JP2022062975A - Information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

To manage sales of content.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus includes: an asset database for managing assets; a sales processing unit which sells the assets; a certification issuing unit which issues a certificate including information for specifying a right holder of an asset when the asset is sold; a certification registration unit which registers certificates on a ledger database; and a sales calculation unit which calculates the number of assets sold by counting the certificates.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Patent Law Article 30, Paragraph 2 Application Applicable https: // www. kantei. go. jp / jp / singi / titeki2 / tyousakai / kousou / digital_kentou_tf / dai2 / siryou2. pdf

The present invention relates to an information processing device.

It has been proposed to use a blockchain to manage content licenses (see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2017-50763

However, the system described in Patent Document 1 cannot control the sale of contents.

The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of managing the sale of contents.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an information processing apparatus, which is an information processing device, an asset database for managing assets, a sales processing unit for selling the assets, and a right holder of the assets at the time of selling the assets. A certificate issuing unit that issues a certificate containing information that identifies the above, a certificate registration unit that registers the certificate in the ledger database, and a sales number calculation that counts the certificate and calculates the number of sales of the asset. It is characterized by having a part and.

Other problems disclosed in the present application and solutions thereof will be clarified by the columns and drawings of the embodiments of the invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to control the sale of contents.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure example of the sales system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration example of the server apparatus 2. It is a figure which shows the software configuration example of the server apparatus 2. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation of the sales system of this embodiment.

<Outline of the invention>
The contents of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in a list. The present invention includes, for example, the following configuration.
[Item 1]
An asset database that manages assets and
The sales processing department that sells the assets and
A certificate issuing department that issues a certificate containing information that identifies the right holder of the asset when the asset is sold.
The certificate registration unit that registers the certificate in the ledger database,
A sales number calculation unit that counts the certificate and calculates the sales number of the asset,
An information processing device characterized by being equipped with.
[Item 2]
The information processing device according to item 1.
The asset database further manages restrictions on the use of the asset in association with the asset.
The certificate issuing unit includes the limitation corresponding to the asset in the certificate together with the information identifying the right holder.
An information processing device characterized by.
[Item 3]
The information processing device according to item 2.
The first asset, which is the asset, contains information that identifies another second asset used in the first asset.
At the time of sale of the first asset, the first right holder who is the right holder of the first asset and the first right who is the right holder of the second asset included in the first asset. A distribution processing unit that identifies a person and distributes profits related to the sale of the first asset to the identified first and second right holders.
An information processing device characterized by being further equipped with.
[Item 4]
The information processing device according to item 1.
An asset registration unit that accepts the asset from the asset provider and registers it in the asset database,
An asset presentation unit that presents a list of the assets to those who wish to purchase the assets,
An information processing device characterized by being further equipped with.

<Overview of the system>
Hereinafter, a sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The sales system of this embodiment sells digital assets (hereinafter, simply referred to as assets). An asset is any item that you have the right to use, such as text, media, model data, etc. that can be used by the software. The asset can be data in a format such as glTF2.0 or UniVRM. You can combine multiple assets to create content for end users to watch. In the sales system of the present embodiment, when an asset is sold, a certificate indicating the right holder of the asset is issued. In the sales system of the present embodiment, it is possible to surely grasp the number of sales by counting the certificates.

In addition, the sales system of the present embodiment is between an asset provider and an asset user (for example, a shop operator who sells the asset, an application provider who intends to use the asset for an application, etc.). Support the sale of assets. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the owner of the asset is transferred from the seller to the purchaser, but it is assumed that there are restrictions on the use of the asset owned by the purchaser. That is, in the sales system of the present embodiment, the ownership and usage rights of the assets are sold as a set. In the sales system of the present embodiment, the constraint conditions related to this usage right are managed together with the assets. Further, in the sales system of the present embodiment, the contract for the asset is managed in the blockchain.

Further, in the sales system of the present embodiment, it is assumed that the asset and the content incorporating the asset are used for the secondary creation. As for the assets related to derivative works, the original assets are managed as parent assets. Then, in the sales system of the present embodiment, the sales profit of the asset related to the secondary creation is partially distributed to the right holder of the parent asset. This applies to the nth-order creation, and a part of the sales profit is distributed from the primary creator to the n-1st-order creator. The distribution ratio can be set arbitrarily, and for example, it can be distributed at a different ratio depending on the order.

