Patent · US Expired

Digital contents distribution system, digital contents distribution method, roaming server, information processor, and information processing method

US7177841B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 2001
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/44012
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital contents distribution system including a client, a digital contents server, a roaming server, and a network connected between these terminals. The roaming server includes a receiving section for receiving from the digital contents server a digital content with an intellectual property right protection system protecting the digital content, and a section for converting the intellectual property right protection system of the received digital content into another kind of intellectual property right protection system, and a section for delivering the converted system to the client.

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