Patent · US Active

License source component, license destination component, and method thereof

US8280818B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Munetake Ebihara · Tokyo, JP
Hiroshi Kuno · Yokohama, JP
Keiko Saeki · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 1, 2005
Grant date	Oct 2, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 19, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/10
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is, a license source component for transferring a license defining a content usage rule to a license destination component, the license source component and the license destination component each being a unit of license processing, including, creating means for creating a message including a license, a manipulation type defining a type of processing the license between the license source component and the license destination component, and a component attribute defining an attribute of the license source component of its own, and transferring means for transferring the message to the license destination component.

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