CONTENT PROVISION DEVICE, CONTENT PROVISION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20150089669A1
• Filed: 11/12/2012
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Hisashi
• Application Number:
  US14/397,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089669A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• 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 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

Content suitable for a user is provided to an information processing terminal that is confirmed to be used by the user. An accepting unit accepts an access from a user terminal. A determining unit determines whether or not to provide the user terminal with the content suitable for the user based on a length of a period from a previous access to this access of the user terminal. A processing execution unit executes processing for providing the user terminal with the content in a case where it is determined to provide the user terminal with the content suitable for the user.

Claims

1. A content providing device comprising:

an accepting unit for accepting an access from an information processing terminal of a user;

a determining unit for determining whether or not to provide the information processing terminal with content suitable for the user based on a length of a period from a previous access of the information processing terminal of the user to this access of the information processing terminal of the user; and

a processing execution unit for executing, in a case where it is determined to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user, processing for providing the information processing terminal with the content.

2. The content providing device according to claim 1,

wherein the determining unit determines to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user in a case where an access accepted from the information processing terminal is a first access, and

wherein, in a case where it is determined to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user, the processing execution unit executes processing for activating the information processing terminal and processing for providing the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user.

4. The content providing device according to claim 2,

wherein the accepting unit receives payment information necessary for payment of the content, and

wherein the processing execution unit executes the processing for activating the information processing terminal with use of the payment information, and processing for providing the information processing terminal with the content corresponding to usage history of a shopping system, in which information of the user who is specified based on the payment information is registered, or usage history of the content providing device by the user.

6. The content providing device according to claim 1,

wherein the determining unit determines to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user in a case where the length of the period from the previous access of the information processing terminal of the user to this access of the information processing terminal of the user exceeds a predetermined length.

7. The content providing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing execution unit executes the processing for providing the information processing terminal with the content in a state in which viewing of at least a part of the content is restricted before payment processing of the content is executed, and viewing of the at least a part of the content is allowed after the payment processing of the content is executed.

8. The content providing device according to claim 1,

wherein the determining unit determines whether or not to provide the content based on an unused capacity of a storage unit provided to the information processing terminal.

9. The content providing device according to claim 1,

wherein the determining unit determines not to provide the content to the information processing terminal in a case where communication between the content providing device and the information processing terminal or the content to be provided to the information processing terminal is charged on an as-used basis.

3. A content providing device comprising:

an accepting unit for accepting an access from an information processing terminal of a user;

a determining unit for determining to provide the information processing terminal with content suitable for the user in a case where the access is an access relating to processing for activating the information processing terminal; and

a processing execution unit for executing, in a case where it is determined to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user, the processing for activating the information processing terminal and processing for providing the information processing terminal of the user with the content suitable for the user.

5. The content providing device according to claim 3,

wherein the determining unit determines to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user in a case where the access is an access for requesting to update an operating system installed in the information processing terminal, and

wherein, in a case where it is determined to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user, the processing execution unit executes processing for updating the operating system installed in the information processing terminal and processing for providing the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user.

16. The content providing device according to claim 3,

wherein the accepting unit receives payment information necessary for payment of the content, and

wherein the processing execution unit executes the processing for activating the information processing terminal with use of the payment information, and processing for providing the information processing terminal with the content corresponding to usage history of a shopping system, in which information of the user who is specified based on the payment information is registered, or usage history of the content providing device by the user.

10. A content providing method comprising:

accepting an access from an information processing terminal of a user;

determining whether or not to provide the information processing terminal with content suitable for the user based on a length of a period from a previous access of the information processing terminal of the user to this access of the information processing terminal of the user; and

executing, in a case where it is determined to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user, processing for providing the information processing terminal with the content.

11. A content providing method comprising:

accepting an access from an information processing terminal of a user;

determining to provide the information processing terminal with content suitable for the user in a case where the access is an access relating to processing for activating the information processing terminal; and

executing, in a case where it is determined to provide the information processing terminal with the content suitable for the user, the processing for activating the information processing terminal and processing for providing the information processing terminal of the user with the content suitable for the user.

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