License management server, license management system and usage restriction method
First Claim
1. A license management server device for managing content usage on a terminal device, the license management server device comprising:
- a license information storage unit operable to store license information indicating a usage rule of a content for each terminal device or user;
a usage restriction information management unit operable to acquire from a first terminal device or a first user an instruction to put a restriction on content usage on a second terminal device or by a second user, and usage restriction information indicating details of the restriction, and hold the usage restriction information; and
a ticket issuance unit operable to acquire an instruction to request the content usage from the second terminal device or the second user, generate a license ticket that is information for permitting the content usage on the second terminal device or by the second user, under a usage rule with the restriction indicated by the usage restriction information which is held in the usage restriction information management unit, and send the license ticket to the second terminal device or the second user.
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Abstract
A right management server manages usage of a content on a parent terminal and a child terminal. The right management server includes content usage right database that stores right information indicating a usage rule of a content for each terminal ID or user ID, and a parental control information management unit that acquires, from the parent terminal or the parent user, parental control information that is an instruction to put a restriction on usage of a content on the child terminal or by a child user, and stores the parental control information in a parental control information database. The right management server also includes a license ticket generation unit that acquires a license ticket issuance request from the child terminal or the child user, generates a license ticket that is information for permitting usage of the content on the child terminal or by the child user, under a usage rule with a restriction indicated by the parental control information which is held in the parental control information management unit, and sends the license ticket to the child terminal or the child user.
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38 Claims
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1. A license management server device for managing content usage on a terminal device, the license management server device comprising:
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a license information storage unit operable to store license information indicating a usage rule of a content for each terminal device or user; a usage restriction information management unit operable to acquire from a first terminal device or a first user an instruction to put a restriction on content usage on a second terminal device or by a second user, and usage restriction information indicating details of the restriction, and hold the usage restriction information; and a ticket issuance unit operable to acquire an instruction to request the content usage from the second terminal device or the second user, generate a license ticket that is information for permitting the content usage on the second terminal device or by the second user, under a usage rule with the restriction indicated by the usage restriction information which is held in the usage restriction information management unit, and send the license ticket to the second terminal device or the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A license management system comprising a license management server device for managing content usage on a terminal device and a plurality of terminal devices that request content usage to the license management server device,
wherein the license management server device includes: -
a license information storage unit operable to store license information indicating a usage rule of a content for each terminal device or a user; a usage restriction information management unit operable to acquire an instruction to put a restriction on content usage on a second terminal device or by a second user and usage restriction information indicating details of the restriction, from a first terminal device or a first user, and hold the usage restriction information; and a ticket issuance unit operable to acquire an instruction to request the content usage from the second terminal device or the second user, generate a license ticket that is information for permitting the content usage on the second terminal device or by the second user, under a usage rule with the restriction indicated by the usage restriction information which is held in the usage restriction information management unit, and send the license ticket to the second terminal device or the second user, the first terminal device includes a usage restriction information sending unit operable to send the usage restriction information that is the instruction of the first user to put a restriction on the content usage on the second terminal device or by the second user to the license management server device, and the second terminal device includes; an issuance request unit operable to request the license management server device to issue the license ticket based on a request from the second user; an acquisition unit operable to acquire the license ticket for permitting the requested content usage under the usage rule with the restriction, from the license management server device; and a usage unit operable to use the content according to the acquired license ticket. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A usage restriction control method for a license management server device that manages content usage on a terminal device,
wherein the license management server device includes a license information storage unit operable to store license information indicating a usage rule of a content for each terminal device or user, and the usage restriction control method includes: -
a usage restriction setting operation for acquiring from a first terminal device or a first user an instruction to put a restriction on content usage on a second terminal or by a second user, and usage restriction information indicating details of the restriction, and holding the usage restriction information in the usage restriction information management unit; and a ticket issuing operation for acquiring an instruction to request the content usage from the second terminal device or the second user, generating a license ticket that is information for permitting the content usage on the second terminal device or by the second user, under a usage rule with the restriction indicated by the usage restriction information which is held in the usage restriction information management unit, and sending the license ticket to the second terminal device or the second user. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A program embodied on a computer readable storage medium for controlling a usage restriction in a license management server device that manages content usage in a terminal,
the program causing a computer to execute: -
a usage restriction setting operation for acquiring from a first terminal device or a first user an instruction to put a restriction on content usage by a second user, and usage restriction information indicating details of the restriction, and holding the usage restriction information in the usage restriction information management unit; a ticket issuing operation for acquiring an instruction to request the content usage from the second terminal device or the second user, generating a license ticket that is information for permitting the content usage on the second terminal device or by the second user, under a usage rule with the restriction indicated by the usage restriction information which is held in the usage restriction information management unit, and sending the license ticket to the second terminal device or the second user; and a second user registering operation for accepting registration of the second user for the terminal device from the first user registered for the identical terminal device, and registering the second user in the terminal device management unit for the identical terminal device for the first user.
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37. A usage restriction control method for a terminal device that requests a license management server device for content usage that manages content usage, the usage restriction control method comprising:
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a usage restriction requesting operation for sending usage restriction information that is information for restricting content usage on a specified terminal device or by a specified user to the license management server device; a ticket requesting operation for requesting the license management server device to issue a license ticket that is information for permitting content usage under a predetermined usage rule based on a usage restriction request from the specified terminal device or the specified user; a ticket acquiring operation for acquiring from the license management server device a license ticket for permitting content usage under a usage rule with a restriction based on the usage restriction information; and a using operation for using the content based on the acquired license ticket.
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38. A program embodied on a computer readable storage medium for controlling a usage restriction on a terminal device that requests content usage from a license management server device that manages content usage,
the program causing a computer to execute: -
a usage restriction requesting operation for sending usage restriction information that is information for restricting content usage on a specified terminal device or by a specified user to the license management server device; a ticket requesting operation for requesting the license management server device to issue a license ticket that is information for permitting content usage under a predetermined usage rule based on a usage restriction request from the specified terminal device or the specified user; a ticket acquiring operation for acquiring from the license management server device a license ticket for permitting content usage under a usage rule with a restriction based on the usage restriction information; and a using operation for using the content based on the acquired license ticket.
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