CN1882962A - License acquiring system, server apparatus and terminal apparatus - Google Patents
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A license acquiring system, a server apparatus and a terminal apparatus for allowing the user to easily acquire a desired license. A terminal apparatus (3) acquires a content from a content server (1) via a communication line (4), and also acquires, from a license server (2), a license that permits the use of the acquired content. The terminal apparatus (3), when being acquiring the license, transmits terminal status information indicative of the status of the terminal related to the license and content. The license server (2), if having a plurality of types of licenses corresponding to the content, establishes, based on the terminal status information, priority levels of licenses in a predicted order of user's acquisition, makes a list of licenses based on the priority levels, and transmits the list to the terminal apparatus (3).
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Technical field
The present invention relates to be used to obtain to use content licence license acquiring system and be used for the server and the terminal device of this system.
Background technology
Recently, via the Internet-distributed for example the content release service of the content of music, image and recreation launch widely, and some content release service is adopted and is allowed to hold the system that the user who obtains licence by the payment services expense uses content.
According to the agreement protocol method of the routine that is used for content release service, the content provider to the user provide selectable service condition with the expense of relevant service condition unanimity.When the user selected service condition, the content provider was transmitted content data encrypted with the information about service condition.Toll center is transferred to decruption key user's information receiving device so that content-data is decrypted, and makes the user can use content-data, and to toll center payment cost of use (for example, referring to patent document 1).
For this type systematic that is used to provide licence,, be improved so offer user's service because select a plurality of licences corresponding to various service conditions for the content selectable of a type.
Yet when the kind corresponding to the licence of the content of a type increased, the process of searching for desired licence became complicated, and therefore, licence obtain the thing that becomes a difficulty.
Patent document 1:JP-A-2000-155734
Summary of the invention
The present invention is with the problem that solves
On the basis of considering above-mentioned general issues, the object of the present invention is to provide the license acquiring system that makes the user can easily obtain desired licence and the server and the terminal device that are used for this system.
The method of dealing with problems
License acquiring system of the present invention is a kind of license acquiring system that is used to obtain to allow use the licence of content, and it comprises:
Obtain the terminal device of described content; With
Server, it is connected to the licence of described terminal device to provide permission to use described content to described terminal device via communication line,
Wherein said terminal device comprises:
Storage unit, its storage shows the terminal device information of the SOT state of termination relevant with described content and described licence; With
Communication unit, it is transmitting described terminal's status information for obtaining when licence corresponding to described content obtains request, and
Wherein said server comprises:
Receiving element, it receives request of obtaining of described licence and described terminal's status information;
The license information planning unit, exist corresponding to described content under the situation of a plurality of licences, set the priority of described a plurality of licences based on described terminal's status information, and work out the license information of recording and narrating corresponding relation between the priority that described a plurality of licence and described setting are arranged; With
Transmission unit, it is transferred to described terminal device with described license information.
By this formation, the user can easily obtain desired licence.
In addition, described license information planning unit establishment license list, in this license list, the licence of described setting priority is with the series arrangement of high priority.
Constitute by this, because at first show licence, so the user can easily find desired licence with high priority.
In addition, the priority of the described setting of described license information planning unit establishment arrangement is the license list of the licence of high priority.
Constitute by this, because only show the licence of high priority, so the user can easily find desired licence.
In addition, the described setting of described license information planning unit establishment arrangement only is the license information of the licence of limit priority.
Constitute by this,, obtain operation so can simplify user's licence because only show to have the licence of high priority.
License acquiring system of the present invention is a kind of license acquiring system that is used to obtain to allow use the licence of content, and it comprises:
Obtain the terminal device of described content; With
Server, it is connected to described terminal device via communication line and thinks that described terminal device provides the licence that allows to use described content,
Wherein said terminal device comprises:
Storage unit, the terminal's status information that it stores described content, indication shows the SOT state of termination relevant with described content and described licence corresponding to the request target information of obtaining of obtaining request target and the storage of the described licence of a plurality of groupings under existing corresponding to the situation of a plurality of licences of described content
Controller is used for obtaining request when obtaining the licence corresponding to described content carrying out licence, described controller based on described terminal's status information select described licence obtain request target and
Transmitting element, it is transferred to described selected licence with the licence request of obtaining and obtains request target, and
Wherein said server comprises:
Receiving element, it receives the described request of obtaining;
Storage unit, its storage and the described corresponding described licence of request target that obtains; With
Transmitting element, it will obtain with described licence, and the described corresponding described licence of request target that obtains of appointment is transferred to described terminal device in the request.
