Digital content management method and apparatus for mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A content management method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- identifying, by the mobile terminal, when a content is selected in a content list, whether the content is an expired Digital Rights Management (DRM) content that is not playable due to license expiration;
determining, when the content is the expired DRM content, a setting for handling expired DRM contents; and
automatically performing, according to the determined setting, one of;
deleting the expired DRM content,moving the expired DRM content to a pre-specified folder, andrenewing a license associated with the expired DRM content.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal includes an apparatus configured to perform content management method. When a DRM content that is not playable owing to license expiration is found during the content playback mode, the non-playable DRM content can be removed, moved to a pre-specified folder, or license-renewed according to settings. The content management method includes: playing back a content selected from a given content list during a content playback mode; finding, during the content playback mode, an expired DRM content that is not playable owing to license expiration; determining, when an expired DRM content is found, a handling option for the expired DRM content; and performing one of deleting the expired DRM content, moving the expired DRM content, and renewing the license associated with the expired DRM content, according to the determined handling option.
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21 Claims
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1. A content management method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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identifying, by the mobile terminal, when a content is selected in a content list, whether the content is an expired Digital Rights Management (DRM) content that is not playable due to license expiration; determining, when the content is the expired DRM content, a setting for handling expired DRM contents; and automatically performing, according to the determined setting, one of; deleting the expired DRM content, moving the expired DRM content to a pre-specified folder, and renewing a license associated with the expired DRM content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21)
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10. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a storage unit configured to separately store various contents according to their types including regular contents, Digital Rights Management (DRM) contents, playable DRM contents and expired DRM contents, store licenses associated with DRM contents, and store settings for handling expired DRM contents and license renewal; and a control unit configured to; identify, when a content is selected in a content list, whether the content is an expired DRM content; determine, when the content is the expired DRM content, a setting for handling expired DRM contents; and automatically perform, according to the setting, one of;
deleting the expired DRM content, moving the expired DRM content to a pre-specified folder, or renewing the license associated with the expired DRM content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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