KR20020063755A - Method for certifying a justness of a electronic publication user - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for authenticating the correctness of an electronic publication user is provided to prevent use an electronic publication file by blocking an open process except for a lawful user who buys the electronic publication. CONSTITUTION: An electronic publication management server transmits a series of electronic publication selection page to a user-side client(S14). If a series of electronic publication selection events are generated from the user-side client(S15), the electronic publication management server transmits a series of hardware information authentication modules to the user-side client(S17). An authentication control unit of a hardware information authentication module activates a data domain of the user-side client, checks various hardware information which exists in the user-side client using an information extracting/writing unit, and writes the checked result together with an electronic publication intrinsic number(S18). The electronic publication management server transmits an electronic publication file to a user intrinsic information combining module, which combines a series of electronic publication intrinsic numbers with the corresponding electronic publication file(S19). The user intrinsic information combining module quickly transmits the corresponding electronic publication file to the user-side client(S20). If a series of execution calling events are generated from the electronics publication file(S31), the authentication control unit collects hardware information of the user-side client and the intrinsic number of the corresponding electronic publication file using the information extracting/writing unit(S33). The authentication control unit judges whether "hardware information" and the "electronic publication intrinsic number" are identical to "hardware information" and an "electronic publication intrinsic number" previously stored in the user intrinsic information storing unit(S34). If two items are not identical each other, the authentication control unit judges the user who requests the open of the electronic publication file as an unlawful user and outputs a series of warning messages to a monitor/speaker of the user-side client(S35).

Description

Method for certifying a justness of a electronic publication user}

The present invention relates to a method of authenticating a user of an electronic publication for authenticating the validity of a user using an electronic publication. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of authenticating a validity of a user using an electronic publication. By identifying the hardware information of the user-side client ", and by doing so, the access of the electronic publication by the unauthorized user can be blocked at the source, thereby preventing the" unauthorized copying of the electronic publication "by the unspecified majority. The present invention relates to a method for validating an electronic publication user.

Recently, with the rapid development of information technology, the traditional publishing method using paper has been rapidly replaced by the electronic publication method using a series of electrical and electronic data.

For example, U.S. Patent No. 5689648 "Method and apparatus for publication of information", U.S. Patent No. 5802516 "Method of controlling an electronic book for a computer system" US Patent Publication No. 5893132, "Method and system for encoding a book for reading using an electronic book", US Patent Publication No. 6029142 "Electronics" Electronic catalog system and method ", Korean Patent Publication No. 2000-7115" Cover for Selling Electronic Information ", Korean Patent Publication No. 2000-37464" Customer's e-book by editing Generation method and apparatus thereof "and the like, and various techniques related to the above-mentioned conventional electronic publication are presented in more detail.

Typically, a user using such a conventional electronic publication downloads a series of electronic publication files from a web server of a vendor selling the electronic publication, and stores them in a personal computer (PC), a dedicated terminal, and the like if necessary. By selectively opening the electronic publication file, various information held by the electronic publication can be effectively used according to the needs of the user.

However, such a conventional electronic publication has a basic problem that its security is very weak compared to that of a traditional paper publication because unlimited copying, editing, and the like are sufficiently possible by a user's simple computer operation.

In particular, in the recent situation in which the spread of the Internet is rapidly progressing, when mass copying and mass distribution of electronic publications are made indiscriminately based on the Internet network, the copyright holders of electronic publications and the electronic publication distributors are compared with traditional paper publications. Unparalleled damage is inflicted, and inevitably, serious problems of the existence of the electronic publication itself are shaken.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide "hardware information" of a user-side client identified by a series of "downloading points" at which a user downloads an electronic publication file, and a set of "electronic publication opening points" at which the user uses the electronic publication file in earnest. The process of comparing the "current hardware information" of the user-side client identified in the above step is performed, thereby preventing the opening of the electronic publication at all, except for the party user who actually purchased the electronic publication. Even if the electronic publication file is copied and distributed indiscriminately, the electronic publication file is prevented from being used arbitrarily.