By this formation, the user can easily obtain desired licence.
In addition, under situation about existing corresponding to the described a plurality of licences that obtain request target, the tabulation of the described a plurality of licences of described Server Transport.
License acquiring system of the present invention is a kind of license acquiring system that is used to obtain to allow use the licence of content, and it comprises:
Obtain the terminal device of described content; With
Server, it is connected to the licence of described terminal device to provide permission to use described content to described terminal device via communication line,
Wherein said server comprises:
Receiving element, it receives from described terminal device and is used for acquisition request and obtains request corresponding to the licence of the licence of described content; With
Transmitting element, its transmission under existing corresponding to the situation of a plurality of licences of described content comprises the license list of described a plurality of licences, and
Wherein said terminal device comprises:
Receiving element, it receives described license list information;
Storage unit, the terminal's status information that it is stored described content and stores the state that shows the terminal relevant with described content and described licence; With
Controller, it edits described license list to set the priority of the described licence in the described license list by the described terminal's status information of reference.
By this formation, the user can easily obtain desired licence.
In addition, described terminal's status information shows whether described terminal device holds the licence corresponding to described content.
Constitute by this, the priority of described licence can be set according to having or not of described licence.
In addition, described terminal's status information shows consumption (consumption) state of described licence.
Constitute by this, the priority of described licence can be set according to the consumption states of described licence.
In addition, described terminal's status information shows the term of life of described content.
Constitute by this, the priority of described licence can be set according to the time limit of the use of described licence.
In addition, described terminal's status information is presented at the method for using described content in the described terminal device.
Constitute by this, the priority of described licence can be according to how using described content to set.
In addition, described terminal's status information shows that described terminal device obtains the time of described content.
Constitute by this, the priority of described content can be set according to the time that obtains described content, for example, and based on whether just having obtained described content.
Server of the present invention provides the server that allows to use by the licence of the content that terminal device obtained, and it comprises:
Receiving element, it receives from described terminal device and is used for the terminal's status information of acquisition request corresponding to the licence request of obtaining of the licence of the described content SOT state of termination relevant with described content and described licence with indication;
The license information planning unit, exist corresponding to described content under the situation of a plurality of licences, it sets the priority of described a plurality of licences based on described terminal's status information, and works out the license information of recording and narrating corresponding relation between the priority that described a plurality of licence and described setting are arranged; With
Transmitting element, it is transferred to described terminal device with described license information.
Constitute by this, because described server can provide the license information of respective priority, so the user can easily obtain desired licence.
According to terminal device of the present invention, it comprises:
Storage unit, the content that its storage obtains, the terminal's status information that indication shows the state of the terminal relevant with described content and described licence corresponding to the request target information of obtaining of obtaining request target and the storage of the described licence of a plurality of groupings under existing corresponding to the situation of a plurality of licences of described content;
Controller obtains request when obtaining the licence corresponding to described content carrying out licence, and described controller selects licence to obtain request target based on described terminal's status information; With
Transmitting element, it is transferred to described selected licence with the licence request of obtaining and obtains request target.
By this formation, because terminal device can be used for selecting licence, so the user can easily obtain desired licence.
According to terminal device of the present invention, it comprises:
Storage unit, content that its storage obtains and storage show the terminal's status information of the state of the terminal relevant with described content and licence;
Receiving element, it receives the list information corresponding to the licence of described content; With
Controller, it edits described license list to set the priority that is contained in the described licence in the described list information by the described terminal's status information of reference.
Constitute by this, because terminal device can be used to provide the license information of corresponding priority, so the user can easily obtain desired licence.
Beneficial effect of the present invention
According to the present invention, can provide the license acquiring system that makes the user can easily obtain desired licence and the server and the terminal that are applied to this system.
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Fig. 1 shows the schematic block diagram of the configuration of the license acquiring system be used to explain the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 shows the schematic block diagram according to the configuration of the license server of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 shows the schematic block diagram according to the terminal device of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 shows the figure that is contained in the information instances in the content.
Fig. 5 shows the figure that is contained in the information instances in the licence.
Fig. 6 shows the sequence chart of the licence acquisition methods be used to explain the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 shows the figure of instance licences tabulation shown when terminal device does not have licence.
