Data transfer controlling method, content transfer controlling method, content processing information acquisition method and content transfer system

• US 8,543,707 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Man-soo, Park, Il-gon, Pak, Koo-yong, Chung, Min-gyu, Cho, Sung-hyun, Kim, Soo-jung, K, Kiran Kumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheema, Umar
• Application Number:
  US12/346,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20090144580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,729 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709/228, 709/229, 714/4
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1073 Conversion
• 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

A method of controlling data transfer, a method of controlling content transfer, a method of obtaining content processing information, and a system for transferring content are provided. The method of controlling data transfer in a data interoperable environment includes: receiving a request for transmitting data from a client; gathering information on entities which are to participate in transmitting data; forming a chain including at least two entities by using the gathered information on the entities; transmitting a plurality of data through the chain; and receiving an event message for representing a transmission status of the data transmitted from at least one of the entities included in the chain. Accordingly, it is possible to control a transmission of the data so that the plurality of data can be transmitted through a single session and to receive the transmission status of the data as an event message.

Claims

1. A method for transferring data, performed by an importer in a Digital Rights Management (DRM) interoperable system, the method comprising:

receiving a capability request message from a controller which receives a data transmission request message from a client, the data transmission request message requesting a data transmission;

transmitting to the controller, responsive to the capability request message, data describing a capability, wherein the transmitted data describing the capability is used to determine whether a transformation involved with the requested data transmission is possible and to form a chain for the data transmission;

receiving, from the controller, an importing request message, which requests import of data and includes;

a transmission session identifier identifying a transmission session, a transmitter identifier identifying a transmitter transmitting the data, and DRM information describing a second DRM system at a destination;

receiving the data from the transmitter, wherein the transmitter is any one of an exporter that exports data from a first DRM system or a transformer that transforms exported data into a specific format;

importing the received data into the second DRM system in accordance with policies of the second DRM system, based on the DRM information; and

transmitting, to the controller, an event message describing a status of a transmission of the data, wherein the event message includes at least one of a start element that indicates that the transmission has started, a completion element that indicates that the transmission has been completed, a progress element that indicates a progress of the transmission, and an error element that indicates an error in the transmission wherein receiving the data from the transmitter is based on a transmission protocol that supports transmission of multiple data items in a single session and supports variable frame sizes, wherein

each data item is divided into multiple frames, each frame having a header of N bits, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the header indicating a length of a payload of the corresponding frame,

an index identifying each data item is inserted before the header of a first frame of each data item,

an end of each data item is indicated by a data separator constructed with a predetermined number of bits having first values, and

an end of the transmission of the multiple data items is indicated by an end-of-transmission string constructed with a predetermined number of bits having second values.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission request message includes a data identifier identifying a plurality of data items, a transfer session identifier identifying a transfer session, a source identifier identifying a source from which the plurality of data items is exported, a destination identifier identifying a destination, and the DRM information describing the second DRM system.

3. A system for transferring data in a Digital Rights Management (DRM) interoperable environment, the system comprising:

a first device comprising a controller configured to receive a transfer request message from a client and subscribe to a specific event for receiving an event message from an importer; and

a second device comprising an importer, the second device including memory and a processor configured to;

receive a capability request message from a controller which receives a data transmission request message from a client, the data transmission request message requesting a data transmission;

transmit to the controller, responsive to the capability request message, data describing a capability, wherein the transmitted data describing the capability is used to determine whether a transformation involved with the requested data transmission is possible and to form a chain for the data transmission;

receive, from the controller, an importing request message, which requests import data and includes;

a transmission session identifier identifying a transmission session, a transmitter identifier identifying a transmitter transmitting the data, and DRM information describing a second DRM system in a destination,

receive the data from the transmitter, wherein the transmitter is any one of an exporter that exports data from a first DRM system or a transformer that transforms exported data into a specific format,

import the received data into the second DRM system in accordance with policies of the second DRM system, based on the DRM information, and

transmit, to the controller, the event message describing a status of a transmission of the data, wherein the event message includes at least one of a start element that indicates that the transmission has started, a completion element that indicates that the transmission has been completed, a progress element that indicates a progress of the transmission, and an error element that indicates an error in the transmission

wherein receiving the data from the transmitter is based on a transmission protocol that supports transmission of multiple data items in a single session and supports variable frame sizes, wherein

each data item is divided into multiple frames, each frame having a header of N bits, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the header indicating a length of a payload of the corresponding frame,

an index identifying each data item is inserted before the header of a first frame of each data item,

an end of each data item is indicated by a data separator constructed with a predetermined number of bits having first values, and

an end of the transmission of the multiple data items is indicated by an end-of-transmission string constructed with a predetermined number of bits having second values.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the transmission request message includes a data identifier identifying a plurality of data items, a transfer session identifier identifying a transfer session, a source identifier identifying a source from which the plurality of data items is exported, a destination identifier identifying a destination, and the DRM information describing the second DRM system.