Another object of the present invention is to fundamentally block access to electronic publications by unauthorized users, and thereby to stabilize the electronic publication market by blocking "discrimination and distribution of electronic publications" in advance.

Still other objects of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

1 conceptually illustrates an electronic publication management system upon which the present invention is based;

Figure 2 is an illustration conceptually showing a hardware information authentication module that is another basis of the present invention.

3 is an exemplary diagram conceptually showing a data table of a user unique information storage unit included in a hardware information authentication module according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a method for validating an electronic publication user according to the present invention.

5 to 8 are conceptual views illustrating a web page posting status of a user-side client according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for determining whether a series of execution call events have occurred from an electronic publication file stored in an arbitrary user-side client, and, if such execution call events occur, the preceding electronic publication file. Extracting the stored hardware information of the user-side client, determining whether the above-described hardware information of the user-side client and the unique hardware information of the party user previously stored match each other, the hardware information of the user-side client, and When the unique hardware information of the political party user stored in the coincidence with each other, the legitimate authentication method of the electronic publication user, which is a combination of the steps of authorizing the opening of the electronic publication file, is disclosed.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the legitimacy authentication method of the user of the electronic publication according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic publication management system 100 that forms the basis of the present invention includes a D / B block 60, a D / B management server 30, an electronic publication management server 10, and an application loader ( 40), the user unique information generation module 50, the user unique information combining module 51 and the like. In this case, the D / B block 60 includes, for example, an operation information D / B 61 in which a series of operation information is stored, a user specific information D / B 62 in which a series of user unique information is stored, and a series of electronic publication files. The stored electronic publication file D / B 63 and the like are disposed.

At this time, the above-described D / B management server 30 is the operation information stored in the operation information D / B (61), the user specific information stored in the user specific information D / B (62), the electronic publication file D / And selectively outputs and stores electronic publication files and the like stored in B (63). In this case, the D / B management server 30 does not merely play a role of outputting and storing the operation information, the user's unique information, the electronic publication file, and the like. It also plays an intelligent role, efficiently managing in the fastest possible time without duplication.

At this time, as shown in the figure, the above-described electronic publication management server 10 forms a series of communication relationships with the previous D / B management server 30, and also with any user-side client 80, for example, Interface through the Internet.

In this state, the electronic publication management server 10 performs continuous signal exchange with the D / B management server 30 to quickly determine whether to store and extract the above-described operation information, user unique information, electronic publication file, and the like. In addition to using the user's operation information, user's unique information, etc., the entire process from the electronic publication file management system 100 to the above-described user side client 80 is performed. It plays a role of stable management.

In this case, the electronic publication management server 10 transmits the hardware information authentication module 90 to the corresponding user side client 80 when a series of electronic publication selection events occur from the above-described user side client 80.

In this case, the application loader 40 extracts the hardware information authentication module 90 located in the application server 70, transfers the hardware information authentication module 90 to the electronic publication management server 10, and the electronic publication. The management server 10 transmits the hardware information authentication module 90 transmitted from the application loader 40 to the user side client 80, so that the user can stably perform a "own validity authentication process" later. Create a basic environment. In this case, the hardware information authentication module 90 transmitted to the user side client 80 stores the unique number of the electronic publication file selected by the user.

Through this process, the hardware information authentication module 90 transmitted to the user side client 80 checks various hardware information held by the user side client 80, for example, a serial number of a hard disk and a serial number of an operating system. The process proceeds, and based on the check result, a series of user validity judgment processes are selectively performed.

Apart from the operation of the hardware information authentication module 90, the user-specific information generation module 50 located on the system side is a variety of subscriber information transmitted from the user-side client 80, for example, the user's ID, the user's password, etc. After receiving the received from the electronic publication management server 10, by generating a series of user specific information, and passes the generated user unique information to the above-described D / B management server 30, the user specific information is, for example, It serves to guide the user's unique information to be stably stored in the D / B (62).