Fig. 8 shows the figure of instance licences tabulation shown when the licence of terminal device is out of date.
Fig. 9 shows the sequence chart of the licence acquisition methods be used to explain the second embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 10 shows the figure of the information in the content that is contained in according to second embodiment.
Figure 11 shows the sequence chart of the licence acquisition methods be used to explain the third embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 12 shows the figure according to the shown license list example of the 3rd embodiment.
Figure 13 shows the schematic block diagram of the configuration of the license acquiring system be used to explain the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 14 shows the figure of shown license list example when terminal device has licence.
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1: content server
2: license server
3: terminal device
4: communication network
21: the license information planning unit
22: the charge processor
23: storage unit
24: communication unit
25: controller
31: transmission unit/receiving element
32: controller
33: storage unit
34: input block
35: display unit
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Fig. 1 is the schematic block diagram of the configuration of showing the license acquiring system be used to explain the first embodiment of the present invention.As shown in fig. 1, the license acquiring system of first embodiment comprises: content server 1, license server 2 and terminal device 3.Terminal device 3 can be via wired or wireless communication circuit 4 and content server 1 and license server 2 exchange messages.
Content server 1 is to the content distributed equipment of terminal device 3.Here, described content comprises electronic data, game data, software and combinations thereof such as literal, audio frequency, image and map.
Here, licence is the information of permission of certain type of indication, and comprise be used to allow to reproduce, the information of download or memory contents or be similar to the information that is used to allow to buy product or service that allows to enter the information of particular place or be similar to electronic coupons of being used to of electronic bill with discounted cost.Licence also comprises the permission of printing and showing these contents.
Licence also can comprise about the constraint information such as the use of content and the use of licence etc.Constraint information is the information at various conditions, for example about spendable number of times, the spendable term of validity, and the information of the device of spendable time limit, available usage time interval, user, use or condition such as the position of use and network.Terminal device 3 can be only with time of the asynchronism(-nization) that obtains content in, get a license individually.
In addition, can set a plurality of licences that comprise different constraint informations for identical content.In the case, because the constraint information difference, so the price of licence also can be different.For example, it is free only can using three times licence, and the licence price that can use one month is one hundred days unit, and hard-core licence (permanent license) price is 1,000 yen.Can at random set constraint information and price for each licence.
Fig. 2 is the schematic block diagram of displaying according to the configuration of the license server of the first embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 2, license server 2 comprises: license information planning unit 21, charge processor 22, storage unit 23, communication unit 24 and controller 25.
License information planning unit 21 is worked out license information according to the terminal's status information that is received from terminal device 3.Charge processor 22 is confirmed the user according to the expense of selected licence and is collected the charges.The storage unit 23 storages licence corresponding with content.Communication unit 24 and terminal device 3 exchange messages.The operation of controller 25 control license server 2, and mainly constitute by the processor of operating according to preset program.
Fig. 3 is the schematic block diagram of displaying according to the configuration of the terminal device of the first embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, terminal device 3 comprises: transmission unit/receiving element 31, controller 32, storage unit 33, input block 34 and display unit 35.
Transmission unit/receiving element 31 and content server 1 and license server 2 exchange messages.The operation of controller 32 control terminals 3, and mainly constitute by the processor of operating according to preset program.Storage unit 33 is stored for example content, licence and terminal's status information etc.
The content that the instruction of input block 34 reception chosen contents and licence and acquisition request are therefore chosen and the instruction of licence.The image information of display unit 35 in displaying contents, when there is a plurality of licence in the content corresponding to a type, also show license list as the complete list of these licences.
In the case, terminal's status information is the information of the state of display terminal 3, whether for example described terminal (for example licensees, the licence ID that is held), the user mode of the licence held of terminal (for example, the degree that licence has been used, remaining available number of times or remaining term of life), whether just used content, terminal how to handle the information of these contents (for example, image information is set to wallpaper) or whether just obtained the information of content (content was not used as yet) about terminal about terminal.
Fig. 4 is for showing the synoptic diagram that is contained in the information instances in the content.As shown in Figure 4, content 40 content ID 41, content correlated information 42, the licence that obtains target information as licence obtain URL (uniform resource locator) 43 and content body 44.
