KR100316176B1 - System and method for detecting active intellectual property - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an active intellectual property infringement monitoring system and method, and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the method.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

The present invention, an intellectual property infringement monitoring system for actively monitoring whether or not illegal copy (infringement) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and relatively copy protection document files in the communication system to monitor and protect the intellectual property rights of individuals And a method and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method.

3. Summary of Solution to Invention

The present invention relates to a method for managing infringement (illegal copying) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and document files that are poorly protected from copying in a communication system, wherein an agent monitors whether the intellectual property is illegally copied and illegally copied files. A first step of storing information relating to piracy of the; A second step of reporting, by the agent, information regarding the illegal copy to a server in real time according to a predetermined condition; And a third step of the server managing the information on the illegal copying according to the predetermined condition by type.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used for managing intellectual property infringement such as files.

Description

System and method for detecting active intellectual property

The present invention is to monitor the intellectual property infringement that can monitor and protect the intellectual property rights of individuals by actively managing whether or not illegal copying (infringement) of intellectual property rights, such as executable files and relatively copy protection document files in the communication system A system and method thereof, and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method.

At present, the active development of various applications makes it easy for anyone to write a document or a teaching plan. However, due to the rapid development of communication means, such documents are being illegally copied illegally through the Internet and a communication network, and the authors of the documents are currently forced to sit and observe without any countermeasures.

Therefore, a method of actively monitoring whether or not illegal copying (infringement) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and relatively poor copy protection document files is required is required.

Disclosure of Invention The present invention, which is devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, actively manages illegal copying (infringement) of intellectual property rights, such as executable files and relatively copy-protected document files, in a communication system. It is an object of the present invention to provide an intellectual property infringement monitoring system and method for monitoring and protecting the system and a computer readable recording medium storing a program for realizing the method.

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of an embodiment of the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of an embodiment of the file monitoring and discriminating unit of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a detailed flowchart of one embodiment of the illegal copy monitoring and storage process of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a detailed flowchart of an embodiment of a process for transmitting illegal copy information in an active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention.

6 is a detailed configuration diagram of one embodiment of the intellectual property infringement monitoring center of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention.

7 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a management and control process of an intellectual property infringement monitoring agent in an intellectual property infringement monitoring center of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10: Intellectual Property Infringement Surveillance Agent 20: Intellectual Property Infringement Surveillance Center

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a device for managing infringement (illegal copying) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and document files that are poorly protected from copying in a communication system. At least one intellectual property infringement monitoring means for recording information on illegal copying at the time of copying, and reporting the information on the illegal copying to the intellectual property infringement management means according to a predetermined condition; And setting the predetermined condition for each intellectual property infringement monitoring means of the at least one intellectual property infringement monitoring means, and receiving the information on the illegal copy reported from the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means according to the predetermined condition. And the intellectual property infringement management means managed by the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for managing infringement (illegal copying) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and document files that are poorly protected from copying in a communication system, wherein an agent monitors whether the intellectual property is illegally copied, A first step of storing information relating to piracy of the file; A second step of reporting, by the agent, information regarding the illegal copy to a server in real time according to a predetermined condition; And a third step in which the server manages the information on the illegal copy reported according to the predetermined condition by type.

In addition, the present invention provides a system for monitoring intellectual property infringement (illegal copying) having a processor, comprising: a function of monitoring an illegal copy of an intellectual property by an agent, and storing information on illegal copying of the illegally copied file; A function of reporting by the agent in real time the information about the illegal copy to a server according to a predetermined condition; And a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a function of managing, by the server, the information relating to the illegal copying according to the predetermined condition by type.

The present invention records and stores the information such as the date, time, IP, and the number of times that duplication occurred when illegal copying occurs by using an agent that monitors document files as well as executable files in a communication system. When necessary, information that meets the criteria you want to check is sent to the center so that it can monitor piracy anywhere you have an Internet connection. In addition, there is an accurate time and evidence at the time of piracy, and the weight may vary depending on the number of copies. All of this data can be applied to statistical processing by being stored and managed in a database at the center.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an embodiment configuration diagram of an active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention, '10' is an intellectual property infringement monitoring agent, '11' is an illegal copy monitoring unit, '12, 21 'is a network '20' represents the intellectual property infringement monitoring center, and '22' represents the piracy monitoring unit.