In this case, the user specific information combining module 51 stores the specific electronic publication file 20 stored in the electronic publication file D / B 63 from the electronic publication management system 100 by a series of electronic publication download events. When transmitted to (80), it serves to associate a series of electronic publication numbers with the electronic publication file. This electronic publication inherent number provides an infrastructure that allows the electronic publication file 20 to be easily identified from the various electronic publication files stored in the electronic publication file D / B 63.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the hardware information authentication module 90 transmitted from the electronic publication management system 100 is stably executed in the data area of the user side client 80. Of course, the hardware information authentication module 90 is driven based on the operating system of the user side client (80).

At this time, as shown in the figure, the hardware information authentication module 90, which is the basis of the present invention, largely, the operation information storage unit 92, the electronic publication information storage unit 96, the authentication control unit 91, information extraction / Recording unit 93 in combination.

Here, the operation information storage unit 92 serves to store a variety of operation data required for a series of party user authentication process, the user unique information storage unit 96 when the hardware information authentication module 90 is initially installed It stores a variety of hardware information of the user-side client 80, for example, the serial number of the hard disk, the serial number of the operating system, etc., and the unique number of the electronic publication recorded in the electronic publication file 20 It also plays a role of storing.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the user unique information storage unit 96 includes, for example, a serial number of a hard disk such as "374191", a serial number of an operating system such as "164PP", and an electronic publication such as "173NN34AOP1". The unique number is stored.

At this time, the authentication control unit 91 elastically utilizes the data stored in the operation data storage unit 92, the user unique information storage unit 96, and the like, for example, the electronic publication file 20 stored in the data area of the user side client 80. ) Can only be opened by registered party users.

In this case, the information extraction / recording unit 93 first, at the series of "downloading points" at which the user downloads the "electronic publication file 20", under the control of the authentication control unit 91, the user-side client 80 It checks the held hardware information, records the check result in the registry (Registry: 81) of the user client 80, and reports the corresponding "hardware information" to the authentication control unit 91. In accordance with this, the authentication control unit controls the user unique information storage unit 96 so that the hardware information of the user client checked by the information extraction / recording unit can be stably stored in the user unique information storage unit 96.

Next, the information extraction / recording unit 93 controls the user side client 80 under the control of the authentication control unit 91 at a series of "electronic publication opening time points" at which the user opens the electronic publication file 20 in earnest. The registry 81 is searched, and through this, hardware information of the user-side client 80 recorded in the registry 81 of the user-side client 80, for example, a hard disk serial number, a serial number of the operating system, and the like is extracted. Play a role.

At this time, the data interface unit 95 performs a series of signal exchange processes with the signal exchange unit 21 of the electronic publication file 20, so that a series of "file open authorization signals" output from the authentication control unit 91 are electronic. It serves to be quickly delivered to the publication file (20). In this case, all the electronic publication files 20 applied to the present invention are precompiled to be opened only by the file open authorization signal transmitted from the authentication control unit 91.

Hereinafter, the legitimacy authentication method of the electronic publication user according to the present invention using the above-described electronic publication management system 100, hardware information authentication module 90, etc. will be described in detail.

As shown in Figure 4, the legitimacy authentication method of the user of the electronic publication constituting the gist of the present invention is largely the electronic publication file 20 transfer process (step S100), which is led by the electronic publication management server 10, and It consists of a combination of a series of party user authentication process (step S200) that is led by the hardware information authentication module 90.

First, the electronic publication file transmission process (step S100) will be described in detail.

First, a user who wants to download a series of electronic publication files 20 connects to the electronic publication management system 100 of the present invention using the user side client 80 and the Internet network.

In this state, the electronic publication management server 10 determines whether a series of web connection events have been issued from the user side client 80 (step S1).

In this case, when the user does not proceed to access the electronic publication management system 100, and it is determined that a series of web access events have not occurred from the user side client 80, the electronic publication management server 10 performs a flow. The flow advances to step S2 to maintain a series of standby states.

However, when the user proceeds to access the electronic publication management system 100, and it is determined that a series of web access events have occurred from the user side client 80, the electronic publication management server 10 displays a series of main pages. The process of transmitting to the user side client 80 is performed (step S3).

In this case, the electronic publication management server 10 requests the extraction of the operation information, for example, to the D / B management server 30, and the D / B management server 30 immediately transmits the request message. The operation information stored in the D / B 61 is transmitted to the electronic publication management server 10.