Fig. 5 is for showing the figure that is contained in the information instances in the licence.As shown in Figure 5, licence 50 comprises: licence ID 51, content ID 41, content correlated information 42, content playback use constraint information 52 and content decryption key 53.
Licence ID 51 is used to discern each licence.Content ID 41 and content correlated information 42 are identical with information in being contained in content 40, and content ID 41 is related each other with licence ID 51.It is the information of the access times of specified content and term of life etc. that content is used constraint information 52.Content decryption key 53 is used for the content body of encrypting 44 is decrypted.
By getting a license 50, content user can be decrypted the content body of encrypting 44, and uses content body 44.In addition, should be noted that the user can obtain content-data 40 and licensc e data 50 in the different time.The time of the data that get a license 50 is, for example, when obtaining content-data 40, (remaining access times are 0 when exhausting licence, or the time limit of using is out of date), or when no matter whether have the state of licence or licence the user asks for permission obtaining of card.
Fig. 6 is for showing the sequence chart of the licence acquisition methods be used to explain the first embodiment of the present invention.Terminal device 3 access permissions card obtains URL, and sends license list and obtain request.At this moment, terminal device 3 terminal's status information that will be stored in the storage unit 33 is transferred to license server 2 (S601).
In license server 2, license information planning unit 21 is worked out license list (S602) according to the terminal's status information that is transmitted from terminal device 3.At this moment, when having the licence of a plurality of types corresponding to content, the controller of license server 2 is estimated the order that the user can get a license according to terminal's status information and is set the priority of licence in view of the above, and allows license information planning unit 21 to work out license list according to the priority of this setting.The license list that communication unit 24 will be woven is transferred to terminal device 3 (S603).
When receiving license list at terminal device 3 places, display unit 33 shows license list.The user of terminal device 3 adopts input block 34 to select the licence that will obtain from the license list that shows, and by for example sending the licence request of obtaining (S604) to license server 2 notice licence ID 51.
When chosen licence was the paying licence, the charge processor 22 of license server 2 was collected the expense (S605) of the licence of appointment to the licence user.After charge was finished dealing with, license server 2 provided licence (S606) for terminal device 3.When receiving licence, 3 pairs of contents of terminal device are decrypted, and make described content can be used (S607).
Make an explanation with the free licence that is used for audition (listening demonstration) and paying licence (paying) example below as license type by number of times and time limit.
Fig. 7 is for showing the figure of shown license list example when terminal device does not have licence.When terminal device 3 did not have the licence of the desired content of user, there was not licence in the terminal's status information demonstration that is stored in the storage unit 33.When the user adopts input block 34 to import the use requests for content, controller 32 is checked the terminal's status information that is stored in the storage unit 33, and display terminal 3 does not have the message of licence and is used to support that licence obtains the message of request on display unit 35.
At S601, when the user adopts input block 34 to come import licence to obtain request instruction, the licence that controller 32 visit is contained in the content obtains URL, and sends the request that licences obtain and be stored in the storage unit 33 and show the terminal's status information that does not have licence to license server 2 via communication unit 31.
Because the terminal's status information that is received shows that licence does not exist, so the controller 25 supposition users of license server 2 ask free licence as first licence possibly.Controller 25 is distributed to free licence with high priority, and low priority is distributed to the paying licence, and license information planning unit 21 is worked out license list based on the priority of this setting.
As shown in Figure 7, as the license list of therefore being worked out by license information planning unit 21, the information with audition licence of high priority is shown on first page, and the paying licence is shown on other page or leaf.
Figure 14 is for showing the figure of shown license list example when terminal device has licence.As shown in Figure 14, license server 2 is worked out license list in the following manner: will be added to the information (the free licence in the example of Figure 14) of the licence with high priority by the information (the remaining access times in the example of Figure 14) of the terminal device 3 current licences of holding.
Fig. 8 is for showing the figure of shown license list example when terminal device uses up licence.When using up licence, for example, though the state of terminal device 3 is to have available number of times or limited licence of available time limit, but the available number of times of the licence that this is limited is " 0 " or available time limit when out of date, shows that the terminal's status information that has plenty of the licence that has used up of holding is stored in the storage unit 33.
When out of date and user adopts input block 34 to import the request of using related content when licence, controller 32 is checked the terminal's status information that is stored in the storage unit 33, and shows that on display unit 35 expression terminal device 3 has used the message of licence and has been used to support that licence obtains the message of request.
