Contents using device, and contents using method
US7984508B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2151
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A contents using device (or a terminal device) 300 is composed of: a license processing unit 305 which judges, on the basis of a usage rule of a license, whether or not the content is available; a content reproduction unit 304 which uses the content judged by the terminal device 300 to be available; a restriction unit (or a content reproduction unit 304) which restricts the license corresponding to the contents from being used by another source by reason that the license is currently in use, for a time period between a start and a normal end of the content usage by the content reproduction unit 304; an event detection unit 307 which detects a predetermined event that occurs between the start and the normal end of the content usage and that forcefully aborts the content usage; a restriction-relaxation necessity judgment unit (or a recovery/penalty judgment unit) 309 which judges whether or not the predetermined event is against an intention of a user; and a restriction relaxation unit (or a license recovery unit) 306 which relaxes the restriction on the content usage when the recovery/penalty judgment unit 309 judges that the predetermined event is against the intention of the user.
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