Through this process, when a series of operational information is transmitted, the electronic publication management server 10 generates a main page based on the operational information, and quickly delivers the completed main page to the user side client 80.

In this case, the user-side client 80 quickly interprets the main page 201 delivered from the electronic publication management server 10 and displays it, as shown in FIG. 5, to the user by displaying the "electronic publication file 20." It provides a foundation environment where you can download and use it quickly.

Subsequently, the electronic publication management server 10 determines whether a series of login events have occurred from the user side client 80 (step S4).

At this time, the user does not select, for example, the ID input item 202, the password input item 203, the login item 204, and the like posted on the main page 201, so that a series of login events are received from the user client 80. If it is determined that does not occur, the electronic publication management server 10 judges again whether or not a series of new subscription events have occurred from the user side client 80 (step S5).

At this time, if the user does not select, for example, the new subscription item 205 posted on the main page 201, and it is determined that a series of new subscription events have not occurred from the user side client 80, the electronic publication management server ( 10), the flow advances to step S6 to maintain a series of standby states.

However, if the user selects, for example, a new subscription item 205 posted on the main page 201, and it is determined that a series of new subscription events have occurred from the user side client 80, the electronic publication management server 10 The process of transmitting a series of subscription pages to the user-side client 80 is performed (step S7).

In this case, the electronic publication management server 10 requests the extraction of the operation information, for example, to the D / B management server 30, and the D / B management server 30 immediately transmits the request message. The operation information stored in the D / B 61 is transmitted to the electronic publication management server 10.

Through this process, when a series of operational information is transmitted, the electronic publication management server 10 generates a subscription page based on the operational information, and quickly delivers the completed subscription page to the user side client 80.

In this case, the user-side client 80 quickly interprets the subscription page 206 delivered from the electronic publication management server 10 and displays it as shown in FIG. Encourage the process to proceed smoothly. Of course, the subscription page 206 includes the payment information related to the electronic publication, but since this is a general matter, the description thereof will be omitted.

In this state, the electronic publication management server 10 determines whether or not a series of subscription data has been transmitted from the user side client 80 (step S8).

At this time, if the user has not yet entered all the information in the unique information entry item 207, and a series of subscription data has not been transmitted from the user side client 80, the electronic publication management server 10 proceeds to the flow to step S9. To maintain a series of standby states.

However, the user inputs all the information necessary for the unique information entry item 207, selects the subscription item 208, and includes a series including, for example, "user's ID, user's password", etc., from the user-side client 80; If the subscription data of the has been transmitted, the electronic publication management server 10 transmits "subscriber information" delivered from the user side client 80 to the user unique information generation module 50.

In this case, the user unique information generation module 50 transmits subscriber information delivered from the electronic publication management server 10 to the D / B management server 30, so that the corresponding user unique information is the user unique information D / B 62. It can be stably stored in the data table of step (step S10).

Through this process, when the storing process of the user's unique information is completed, the electronic publication management server 10 proceeds to a process of transmitting a series of subscription welcome pages to the user side client 80 (step S11).

In this case, the electronic publication management server 10 requests the extraction of the operation information, for example, to the D / B management server 30, and the D / B management server 30 immediately transmits the request message. The operation information stored in the D / B 61 is transmitted to the electronic publication management server 10.

Through this process, when a series of operational information is delivered, the electronic publication management server 10 generates a subscription welcome page based on the operational information, and promptly delivers the completed subscription welcome page to the user side client 80. .

In this case, the user-side client 80 quickly interprets the subscription welcome page 209 delivered from the electronic publication management server 10 and displays it as shown in FIG. Make sure to check.

On the other hand, in the above-described step S4, the user selects, for example, the ID input item 202, the password input item 203, the login item 204, etc. posted on the main page 201, and then the user-side client ( When it is judged that a series of login events have occurred from 80), the electronic publication management server 10 checks the login data transmitted from the user-side client 80, and the user ID, user password, etc. included in the login data are the user. The process of determining whether or not the registered ID / registration password, etc. previously stored in the unique information D / B 62 is performed (step S12).