At S601, when the user adopts input block 34 to come import licence to obtain request instruction, the licence that controller 32 visit is contained in the content obtains URL, and via communication unit 31 licence request of obtaining and the demonstration licence terminal's status information out of date that is stored in the storage unit 33 is transferred to license server 2.
Because the terminal's status information that is received shows licence and has used up, so the controller 25 supposition users of license server 2 ask to pay licence possibly as the licence that will obtain, and high priority is assigned to the paying licence and low priority is assigned to free licence, license information planning unit 21 is worked out license list based on the priority of such setting then.
As shown in Figure 8, as the license list that license information planning unit 21 is worked out, the information that will have the paying licence of high priority is shown on first page, and free licence is shown on other page or leaf.
When having a plurality of paying licence, packets of information such as user's content frequency of utilization are contained in the terminal's status information, and give the license sets priority of estimating that the user can obtain based on this terminal's status information.For example, for the terminal device 3 of frequent employing content,, but distribute priority by the access times order that priority is high more more at most from timeless licence.
About priority, according to each content and situation and in advance the priority of classification can be stored in the storage unit 23 of license server 2, and controller can be checked these priority in the licence request of obtaining when being published.In addition, terminal's status information that is received and user selected licence in this SOT state of termination can be stored in the storage unit 23, and priority can be set based on these canned datas.
As shown in Fig. 7 or 8, license list preparation method as license server 2, licence with high priority can be positioned at the top of close license list, also can only enumerate the licence with high priority, perhaps only selects a licence with limit priority.
In addition, held and the information of still unexhausted licence can be shown with license list, perhaps also can not shown this type of licence.By this design, can avoid user error ground to ask the licence of having held once more, and stop obtaining of this licence.
According to the license acquiring system of first embodiment, because for estimating the license sets that the user can appointment and showing high priority, so the user can easily specify desired licence between a plurality of licences.
For terminal device with less display part, cell phone for example, because the once displayable literal in display part is less, the quantity of licence is many more, the operation of then searching for desired licence is difficult more.Yet,, can easily obtain desired licence according to the license acquiring system of this embodiment.
According to the explanation of present embodiment, license server has been worked out license list and it has been transferred to terminal device, and terminal device has shown license list on display unit.Yet license server also can only be set priority, and the license information that will set priority is transferred to terminal device, and the controller of terminal device can at random be specified display message based on the license information that is received.
According to present embodiment, terminal's status information is transmitted with the license list request at the S601 place.Yet, can the license list request be transferred to license server in time with the asynchronism(-nization) of aforementioned license list request.In addition, this transmitting time is associated with the content of terminal's status information, and license server can be according to sending the content of regularly judging terminal's status information.In addition, the transmission of license list request regularly can change according to terminal's status information, and license server can regularly be judged the content of terminal's status information according to the transmission of license list.
In the present embodiment, be transmitted with the license list request at S601 place terminal's status information.Yet, the agreement that is used for the license list request (for example, HTTP or WSP) and/or the content type that transmits with the license list request is (for example, mime type) also can be associated the content that makes license server judge terminal's status information according to the agreement or the content type of license list request with the content of terminal's status information.
In the present embodiment, be transmitted with the license list request at S601 place terminal's status information.Yet, also electronic signature can be added in license list request and/or the terminal's status information, make license server can authorize this terminal and judge that terminal's status information is not distorted.At this moment, also temporal information can be contained in the terminal's status information extraly, unlawfully use terminal's status information with electronic signature to prevent the third party.
(second embodiment)
Fig. 9 is used to explain the sequence chart of licence acquisition methods according to a second embodiment of the present invention for showing.Figure 10 is for showing the figure of the information in the content that is contained in according to second embodiment.In Fig. 9 and Figure 10, for the Fig. 1 that in first embodiment, has illustrated identical part in Fig. 5, given identical Reference numeral.
As shown in Figure 9, when terminal device 3 when content server 1 obtains content, terminal device 3 is stored in (S901) in the storage unit 33 with content 40b.At this moment, as shown in Figure 10, the content 40b that comes from content server 1 transmission comprises two licences and obtains URL 43: simple license obtain URL 43a and permanent license obtain URL 43b.