As shown in Figure 1, the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention, in the communication system to manage the illegal copying (infringement) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and document files poor copy protection, Examine whether the property is illegally copied and record the information (i.e. date, time, information provider (IP), file name, etc. of illegal copy) during illegal copy, and make illegal copy according to the set reporting conditions. At least one intellectual property infringement monitoring agent (10) for reporting information on the intellectual property infringement monitoring center (20), and at least one of the at least one intellectual property infringement monitoring agent (10) Set up the conditions to be reported and provide information on illegal copying reported under the reporting conditions set by the relevant intellectual property infringement monitoring agent (10). Including the property rights monitoring agents (11) infringement of intellectual property rights monitoring center (20), which manages much.

Here, the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 determines whether the intellectual property is illegally copied and records information (ie, date, time, information provider (IP), file name, etc.) of the illegally copied file. An illegal copy monitoring unit 11 and a network transmission unit 12 for transmitting information about the illegally copied file to the communication network.

In addition, the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 sets the conditions for reporting each network transmission unit 21 and illegal copy monitoring unit 11 that receive information on the illegally copied file through a communication network, and the corresponding illegal copying. An illegal copy monitoring unit 22 for recording and inquiring information on the illegally copied file reported according to the reporting condition set by the monitoring unit 11 is provided.

Looking at the operation of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above are as follows.

As shown in Fig. 1, the present computer 1 (Intellectual Property Infringement Monitoring Agent 1 (11)), Computer 2 (Intellectual Property Infringement Monitoring Agent 2 (10)), Computer 3 (Intellectual Property Infringement Monitoring Agent 3 (10)). As soon as the computer is connected to the network and the computer is turned on, each intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is activated.

Subsequently, each intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 monitors the file system at the same time as the operation to check whether illegal copying of the file set as the monitoring target occurs. If an illegal copy is found during this process, the date, time, IP, file name, etc. of the copy is recorded in the file and system. In addition, the piracy information recorded in the system at each set reporting condition or time interval is transmitted to the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 through the network.

Figure 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of an intellectual property infringement monitoring agent of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention, '21' is a file monitoring and determining unit, '22' is a file information recorder, '23 'Is a condition discriminator,' 24 'is a reporting condition setter, and' 25 'is a controller.

As shown in FIG. 2, the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention monitors whether or not an illegal copy of an executable file and a document file that is relatively copy protection is illegal, and has been illegally copied. A file monitoring and discriminating unit 21 for discriminating information, a file information recorder 22 for recording information on illegally copied files according to the monitoring result of the file monitoring and discriminating unit 21, and infringement of intellectual property rights. Various commands from the monitoring center 20 are interpreted to generate control signals according to real-time requests or conditions to be reported (condition setting commands), and corresponding conditions among information on illegally copied files recorded in the file information recorder 22. The controller 25 for transmitting the information satisfying the (real time request or the set reporting condition) to the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 through the network transmission unit 12, and the control system of the controller 25. According to the report condition setter 24 for generating the condition (real time request or report condition set command) and the real time request or report condition set command of the report condition setter 24, the file information recorder 22 And a condition discriminator 23 for determining information that satisfies a corresponding condition (a real time request or a set reporting condition) among information on the illegally copied file recorded in the "

Looking at the operation of the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above are as follows.

When the user's computer is running Windows, the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is loaded into the memory, and the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is started when a write operation occurs among all the files used in the window. . When the file monitoring and discriminating unit 21 determines whether an illegal copy is made and is determined to be illegal copy, information about the file is transmitted to the file information recorder 22 and recorded.

Subsequently, when there is a request for piracy information in the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 or when there is a condition setting instruction, the controller 25 gives the condition setting instruction to the reporting condition setter 24 and the condition discriminator. The condition is set in (23). Then, the condition discriminator 23 transmits the information corresponding to the condition among the information recorded in the database through the file information recorder 22 to the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 through the network transmission unit 12. do. At this time, if the time interval is set, even if there is no request from the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 will report to the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 at a specified time interval.

The controller 25 interprets, executes, and responds to various commands sent from the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of an embodiment of a file monitoring and determining unit of an active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention, in which '31' is a file system monitor, '32' is a file to be monitored, and '33' 'Denotes an illegal copy discriminator, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 3, among the active intellectual property infringement monitoring systems according to the present invention, the file monitoring and discriminating unit 21 of the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 of FIG. 2 sends an access message to all file systems on the computer. The file system monitor 31 generating the file system information according to the search result by searching the write message among the hooked messages and whether the file system information generated by the file system monitor 31 is the monitored file. And an illegal copy discrimination unit 33 for discriminating illegally copied files from the monitored files according to the screening result of the monitored file sorter 32.

Looking at the operation of the file monitoring and determining unit 21 in the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above is as follows.