In this case, the electronic publication management server 10 requests the D / B management server 30, for example, the registered ID / registration password of the corresponding user, and the D / B management server 10 transmits the request message. As soon as possible, the registration ID / registration password, etc. of the user stored in the unique user information D / B 62 is transmitted to the electronic publication management server (10).

At this time, while the registered ID / registration password of the user is, for example, asd123 / P4693a, if the ID / password included in the login data is, for example, asd123 / P1232, then it is determined that the two items do not match each other, electronic publication management The server 10 utilizes the operation information stored in the operation information D / B 61 to generate a series of retry request messages, and transmit the completed retry request message to the user side client 80. (Step S13).

In this case, the user-side client 80 promptly retries the retry request message sent from the electronic publication management server 10, for example, "The password entered does not match. Please try again." By interpreting and displaying it, the user can quickly recognize that he or she has mistyped the password.

However, if the registered user ID / password of the user is 37SSKim / 3A441, and the ID / password included in the login data is also 37SSKim / 3A441, then it is determined that the two items match each other. The process of transmitting a series of electronic publication selection pages to the client is performed (step S14).

In this case, the electronic publication management server 10 requests the D / B management server 30 to extract, for example, operational information, and the D / B management server 30 operates as soon as the request message is delivered. Operational information stored in the information D / B 61 is quickly transmitted to the electronic publication management server (10).

Through this process, when a series of operational information is transmitted, the electronic publication management server 10 generates a series of electronic publication selection pages based on the operational information, and displays the completed electronic publication selection page on the user side client 80. To deliver quickly.

In this case, the user-side client 80 quickly interprets the electronic publication selection page 210 delivered from the electronic publication management server 10 and displays it, as shown in FIG. 8, so that the user wants to download it. Create an environment for freely selecting electronic publications.

In this state, the electronic publication management server 10 determines whether a series of electronic publication selection events have occurred from the user side client 80 (step S15).

At this time, if it is determined that the separate electronic publication selection event has not occurred from the user side client 80, the electronic publication management server 10 proceeds to the flow to step S16 to maintain a series of standby state.

However, if the user selects, for example, the download item 211 of the electronic publication selection page 210, and it is determined that a series of electronic publication selection events have occurred from the user-side client 80, the electronic publication management server 10 determines the user side. The process of transmitting a series of hardware information authentication module 90 to the client 80 is performed (step S17).

In this case, the electronic publication management server 10 requests the extraction of the hardware information authentication module 90 to the application loader 40, the application loader 40, as soon as this request message is delivered, the application server 70 The hardware information authentication module 90 stored in the electronic publication management server 10 is transmitted.

Through this process, when a series of hardware information authentication module 70 is delivered, the electronic publication management server 10 immediately transmits the hardware information authentication module 90 to the user side client 80.

In the state in which such a transmission process is completed, as shown in FIG. 2 mentioned above, the authentication control unit 91 of the hardware information authentication module 90 is activated in the data area of the user-side client 80, and then information extraction / By using the recording unit 93, a process of checking a variety of hardware information, for example, a hard disk serial number, an operating system serial number, etc. held by the corresponding client-side client 80 is performed, and the check result is stored in the user unique information storage unit. The process of recording in the registry 81 of the user-side client 80 together with the electronic publication unique number stored in advance in step 96 is performed (step S18).

When the recording process of the registry 81 is completed, the information extraction / recording unit 93 of the hardware information authentication module 90 reports the "hardware information" of the checked user-side client to the authentication control unit 91. The authentication control unit 91 controls the user unique information storage unit 96 so that hardware information of the user client checked by the information extraction / recording unit can be stably stored in the user unique information storage unit 96 at the same time.

Of course, a user who is performing a series of electronic publication download processes can never know that the hardware information of the user-side client 80 he is using is being checked.

On the other hand, while the operation of the hardware information authentication module described above is in progress, the electronic publication management server 10 requests the D / B management server 30 to extract, for example, the electronic publication file 20.

In this case, the D / B management server 30 extracts, for example, the specific electronic publication file 20 stored in the electronic publication file D / B 63, and then extracts the extracted electronic publication file 20 from the electronic publication. Fast forward to the management server (10).