Obtain when request when sending licence, controller 32 adopts and is stored in the licence that the terminal's status information in the storage unit 33 selects to be contained among the content 40b and obtains URL 43, and judges the licence (S902) that will obtain.For instance, when limited number of times had used up for repeatedly available licence, controller 32 was estimated obtaining of next permanent license, and selected and judge the URL that obtains of permanent license.At this moment, controller can show the affirmation message about the licence that whether should obtain to be judged on display unit 35.
Obtain the timing of request as licence, when the available access times of content were 0, maybe when the time limit of using was out of date, controller 32 can detect terminal device 3 and use described content, and can automatically judge described licence.Perhaps, when obtaining request instruction by input block 34 import licences, controller 32 decidable licences.
When terminal device 3 had been judged described licence, automatically or by user's input the request of obtaining was transferred to license server 2 (S903) to controller 32 with licence.Obtain when request when receive licence at license server 2 places, charge processor 22 carries out that charge is handled and the user confirms to handle, and optionally terminal device 3 is confirmed processing (S904).When charge was finished dealing with, license server 2 provided licence (S905) for terminal device.
Licence decision method as controller 32, for example, when (for example existing about the data of licence, available access times and available term of life) and the licence that is used for content when obtaining URL, these data and terminal's status information are compared, and judge the licence of estimating that the user can ask.
According to the license acquiring system among second embodiment, because terminal device adopts terminal's status information to judge that licence obtains request target, so when having a plurality of licence, the user can easily obtain desired licence.In addition, because there is no need to be provided for setting the function of priority in the license server 2, so also can adopt conventional license server 2.
(the 3rd embodiment)
Figure 11 is for showing the sequence chart of the licence acquisition methods be used to explain a third embodiment in accordance with the invention.In Figure 11, for the Fig. 1 that in first embodiment, has illustrated identical part in Fig. 5, given identical Reference numeral.
As shown in Figure 11, at first, terminal device 3 access permissions card obtains URL 43, and sends the license list of the want content request of obtaining (S1101).When having a plurality of licence corresponding to described content, license server 2 transmission permissions card tabulations (S1102).
After receiving license list from license server 2, the controller 32 of terminal device 3 specifies priority, the described priority of employing of licence to edit license list, establishment display message and demonstration described display message (S1103) on display unit 35 based on the terminal's status information that is stored on the storage unit 33.
Select desired licence in the licence of user on being shown in display unit 35, and adopt input block 34 to come import licence to obtain request instruction.Controller 32 will be transferred to license server 2 and send the licence request of obtaining (S1104) corresponding to the licence ID of selected licence.Then, obtain when request when receiving licence, license server 2 is carried out charge processing (S1105) as required, and provides licence (S1106) for terminal device 3.
For example, when having a plurality of licence at certain certain content, when after license server 2 tabulations of reception corresponding to the licence of described content, the controller 32 of terminal device 3 is checked terminal's status informations, and preferentially works out and show the information of the licence of not holding as yet.
According to the license acquiring system that is used for the 3rd embodiment, because terminal device 3 is worked out license list based on terminal's status information, so even when having a plurality of licence, the user also can easily obtain desired licence.In addition, because license server 2 be there is no need to be provided for the function of assigned priority, so also can adopt conventional license server 2.
(the 4th embodiment)
Figure 13 is the schematic block diagram of the configuration of showing the license acquiring system be used to explain a fourth embodiment in accordance with the invention.As shown in Figure 13, the license server of this embodiment is collected by a plurality of terminal device 3a and is obtained situation to terminal's status information and the terminal device 3a that 3c obtains to the right of 3c.Obtain when request when receive license list from terminal device 3d, prepare license list and offer terminal device 3d based on collected result.
For instance,, will press that different frequency is collected and the establishment license list from the right information type that a plurality of terminal devices 3 obtain for same content, or with based on the screen message interpolation of the result's who collects license list and offer terminal device 3.
For the content of the popular song of picture and popular recently song and so on, tend to select timeless licence or provide many times use or the licence of long-term use.In the case, the such license list of license server 2 establishments, in this license list, timeless licence of prioritization and the licence that use many times is provided and uses for a long time.
In addition,, only partly play because be similar to the content of the song that is used to for example commercial propaganda, thus exist the requirement of listening to complete song a lot of at present, the feasible licence that tends to select the audition licence or provide use several times or short-term to use.In the case, the such license list of license server 2 establishments is in this license list, with audition licence and the licence prioritization that provides use several times and short-term to use.