When the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is executed, the file system monitor 31 is registered in the window and hooks an access message to all file systems in the window. At this time, the hooking message is read, write, open the file, close the file, and if a write message occurs, information about the file is transmitted to the monitored file selector 32, the monitored file selector 32 Check if the file is a document file to be monitored.

Thereafter, the illegal copy discrimination unit 33 checks whether the current copy is illegally performed, and if it is determined that illegal copying is performed, the information about the file is stored in a database of the file information recorder 22, and the information is also recorded in the file. The number of copies made will also increase.

4 is a detailed flowchart illustrating an illegal copy monitoring and storage process of an active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention, and monitors an illegally copied file in an intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 and displays the illegally copied file. Represents a procedure for storing related information.

As shown in FIG. 4, the illegal copy monitoring and storage process of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention, when the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is first executed, the file monitoring and determining unit 21 monitors the file. Is initiated (401) and the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent (10) is involved in every write message.

Thereafter, if a write message occurs during file monitoring (401), first, it is checked whether the file is an application of a monitored program (402).

As a result of the check, when the file in which the write message is generated is an application of the monitored program, the hard disk serial number of the file owner recorded in the file is compared with the serial number of the current hard disk (403).

As a result of the comparison, if the hard disk serial number of the owner of the file to be monitored does not match the serial number of the current hard disk, it is judged as an illegal copy and illegally copied the date, time, serial number, file name, IP, etc. of the file. The recorded file and the file information recorder 22. After that, when the recording is finished, the file monitoring resumes.

On the other hand, if the file on which the write message is generated is not an application of the monitored program or the hard disk serial number of the file owner to be monitored matches the serial number of the current hard disk, the file is not considered to be illegally copied.

FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a process for transmitting illegal copy information in an active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating information about illegally copied files monitored and stored by the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10. The procedure for transmitting to the infringement monitoring center 20 is shown.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the process of transmitting piracy information in the active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention, a request for piracy information is received from the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 in the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10. It is checked whether or not there is a time preset by the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 (501).

As a result of the inspection, if there is a request for piracy information from the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20, the piracy information record is examined and compared to the number of times of piracy and the conditions of time (502, 503). Transmit to infringement monitoring center 20 (504).

On the other hand, when the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 is set in advance by the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20, even if there is no information request from the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20, the number and time of illegal copying at the set time interval The piracy information corresponding to the request value is transmitted to the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 (504).

6 is a detailed configuration diagram of an intellectual property infringement monitoring center of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention, '61' is an agent manager, '62' is an agent register, '63' is a reporting condition The setter, '64' represents the data database manager, and '65' represents the controller.

As shown in FIG. 6, the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention includes a controller 65 for controlling each component of the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20. The agent manager 61 for monitoring the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 of the at least one intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 to drive the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 when the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent is driven. And an agent register that establishes a connection according to a connection request from the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 under the control of the controller 65 and registers to manage the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10. 62) and under the control of the controller 65, for setting the corresponding conditions (conditions to be requested or reported in real time) for each corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10; Under the control of the reporting condition setter 63 and the controller 65, information about the illegal copy reported under the conditions from the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 through the network transmission unit 21 is obtained. And a data database manager 64 for managing the infringement monitoring agent 10.

Looking at the operation of the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above is as follows.

When the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 executes the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10, the agent manager 10 is executed to automatically connect to the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20, and the agent register 62 The message is delivered to. In addition, by executing the reporting condition setter 63, the user to set the conditions and the reporting period for each intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 to report. The data received from the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is managed by the data DB manager 64.

When the IPR infringement monitoring agent 10 requests access, the agent register 62 registers the IPR infringement monitoring agent 10 so as to establish a connection and manage the IPR monitoring agent 10. Do it.

The reporting condition setter 63 sets a condition to be reported by each intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 and sets a reporting period.

The data database manager 64 records and retrieves information sent from each intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 in a database.

As such, the management and control process of the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 in the intellectual property infringement monitoring center 20 will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

7 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a management and control process of an intellectual property infringement monitoring agent in an intellectual property infringement monitoring center of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, the management and control of the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent in the intellectual property piracy monitoring center of the active intellectual property infringement monitoring method according to the present invention, at least one intellectual property infringement monitoring agent (10) While waiting for registration of the relevant intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 (701), when a request from each corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is received (702), the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 is registered. (703).

If the user is requested a condition to be reported by each intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 (704), the condition is set for each currently registered intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 (705), and the set condition is applied. And transmits to the intellectual property infringement monitoring agent 10 (706).

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited to the drawing.