Through this process, when a series of electronic publication files 20 are delivered, the electronic publication management server 10 delivers the electronic publication file 20 to the user unique information combining module 51, and immediately, a user The unique information combining module 51 performs a process of combining, for example, a series of unique numbers of electronic publications with the corresponding electronic publication file 20 (step S19).

Through the above process, as soon as the process of combining the "electronic publication unique number" with the electronic publication file 20 is completed, the user specific information combining module 51 transfers the corresponding electronic publication file 20 to the user-side client 80. The transmission is quickly performed at step S20.

On the other hand, if the electronic publication file 20 combined with the " unique number " is stored in the hard disk area 81 of the user-side client 80 through the above-described process, thereafter, a series of party users forming the gist of the present invention. The authentication process (step S200) proceeds with the initiative of the preceding hardware information authentication module 90.

First, a user who purchases the electronic publication file 20 attempts to open the electronic publication file 20 stored in the data area of the client-side client 80 by using an input device (not shown) such as a mouse or a keyboard. do. In this case, the signal exchange unit 21 included in the electronic publication file 20 transmits a series of call signals reflecting the "file open intention of the user" to the data interface unit 95 of the hardware information authentication module 90. Induces the execution of the hardware information authentication module (90).

In this state, the authentication control unit 91 of the hardware information authentication module 90 continuously checks the data interface unit 95 to determine whether a series of execution call events have occurred from the electronic publication file 20. (Step S31).

At this time, if it is determined that the user does not attempt to open the electronic publication file 20 stored in the data area of the client-side client 80 and a series of execution call events have not occurred from the electronic publication file 20, the authentication control unit ( 91, the flow advances to step S32 to maintain a series of standby states.

However, if the user attempts to open the electronic publication file 20 stored in the data area of the user-side client 80, and it is determined that a series of execution call events have occurred from the electronic publication file 20, the authentication control unit 91 By utilizing the information extraction / recording unit 93, the hardware information of the user-side client 80 to which the user belongs, for example, the serial number of the hard disk, the serial number of the operating system, etc., and the unique number of the corresponding electronic publication file 20 are used. The collection process is performed (step S33).

In this case, the information extraction / recording unit 93 performs a quick communication process with the registry 81 of the user-side client 80 and, together with the "hardware information of the user-side client 80," "the electronic publication file 20". The identification control unit 91 quickly extracts, and transfers the extracted "Hardware number of the client side 80, the unique number of the electronic publication file 20" to the authentication control unit 91, so that the authentication control unit 91, for example, " A basic environment is created so that the hardware information registered in the user unique information storage unit 96 and the hardware information of the user client 80 to which the user belongs can be easily compared and judged.

Of course, the user attempting to open the electronic publication file 20 can never know that the hardware information of the user-side client 80 he is using is being checked.

In this state, the authentication control unit 91 stores " hardware information ", " electronic publication unique number ", and the like, which are collected by the information extraction / recording unit 93 mentioned above, in advance in the user specific information storage unit 96. Information "," electronic publication unique number ", or the like is determined (step S34).

At this time, the hardware information recorded in the user unique information storage unit 96 is, for example, "hard disk = 374191, operating system = 164PP", whereas the hardware information currently identified by the information extraction / recording unit 93 is "hard", for example. Disk = 59037, operating system = ALD323 "Subsequently, when it is determined that the two items do not coincide with each other, the authentication control unit 91 determines that the user requesting the opening of the electronic publication file 20 is an invalid user, and the user side The process of outputting a series of warning messages to the monitor / speaker 82 of the client 80 proceeds (step S35).

In this case, the authentication control unit 91 utilizes the operation information storage unit 92 and warns, for example, "You are not a registered user, so you do not have permission to view the electronic publication. Please contact the administrator." By generating a message and outputting the generated warning message to the monitor / speaker 82 through the graphic / sound output unit 94, the current user's access to the electronic publication file 20 can be blocked at the source. Of course, in this case, the current user can not open the electronic publication information desired by the blocking of the authentication control unit 91 at all.