The concrete operations of the license server 2 of this embodiment now will be described.License server among this embodiment has the configuration shown in Fig. 2.The all types of right information corresponding that storage unit 23 storages are obtained by terminal device 3 with each content.When receiving license list via communication unit 24 from terminal device 3, controller 25 obtains when request, controller 25 reads relevant collection result about the content of the licence of being asked from storage unit 23, and indication license information planning unit 21 is worked out license list according to these collections result, wherein, for example, prioritization is at right information that aforementioned content obtained.License information by 21 establishments of license information planning unit is transferred to terminal device 3 via communication unit 24.
In addition, collect all types of right information at each content as an alternative, if can classify to a plurality of contents, license server 2 can be collected the right information that is obtained at each classification so.
According to the license acquiring system that is used for the fourth embodiment of the present invention, because license list provides based on the terminal's status information that is obtained by a plurality of terminal devices, so can preferentially present the licence of estimating that the user can ask.
(the 5th embodiment)
License acquiring system according to a fifth embodiment of the invention now will be described.In this embodiment, when specific key word is contained in the content correlated information, the terminal device 3 preferential licences of being scheduled to that show.
For example, when the user of terminal device 3 obtains the singer's that content likes for the user the licence of song, and when the use of this content is the first time for terminal device 3, the licence that the user selects timeless licence possibly or provides use many times or long expiration to use is provided, rather than the audition licence.
Therefore, when content correlated information comprises the key word of being registered in advance by the user or is input to terminal device and during the key word that often is used, terminal device 3 establishments also (for example show the predetermined licence of prioritization, timeless licence) license list, making can provide and the corresponding to license list of user's hobby.
Now will explain the concrete operations of the terminal device 3 of this embodiment.The terminal device of this embodiment has the configuration shown in Fig. 3.The key word of registering in advance by the user of terminal device 3 or be stored in the storage unit 33 via the key word of input block 34 with predetermined frequency input.Controller 32 judges whether the content correlated information that is obtained comprises the above-mentioned key word that is stored in the storage unit 33.
Then, send licence and obtain request, and from license server 2 tabulation that gets a license.At this moment, in the time of in above-mentioned key word is contained in the content correlated information of adopted content, controller 32 is edited the license list that is obtained as requested, and shows license list on display unit 35.
In this embodiment, terminal device 3 editor's license list.Yet, also can be that the key word that terminal device 3 will be stored in the storage unit 33 is transferred to license server 2 as terminal's status information, license list worked out in key word in the terminal's status information that license server 2 receives based on being contained in, and provide license list to terminal device 3.
According to the license acquiring system that is used for the fifth embodiment of the present invention, can provide corresponding to, for example, the license list of user's hobby.
In the explanation to first to the 5th embodiment, terminal device 3 obtains content from content server 1.Yet, when terminal device 3 has the interface of the external agency that is used for the card of SD (secure digital) for example, also can obtain content from external agency.In addition, licence also can obtain from external agency.
Describe the present invention in detail by the reference certain embodiments.Yet to those of ordinary skill in the art, under the situation that does not break away from spirit of the present invention and category, it is fully possible that these embodiment are carried out various modifications or correction.
The Japanese patent application case that the present invention is based on Japanese patent application case 2003-391776 number of application on November 21st, 2003 and applied on November 19th, 2004 2004-335229 number, and the content of these application cases is introduced among the present invention by reference.
Industrial usability
License acquiring system of the present invention has the effect that makes the user can easily obtain desired licensing Really, and for example can be applicable in the cellular terminal device and server.
Claims (15)
1. be used to obtain to allow use the license acquiring system of the licence of content, it comprises:
Obtain the terminal device of described content; With
Server, it is connected to the licence of described terminal device to provide permission to use described content to described terminal device via communication line,
Wherein said terminal device comprises:
Storage unit, its storage shows the terminal device information of the state of the terminal relevant with described licence with described content; With
Communication unit, it is transmitting described terminal's status information for obtaining when licence corresponding to described content obtains request, and
Wherein said server comprises:
Receiving element, it receives request of obtaining of described licence and described terminal's status information;
The license information planning unit, exist corresponding to described content under the situation of a plurality of licences, described license information planning unit is set the priority of described a plurality of licences based on described terminal's status information, and works out the license information of recording and narrating corresponding relation between the priority that described a plurality of licence and described setting are arranged; With
Transmission unit, it is transferred to described terminal device with described license information.