As described above, the present invention can protect an individual's intellectual property rights in a communication network environment and further track the path through which piracy flows. It can be effectively managed.

Claims (11)

In a device for managing infringement (illegal copying) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and document files that are poorly protected from copying in a communication system, At least one intellectual property infringement monitoring that monitors whether the intellectual property is illegally copied, records information on illegal copying at the time of illegal copying, and reports the information on the illegal copying to the intellectual property infringement management means according to a predetermined condition. Way; And The predetermined condition is set for each of the at least one intellectual property infringement monitoring means, and the information on the illegal copy reported from the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means is reported according to the predetermined condition. Intellectual Property Infringement Control Means Managed by Intellectual Property Infringement Monitoring Means Active intellectual property infringement monitoring system, including. The method of claim 1, Each of the at least one intellectual property infringement monitoring means, File monitoring and discriminating means for monitoring whether the file is illegally copied and for discriminating the illegally copied file; File information recording means for recording information on the illegally copied file in accordance with the monitoring result of the file monitoring and discriminating means; Interpret various commands from the intellectual property infringement management means to generate a control signal, and information that satisfies the corresponding condition among the information about the illegally copied file recorded in the file information recording means is infringed on the intellectual property right through the network transmission unit. Control means for transmitting to the management means; Report condition setting means for generating a report condition setting command according to the control signal of the control means; And According to a report condition setting command of the report condition setting means, the condition discriminating means for determining information that satisfies the corresponding condition among the information about the illegally copied file recorded in the file information recording means and transferring the information to the control means. Active intellectual property infringement monitoring system, including. The method of claim 2, The file monitoring and determining means, File system monitoring means for hooking access messages to all file systems on a computer, searching for write messages among the hooked messages, and generating information of the file system according to a search result; Monitoring object file selecting means for selecting whether the information of the file system generated by the file system monitoring means is a file to be monitored; And Illegal copy discrimination means for discriminating illegally copied files from the monitored files according to the screening result of the monitored file selection means Active intellectual property infringement monitoring system, including. The method of claim 3, wherein The file system monitoring means, When a message is registered in a program on a computer and hooks an access message to all file systems in the program, and a write message among the read, write, file open, and file close messages that are hooked occurs, information about the file is displayed. An active intellectual property infringement monitoring system, characterized in that it is delivered to the screening means. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The illegal copy determination process of the file in the file monitoring and determining means, And if the hard disk serial number of the owner of the file to be monitored and the serial number of the current hard disk do not match, an illegal copy is determined. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The intellectual property infringement management means, Control means for controlling each component of said intellectual property infringement management means; Driving means for monitoring the intellectual property infringement monitoring means of the at least one intellectual property infringement monitoring means to drive the intellectual property infringement management means when the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means is driven; Registering means for establishing a connection according to a connection request from the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means and managing the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means under the control of the control means; Condition setting means for setting the predetermined condition for each intellectual property infringement monitoring means under the control of the control means; And Under the control of the control means, a data management means for managing the information on the illegal copy reported by the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means from the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means by the corresponding intellectual property infringement monitoring means through a network transmission unit. Active intellectual property infringement monitoring system, including. In a method of managing infringement (illegal copying) of intellectual property rights such as executable files and document files that are poorly protected from copying in a communication system, A first step of an agent monitoring whether the intellectual property is illegally copied and storing information on illegal copying of the illegally copied file; A second step of reporting, by the agent, information regarding the illegal copy to a server in real time according to a predetermined condition; And A third step of managing, by the server, information regarding the illegal copying according to the predetermined condition by type; Active intellectual property rights monitoring method, including. The method of claim 7, wherein The process of monitoring whether the intellectual property of the first step of illegal copying, The hard disk serial number of the owner of the file to be monitored when a program is registered on the computer and hooks an access message to all file systems in the program, and a write message among the read, write, file open, and file close messages that are hooked occurs. And if the serial numbers of the current hard disks do not match, determining that the illegal copy is illegal. The method according to claim 7 or 8, Information about the illegal copy, Substantially, a method for monitoring intellectual property infringement, comprising the date, time, serial number, file name, information provider (IP), and number of times of illegal copying of the file being pirated. The method of claim 9, The predetermined condition is Substantially, an active intellectual property infringement monitoring method comprising a reporting condition and a reporting cycle. In the intellectual property infringement (piracy) monitoring system having a processor, The agent monitors whether the intellectual property is illegally copied, and stores information on illegal copying of the illegally copied file; A function of reporting by the agent in real time the information about the illegal copy to a server according to a predetermined condition; And A function for the server to manage the information on the illegal copy reported according to the predetermined condition by type; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.