetermined amount of money billed by the third person when an approval response is received from the server corresponding to the first digital rights management.

6. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 5, further comprising providing a part of the amount of allotted money to at least one of the server corresponding the first digital rights management, the conversion system, and the server corresponding to the second digital rights management type.

7. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a part of the digital rights management conversion system is installed at a client terminal.

8. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 2, wherein a server is installed inside of the digital rights management conversion system, and the server requests the second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed from the server corresponding to the second digital rights management, and receives and transmits the second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed to the third person.

9. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the server corresponding to the second digital rights management is installed inside the digital rights management conversion system.

10. An operating method of a client apparatus for reproducing encrypted contents, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving contents converted to a second digital rights management type from a first digital rights management type through a digital rights management conversion system;

(b) requesting a license corresponding to the contents converted into the second digital rights management type from the digital rights management conversion system; and

(c) receiving a license corresponding to the converted contents into the second digital rights management type from a sever corresponding to the second digital rights management type through the digital rights management conversion system.

11. The operating method of a client apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising transmitting an approval request corresponding to the request of the license to a sever corresponding to the first digital rights management type.

12. The operating method of a client apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the license corresponding to the converted contents is issued by the sever corresponding to the second digital rights management type, and includes at least one of a decoding key and use right information for the second digital rights management type.

13. The operating method of a client apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising paying at least one of the server corresponding to the first digital rights management type, the digital rights management conversion system, and the server corresponding to the second digital rights management type a predetermined amount of money for the license corresponding to the converted contents.

14. A digital rights management conversion system for providing a license corresponding to encrypted contents to a client apparatus, comprising:

a digital rights management converter for digital rights management converting first digital rights contents type first contents and a first license corresponding to the first contents to generate second digital rights contents type second contents and a second license corresponding to the second contents;

a receiver for receiving a license request corresponding to the second contents super-distributed to a third person;

a license providing section for requesting a second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed from a server corresponding to the second digital right management, and receiving the second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed and transmitting the second license to the third person.

15. The digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a database for recording a digital right management conversion log therein.

16. The digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the digital rights management conversion system further includes an approval querying section for querying a server corresponding to the first digital right management an approval or a non-approval of the license request, and the license providing section requests the second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed from the server corresponding to the second digital rights management when an approval response is received from the server corresponding to the first digital rights management.

17. The operating method of a digital rights management conversion system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the approval querying section discriminates the server corresponding to the first digital rights management by referring to the database in which the digital rights management conversion log is recorded.