2. license acquiring system according to claim 1, wherein said license information planning unit are worked out the tactic license list of the licence of wherein said setting priority with high priority.
3. the priority that license acquiring system according to claim 1, wherein said license information planning unit establishment have wherein been arranged described setting only is the license list of the licence of high priority.
4. license acquiring system according to claim 1, the described license information that is set at the licence of limit priority is only arranged in wherein said license information planning unit establishment.
5. be used to obtain to allow use the license acquiring system of the licence of content, it comprises:
Obtain the terminal device of described content; With
Server, it is connected to described terminal device via communication line and thinks that described terminal device provides the licence that allows to use described content,
Wherein said terminal device comprises:
Storage unit, it stores described content, be stored in licence corresponding to described content exists indication under the situation of a plurality of licences to obtain the request target information of obtaining of request target and the terminal's status information that storage shows the SOT state of termination relevant with described content and described licence corresponding to the licence of the described licence of a plurality of groupings
Controller obtains request when obtaining the licence corresponding to described content carrying out licence, described controller based on described terminal's status information select at least one described licence obtain request target and
Transmitting element, it is transferred to described selected licence with the licence request of obtaining and obtains request target, and
Wherein said server comprises:
Receiving element, it receives the described request of obtaining;
Storage unit, its storage and the described corresponding described licence of request target that obtains; With
Transmitting element, it will obtain with described licence, and the described corresponding described licence of request target that obtains of appointment is transferred to described terminal device in the request.
6. license acquiring system according to claim 5, wherein under situation about existing corresponding to the described a plurality of licences that obtain request target, the tabulation of the described a plurality of licences of described Server Transport.
7. be used to obtain to allow use the license acquiring system of the licence of content, it comprises:
Obtain the terminal device of described content; With
Server, it is connected to the licence of described terminal device to provide permission to use described content to described terminal device via communication line,
Wherein said server comprises:
Receiving element, it receives from described terminal device and is used for acquisition request and obtains request corresponding to the licence of the licence of described content; With
Transmitting element, it exists transmission under the situation of a plurality of licences to comprise the license list of described a plurality of licences with the corresponding licence of described content, and
Wherein said terminal device comprises:
Receiving element, it receives described license list information;
Storage unit, the terminal's status information that it is stored described content and stores the state that shows the terminal relevant with described content and described licence; With
Controller, it is by coming to the priority of the license sets licence in the described license list and editing license list with reference to described terminal's status information.
8. according to the described license acquiring system of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said terminal's status information shows whether described terminal device holds the licence corresponding to described content.
9. according to the described license acquiring system of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said terminal's status information shows the consumption states of described licence.
10. according to the described license acquiring system of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said terminal's status information shows the service time of described content.
11. according to the described license acquiring system of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said terminal's status information is presented at the method for using described content in the described terminal device.
12. according to the described license acquiring system of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said terminal's status information shows that described terminal device obtains the time of described content.
13. one kind is used to provide and allows the server of use by the licence of the content of terminal device acquisition, it comprises:
Receiving element, it receives from described terminal device and is used for the terminal's status information of acquisition request corresponding to the state of the licence request of obtaining of the licence of the described content terminal relevant with described content and described licence with indication;
The license information planning unit, exist corresponding to described content under the situation of a plurality of licences, it sets the priority of described a plurality of licences based on described terminal's status information, and works out the license information of recording and narrating corresponding relation between the priority that described a plurality of licence and described setting are arranged; With
Transmitting element, it is transferred to described terminal device with described license information.
14. terminal device, it comprises:
Storage unit, is stored in and has corresponding to described content that indication and the described licence that is divided into a plurality of groupings under the situation of a plurality of licences are corresponding obtains the request target information of obtaining of request target and the terminal's status information of the state of storage the shows terminal relevant with described content and described licence at the content that its storage obtains;
Controller obtains request when obtaining the licence corresponding to described content carrying out licence, and described controller selects licence to obtain request target based on described terminal's status information; With
Transmitting element, it is transferred to described selected licence with the licence request of obtaining and obtains request target.
15. terminal device, it comprises:
Storage unit, content that its storage obtains and storage show the terminal's status information of the state of the terminal relevant with described content and licence;
Receiving element, it receives the list information corresponding to the licence of described content; With
Controller, it edits described license list to set the priority that is contained in the described licence in the described list information by the described terminal's status information of reference.
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