Information converting apparatus

• US 7,408,953 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2006
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tianma Microelectronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Eiji, Hatano, Kouji, Kawaguchi, Kyoko, Sugiura, Masataka, Tsukamoto, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Harper; Kevin C
• Application Number:
  US11/344,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20060187959A1
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 370/398, 370/546, 370/465, 705/51, 705/57, 705/59, 726/27, 726/29
• US Class Current: 370/465
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1073 Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

A content delivery method for exporting content from a server to a terminal includes acquiring information on right management capability supported by the terminal, the information being reported from by terminal. The content that is appropriate to the terminal is selected based on the acquired information, and the selected content is delivered to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.

Claims

1. A server that delivers content to a terminal, comprising:

an acquiring section that acquires right management capacity information from the terminal, the right management capacity information specifying conditions of content use which the terminal has a capacity to comply with;

a selecting section that selects content that is appropriate for the terminal based on the acquired right management capacity information; and

a delivering section that delivers the selected content to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.

4. A server according to claim 1, wherein the conditions of content use are defined by at least one of the following:

a generation number allowed to copy the content;

a term during which use of the content is allowed, defined from a certain date/time to another date/time;

a term during which use of the content is allowed, defined by a certain period;

a start date and time at which use of the content is allowed to begin;

an end date and time, following which the content is not allowed to be used;

a number of times the content is allowed to be used;

a minimum span of time counted as one time to use the content;

a term in which the content is allowed to be used, since the content is first used;

a maximum span of time the content is allowed to be used;

a cumulative amount of time the content is allowed to be used;

a cumulative number of times the content is allowed to be used; and

a time zone in which the content is allowed to be used.

2. A content delivery method for exporting content to a terminal, comprising:

acquiring right management capacity information from the terminal, the right management capacity information specifying conditions of content use which the terminal has a capacity to comply with;

selecting content that is appropriate for the terminal based on the acquired right management capacity information; and

delivering the selected content to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.

5. A content delivery method according to claim 2, wherein the conditions of content use are defined by at least one of the following:

a generation number allowed to copy the content;

a term during which use of the content is allowed, defined from a certain date/time to another date/time;

a term during which use of the content is allowed, defined by a certain period;

a start date and time at which use of the content is allowed to begin;

an end date and time, following which the content is not allowed to be used;

a number of times the content is allowed to be used;

a minimum span of time counted as one time to use the content;

a term in which the content is allowed to be used, since the content is first used;

a maximum span of time the content is allowed to be used;

a cumulative amount of time the content is allowed to be used;

a cumulative number of times the content is allowed to be used; and

a time zone in which the content is allowed to be used.

3. A computer-readable medium that stores a program for exporting content to a terminal, comprising:

an acquiring code segment that acquires right management capacity information from the terminal, the right management capacity information specifying conditions of content use which the terminal has a capacity to comply with;

a selecting code segment that selects content that is appropriate for the terminal based on the acquired right management capacity information; and

a delivering code segment that delivers the selected content to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.

6. A computer-readable medium according to claim 3, wherein the conditions of content use are defined by at least one of the following:

a generation number allowed to copy the content;

a term during which use of the content is allowed, defined from a certain date/time to another date/time;

a term during which use of the content is allowed, defined by a certain period;

a start date and time at which use of the content is allowed to begin;

an end date and time, following which the content is not allowed to be used;

a number of times the content is allowed to be used;

a minimum span of time counted as one time to use the content;

a term in which the content is allowed to be used, since the content is first used;

a maximum span of time the content is allowed to be used;

a cumulative amount of time the content is allowed to be used;

a cumulative number of times the content is allowed to be used; and

a time zone in which the content is allowed to be used.