Contents additional service inquiry server for identifying servers providing additional services and distinguishing between servers
First Claim
1. A contents additional service inquiry server for receiving inquiries for additional services provided by a contents center and a third-party contents additional service providing server from a user, comprising:
- means for receiving a registration request from the contents center or the third-party contents additional service providing server which specifies a contents identifier that uniquely identifies contents in clear distinction from any other contents and which is embedded into the contents solely by the contents center before distribution of the contents, the registration request also requesting registration of registration request information including additional service information regarding each additional service that can be provided with respect to the contents having the contents identifier and provider location information regarding a location of a respective provider of said each additional service,means for authenticating whether said contents center is a delivery source of the contents having the contents identifier specified by said registration request only when said registration request is issued by said contents center,means for storing the registration request information received by said means for receiving, in correspondence to the contents identifier, such that registration request information registered by said contents center and registration request information registered by said third-party contents additional service providing server are separately stored in clear distinction from each other, andmeans for searching and returning said registration request information specified by the contents identifier when an inquiry request for the additional service that specifies the contents identifier is issued by the user, by uniquely identifying the registration request information corresponding to the contents identifier specified by the inquiry request, wherein the registration request information registered by the contents center and the registration request information registered by the third-party contents additional service providing server are separately presented in clear distinction from each other.
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Abstract
A contents additional services inquiry server for receiving inquiries for additional services provided by a contents center and a third-party contents additional services providing server, wherein a registration request specifies a contents identifier uniquely identifying contents, and requests registration of registration request information including each additional service information regarding service that can be provided with respect to the contents having the contents identifier and provider location information regarding a location of a respective provider of each additional service. Registration request information registered by the contents center and registration request information registered by the third-party contents additional service providing server are separately stored. The registration request information specified by the contents identifier is searched and returned when there is a request for the additional service, where registration request information registered by the contents center and registration request information registered by the third-party contents additional service providing server are separately presented.
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1. A contents additional service inquiry server for receiving inquiries for additional services provided by a contents center and a third-party contents additional service providing server from a user, comprising:
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means for receiving a registration request from the contents center or the third-party contents additional service providing server which specifies a contents identifier that uniquely identifies contents in clear distinction from any other contents and which is embedded into the contents solely by the contents center before distribution of the contents, the registration request also requesting registration of registration request information including additional service information regarding each additional service that can be provided with respect to the contents having the contents identifier and provider location information regarding a location of a respective provider of said each additional service, means for authenticating whether said contents center is a delivery source of the contents having the contents identifier specified by said registration request only when said registration request is issued by said contents center, means for storing the registration request information received by said means for receiving, in correspondence to the contents identifier, such that registration request information registered by said contents center and registration request information registered by said third-party contents additional service providing server are separately stored in clear distinction from each other, and means for searching and returning said registration request information specified by the contents identifier when an inquiry request for the additional service that specifies the contents identifier is issued by the user, by uniquely identifying the registration request information corresponding to the contents identifier specified by the inquiry request, wherein the registration request information registered by the contents center and the registration request information registered by the third-party contents additional service providing server are separately presented in clear distinction from each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to function as a contents additional service inquiry server processing program for receiving inquires for additional services provided by a contents center and a third-party contents additional service providing server from a user, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for causing said computer to receive a registration request from the contents center or the third-party contents additional service providing server which specifies a contents identifier that uniquely identifies contents in clear distinction from any other contents and which is embedded into the contents solely by the contents center before distribution of the contents, the registration request also requiring registration of registration request information including additional service information regarding each additional service that can be provided with respect to the contents having the contents identifier and provider location information regarding a location of a respective provider of said each additional service; instructions for causing said computer to authenticate whether said contents center is a delivery source of the contents having the contents identifier specified by said registration request only when said registration request is issued by said contents center; instructions for causing said computer to store the registration request information, in correspondence to the contents identifier, such that registration request information registered by said contents center and registration request information registered by said third-party contents additional service providing server are separately stored in clear distinction from each other, and instructions for causing said computer to search and return said registration request information specified by the contents identifier when an inquiry request for the additional service that specifies the contents identifier is issued by the user, by uniquely identifying the registration request information corresponding to the contents identifier specified by the inquiry request, wherein the registration request information registered by the contents center and the registration request information registered by the third-party contents additional service providing server are separately presented in clear distinction from each other.
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10. A contents additional service providing system comprising:
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a contents center for delivering contents to a user terminal and providing a prescribed additional service with respect to the contents, a third-party contents additional service providing server for providing additional services with respect to the contents, and a contents additional service inquiry server for receiving inquiries for additional services for the contents provided by said contents center and said third-party contents additional service providing server from a user, wherein said contents additional service inquiry server comprises; means for receiving a registration request from the contents center or the third-party contents additional service providing server which specifies a contents identifier that uniquely identifies the contents in clear distinction from any other contents and which is embedded into the contents solely by the contents center before distribution of the contents, the registration request also requesting registration of registration request information including additional service information regarding each additional service that can be provided with respect to the contents having the contents identifier and provider location information regarding a location of a respective provider of said each additional service, means for authenticating whether said contents center is a delivery source of the contents having the contents identifier specified by said registration request only when said registration request is issued by said contents center, means for storing the registration request information received by said means for receiving, in correspondence to the contents identifier, such that registration request information registered by said contents center and registration request information registered by said third-party contents additional service providing server are separately stored in clear distinction from each other, and means for searching and returning said registration request information specified by the contents identifier when an inquiry request for the additional service that specifies the contents identifier is issued by the user, by uniquely identifying the registration request information corresponding to the contents identifier specified by the inquiry request, wherein the registration request information registered by the contents center and the registration request information registered by the third-party contents additional service providing server are separately presented in clear distinction from each other. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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