Similarly, regarding the content, when the content of the nth creation is used for the n + 1th creation, by managing the usage contract on the blockchain, it goes back from the n + 1th creation to the right holder of the content of the primary creation. I am trying to be able to reward you.

In the sales system of the present embodiment, the copyright holder who owns the copyright of the asset, the seller such as a shop that sells the asset, and the purchaser who purchases and uses the asset from the seller are matched and the contract is managed. I am trying to be able to do it.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of a sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The sales system of the present embodiment includes the server device 2. The server device 2 is communicably connected to the user terminal 1 via the communication network 3. The communication network 3 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed by a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like. The server device 2 is also communicably connected to the blockchain network (hereinafter, simply referred to as blockchain 4), issues a transaction for registering data in the ledger managed by the blockchain 4, and also issues data from the ledger. Can be read. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the blockchain 4 manages three ledgers, an asset ledger 41, a certificate ledger 42, and a contract ledger 43, but other ledgers may be managed.

The user terminal 1 is a computer operated by an asset provider (seller) or an asset user (purchaser). The user terminal 1 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like.

The server device 2 is a computer that manages and sells assets. The server device 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

<Server device 2>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the server device 2. The configuration shown in the figure is an example, and may have other configurations. The management server 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs, such as a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, and a flash memory. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone network, and a wireless communication device for performing wireless communication. , USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector for serial communication, RS232C connector, etc. The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, or the like for inputting data. The output device 206 is, for example, a display, a printer, a speaker, or the like that outputs data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of software configuration of the server device 2. The server device 2 is communicably connected to the asset ledger 41 that manages the asset, the certificate ledger 42 that manages the certificate indicating the owner of the asset, and the contract ledger 43 that manages the contract information of the asset and the content. The sales processing unit 211 that sells the asset, the certificate issuing unit 212 that issues a certificate containing information that identifies the owner of the asset when the asset is sold, and the certificate registration that registers the certificate in the ledger database. Section 213, sales number calculation section 214 that counts certificates and calculates the number of assets sold, asset registration section 215 that accepts assets from asset providers and registers them in the asset ledger 41, and asset purchase applicants. It includes an asset presentation unit 216 that presents a list of assets to the customer, and a distribution processing unit 217 that distributes the sales profit of the assets.

The asset managed by the asset ledger 41 includes an asset name, a work, a description, a copyright, a right holder, an asset type, a file format, and the like in association with the asset identification information (asset ID). Further, when the asset is a derivative work, a parent asset ID indicating the original asset can be set in the asset. The right holder can set the copyright holder of the copyright and neighboring rights of the asset. In addition, the right holder may be set to the right holder who has the right to receive the distribution of the sales profit of the asset. Further, the asset can be set with usage restrictions indicating restrictions on the use of the assets.

The asset registration unit 215 accepts and accepts input of various information related to the asset from the user terminal 1 operated by the provider of the asset (the creator of the asset or the right holder who has inherited the right from the creator) who intends to sell the asset. A transaction can be issued to the blockchain 4 in order to register the asset for which the information is set in the asset ledger 41.

The asset presentation unit 216 can provide the user terminal 1 with a list of all or a part of the assets registered in the asset ledger 41. The asset presentation unit 216 may present assets in the same manner as general online shopping, for example. The asset presentation unit 216 can present the name and description of the asset, and can also present restrictions on the use of the asset.

The sales processing unit 211 can perform various processes related to the sale of the asset. The sales processing unit 211 can sell using, for example, general processing related to the sale of digital data such as audio data and video data. The sales processing unit 211 can issue a transaction for registering the transfer of the right relating to the sold asset, for example, to update the right holder of the asset managed in the asset ledger 41.

The sales processing unit 211 receives a request from the user terminal 1 of a seller who purchases and sells an asset from an asset provider (for example, a shop that purchases and sells the asset), and transfers the right (for example, a shop). You can issue a transaction for the end user) to update the right holder of the asset.

The certificate issuing unit 212 can create a certificate including an asset ID that identifies an asset sold by the sales processing unit 211, and issue a transaction for registering the created certificate in the certificate ledger 42. The certificate issuing unit 212 may also include restrictions on the use of assets in the certificate. Further, in the present embodiment, the information indicating the seller of the asset is also included in the certificate.

The certificate issuing unit 212 also issues a certificate to the user terminal 1 of the seller who purchases and sells the asset from the provider of the asset such as a shop, every time the shop or the like sells. Can be done.