As described above, in the case of the present invention, the hardware information of the party user is stored in advance in the hardware information authentication module 90 transmitted to the user side client 80, and through this hardware information, a series of electronic publication opening processes are executed. By blocking the proceedings other than the party user who actually purchased, even if the unauthorized user copies and distributes the electronic publication file indiscriminately, the electronic publication file 20 can be blocked from being used arbitrarily.

By the practice of the present invention, when unauthorized users are essentially blocked from accessing electronic publications, arbitrary users give up "discrimination, distribution, etc." of electronic publications in advance. Publishers can easily avoid the enormous damage that is not expected.

On the other hand, in the above-described step S34, the hardware information recorded in the user unique information storage unit 96 is, for example, "hard disk = 374191, operating system = 164PP", and the currently identified hardware information is also "hard disk = 374191, operating system. = 164PP ", when it is determined that the two items coincide with each other, the authentication control unit 91 determines that the user requesting the opening of the electronic publication information is a legitimate user, and authorizes the opening of the electronic publication file 20. A series of processes are performed (step S36).

In this case, the authentication control unit 91 transmits a series of "file open authorization signals" to the data interface unit, and as soon as the "file open authorization signal" is transmitted, the data control unit 91 transmits the corresponding signals of the electronic publication file 20. It is transmitted to the signal exchange unit 21.

Through this process, when a series of "file open authorization signals" are transmitted, the electronic publication file 20 immediately proceeds to open the information content held by the electronic publication file 20, and the information is, for example, a graphic / sound output unit. Output to monitor / speaker 85 through 25 (step S37), whereby the party user can effectively utilize the various information held by the electronic publication file 20 according to his / her needs.

In this case, since the electronic publication file 20 employed in the present invention is precompiled to display the information content owned by the user, the user may provide a separate viewer for opening the electronic publication file. There is no need at all.

Thereafter, the authentication control unit 91 of the hardware information authentication module 90 is constantly present in the data area of the client side 80 to which the user belongs, and whenever the opening process of the electronic publication file 20 is attempted, the user By repeatedly proceeding with a series of party user authentication processes based on the user unique information stored in the unique information storage unit 96, a series of "electronic publication file accesses" by an unauthorized user can be blocked at its source.

As described in detail above, in the present invention, the "hardware information" of the user-side client grasped at a series of "downloading points" at which the user downloads the electronic publication file, and the series of "electronic publications" at which the user uses the electronic publication file in earnest. The process of comparing the "current hardware information" of the user-side client identified at the "open time" is carried out, thereby preventing the opening process of the electronic publication at all except the party user who has justly purchased.

In this case, even if an unauthorized user copies or distributes the electronic publication file indiscriminately, the electronic publication cannot be used arbitrarily, and thus, "indiscriminate copying and distribution of the electronic publication" can be suppressed to a minimum. As a result, the copyright holder of the electronic publication, the seller of the electronic publication, and the like can easily avoid the enormous damage caused by the illegal copying of the electronic publication.

While specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated above, it will be apparent that the invention may be embodied in various modifications by those skilled in the art.

Such modified embodiments should not be understood individually from the technical spirit or point of view of the present invention and such modified embodiments should fall within the scope of the appended claims of the present invention.

Claims (2)

Determining whether a series of execute call events have occurred from an electronic publication file stored at any user-side client; Extracting hardware information of a user-side client storing the electronic publication file when an execution call event occurs from the electronic publication file; Determining whether or not the hardware information of the client of the user and the unique hardware information of a party user previously stored match with each other; And authorizing the opening of the electronic publication file when the hardware information of the client of the user and the unique hardware information of the party user previously stored match each other. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining whether a series of electronic publication selection events have occurred from the user-side client prior to determining whether a series of execution call events have occurred from the electronic publication file; Transmitting a series of hardware information authentication modules to the user-side client when a series of electronic publication selection events occur from the user-side client; Recording the hardware information of the user-side client and the unique number of the electronic publication file in the registry of the user-side client under the control of the hardware information authentication module; And transmitting the electronic publication file to the user-side client further.