The sales number calculation unit 214 can grasp the sales number of the asset by totaling the certificates registered in the certificate ledger 42. The sales number calculation unit 214 can perform arbitrary aggregation processing such as totaling the sales number for each asset name. For example, the sales number calculation unit 214 may count the certificates for end users purchased from the shop in response to a request from the user terminal 1 of the shop, and total the number of assets sold at the shop. can.

When a certain asset is sold, the distribution processing unit 217 determines the sales profit (the amount obtained by subtracting various expenses from the sales of the asset) by the right holder of the asset and the asset (parent asset) indicated by the parent asset ID of the asset. Can be distributed to the right holders. When the parent asset ID is further set for the parent asset, the distribution processing unit 217 also distributes the right holder to the parent asset (ancestor asset) of the parent asset. That is, the distribution processing unit 217 can distribute profits to the right holders of all copyrighted works from the primary work to the nth work. The profit distribution ratio may be a predetermined ratio, or may be a uniform distribution ratio or a distribution ratio according to conditions (for example, a ratio according to the nth order) as a content item of the contract managed in the contract ledger 43. Good) is set, and the distribution processing unit 217 can determine the distribution ratio according to the contents of the contract corresponding to the asset, the parent asset, and the ancestor asset. Further, regarding the content, the contract content regarding the license of the ID indicating the content is registered in the contract ledger 43. By tracing the contract information managed in the contract ledger 43, the n-1st order content used for the nth order creation can be specified. The distribution processing unit 217 can distribute the profit on sale of the content to the right holders from the primary content to the n-1st content even at the time of selling the content related to the nth creation.

The contract related to the content managed in the contract ledger 43 can include information regarding restrictions on the use of the content. In the example of FIG. 3, an example of region limitation is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can include a range of selling prices, sales regions, conditions for other contents prohibited from being used in combination, and the like. ..

<Operation>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of operation of the sales system of the present embodiment.

The server device 2 transmits a list of assets to the user terminal 1 operated by the purchaser of the assets and displays the list of all or a part of the assets managed in the asset ledger 41 (S401). At this time, the server device 2 can also present the usage restriction (S402).

When the asset is sold in response to the request from the user terminal 1 (S403), the server device 2 issues a transaction for registering the contract data and registers the contract in the contract ledger 43 (S404). The server device 2 also issues a transaction to transfer rights such as ownership of the asset to update the asset ledger 41 (S405). Further, the server device 2 creates a certificate relating to the sold asset (S406), and issues a transaction for registering the created certificate in the certificate ledger 42 (S407). As mentioned above, the certificate includes at least an asset ID indicating an asset and a seller ID indicating a seller.

The server device 2 traces the parent asset ID of the sold asset and gives the right holder of a series of assets from the asset that becomes the primary work to the asset that becomes the nth work the sales profit of the sold asset. Distribute (S408).

The server device 2 can total the number of assets sold by counting the certificates in response to the request from the user terminal 1 (S409).

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and is not for limiting the interpretation of the present invention. The present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention also includes an equivalent thereof.

1 User terminal 2 Server device 3 Communication network 4 Blockchain 41 Asset ledger 42 Certificate ledger 43 Contract ledger 211 Sales processing department 212 Certificate issuing department 213 Certificate registration department 214 Sales number calculation department 215 Asset registration department 216 Asset presentation department 217 Distribution processing unit

Claims (4)

An asset database that manages assets and
The sales processing department that sells the assets and
A certificate issuing department that issues a certificate containing information that identifies the right holder of the asset when the asset is sold.
The certificate registration unit that registers the certificate in the ledger database,
A sales number calculation unit that counts the certificate and calculates the sales number of the asset,
An information processing device characterized by being equipped with. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The asset database further manages restrictions on the use of the asset in association with the asset.
The certificate issuing unit includes the limitation corresponding to the asset in the certificate together with the information identifying the right holder.
An information processing device characterized by. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2.
The first asset, which is the asset, contains information that identifies another second asset used in the first asset.
At the time of sale of the first asset, the first right holder who is the right holder of the first asset and the first right who is the right holder of the second asset included in the first asset. A distribution processing unit that identifies a person and distributes profits related to the sale of the first asset to the identified first and second right holders.
An information processing device characterized by being further equipped with. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
An asset registration unit that accepts the asset from the asset provider and registers it in the asset database,
An asset presentation unit that presents a list of the assets to those who wish to purchase the assets,
An information processing device characterized by being further equipped with.

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