WO1999019784A1 - Procede et dispositif de commande utiles pour l'exploitation d'un dispositif de traitement d'informations numeriques - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de commande utiles pour l'exploitation d'un dispositif de traitement d'informations numeriques Download PDF

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WO1999019784A1
WO1999019784A1 PCT/BE1998/000142 BE9800142W WO9919784A1 WO 1999019784 A1 WO1999019784 A1 WO 1999019784A1 BE 9800142 W BE9800142 W BE 9800142W WO 9919784 A1 WO9919784 A1 WO 9919784A1
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Antoon Walter Waldeyer
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Pythagoras Participations, Coöperatieve Vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid
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Priority to CA002305257A priority Critical patent/CA2305257A1/fr
Priority to AU93327/98A priority patent/AU743864B2/en
Priority to EP98946169A priority patent/EP1021754A1/fr
Priority to JP2000516270A priority patent/JP2001520414A/ja
Publication of WO1999019784A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999019784A1/fr

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F21/10—Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2221/00—Indexing scheme relating to security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F2221/21—Indexing scheme relating to G06F21/00 and subgroups addressing additional information or applications relating to security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F2221/2153—Using hardware token as a secondary aspect

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  • This invention concerns a method for the operation of a digital information-processing device, more precisely to arrange that the use of data-processing programs or digital information, which either is introduced by means of an information carrier (such as CD-ROM, CDi , DAT, DVD, mini-disk) or via an information-transmitter (such as via cable or wireless) is supplied to and/or stored on the information-processing device, is only possible when the, possibly periodical, respective license conditions are fulfilled.
  • an information carrier such as CD-ROM, CDi , DAT, DVD, mini-disk
  • an information-transmitter such as via cable or wireless
  • the present invention has a method for the operation of an information-processing device with as goal to arrange on a simple way that for the use of digital information and even of illegally copied digital information, respectively for its access, the dues or rights are paid periodically.
  • this goal is reached by the fact that a control -device with control -information is connected .to a gate or presented to an IC-card reader of the information-processing device and that, before digital information can be used by the information-processing device, it is controlled, by means of an operating program which preferably is stored on a memory of the information-processing device, whether at least a part of the possible registration and/or domain code of the to be used information is conform with at least a part of the control -information of the control -device, whereby only the use of this digital information with registration and/or domain code is allowed if there is conformity.
  • the application is not limited to the use of only one information carrier or information signal respectively information processing program at a time, but is extended to all information carriers or information signals respectively information processing programs which are equipped with a to the invention normalised registration and/or domain code.
  • this method is also applicable for all information in its digital form which has been copied illegally.
  • the registration and/or domain code then being copied as well, due to which the .operating program shall read and control this copied information on an identical manner as the original .
  • the method is applicable with all possible information-processing devices wherein digital information is processed or reproduced, or whereof digital information is an essential part of it.
  • a control -device with limited term of validity is preferably used of which the control -information also contains information regarding the term of validity, while the registration code contains a time- information and where, before digital information which is equipped with such a registration code can be used in an information-processing device, the operating program controls if the time-information of the to be used information conforms with the information concerning the term of validity of the control -device, whereas with relation to the periodic accessibility of the digital information the same control -device is used of which the control-information contains information concerning the access conditions, and where the registration code contains domain information and where, before digital information which is equipped with such a registration code can be used in an information-processing device, the operating program controls if the to be used domain information conforms with the information concerning the access conditions.
  • .and of the control-information which have to be in conformity contain in this case respectively on the one side the time-information and the information regarding the term of validity, and on the other side the domain information and the information on the access conditions.
  • the end user price of the control-device can also cover official taxes and excises, whereas the projected royalties on intellectual property rights and/or the access or user fees can be granted to these licensors or suppliers of digital infor-mation which attributed a to the invention normalised registration and/or domain code either in function of a to be agreed upon distributive code per time period and/or domain code (s) , either by computing the consumption information of the digital information kept or treated by the control -device .
  • control-device can be started at the initialising of the device and can for example cover the duration of one year.
  • the control-device can then attribute an identification code to the information-processing device, which preferably at its first attribution is stored on a memory of this information-processing device.
  • the operating program can, before digital information can be read, as a first step control if firstly such an identification code already has been stored and prevent that in the affirmative case digital information with a registration and/or domain code is used without a control -device with the desired term of validity and/or domain access being connected to the information-processing device.
  • the necessary operating program can be supplied by means of a diskette or a CD-ROM or via electronic transfer and can for example at the first start-up of the control-device once-only be stored on the memory of the information-processing device, or can already be stored on the memory or on the harddisk of the device by its manufacturer.
  • control-device which is suitable to be used for the application of the above described method, which control-device is thus characterised that it can be connected to a gate respectively presented to an IC-card reader of a digital information-processing device and has control -information with which, and on condition of having the correct operating program, a to the invention normalised registration and/or domain code can be compared, in which information preferably time- information regarding a limited term of validity and/or domain information regarding a limited domain access is included.
  • figure 1 represents a block diagram which illustrates a first part of the method according to the invention
  • figure 2 represents a block diagram which illustrates the remainder of the method according to the invention.
  • the invention in principal constitutes, on the one hand of a control-device with limited term of validity, which control -device is to be either connected to a gate or presented to an IC-card reader of the multimedia device which attributes an identification code to this multimedia device or completes and/or confirms the already present identification code, and, on the other hand, of the storing of an operating program on the memory of the information-processing device which is capable to compare a to the invention normalised registration and/or domain code which contains a time and/or domain information with the term of validity and/or access conditions
  • the suppliers of digital information will in the given example add the registration code which contains a time information and the domain code which contains the access conditions to this information in accordance with an agreed upon norm with which it obviously conforms.
  • digital information can either be stored on a memory of the information-processing device on a digital information carrier or made available by means of electronic transfer or by an on-line connection to a network.
  • the time information as part of the digital information can contain a date with a reference to a day, month and year, but can also contain solely an indication of a year.
  • the domain information can be a standardised domain code.
  • the control -device which contains the necessary control -information, can be purchased or uploaded in the commerce and/or from the authorities and the due rights and possibly excises are included in the price. It can contain an identification code in which this control -information is stored, which obviously contains also the above-mentioned identification code, a time-code which gives information with relation to the concerned term of validity and thus defines this term of validity, a domain code which gives information with relation to the access conditions and thus defines the domain or signal accessibility, and possibly a to the user personalised identification label which can store the user-data which are to be entered by him.
  • control -device can start at the initialising of it and is in the given example one year and is shown as a year number.
  • a control -device with identification code is, in the case of it being developed as a hardware-key, connected to a gate of the multimedia device, or, in the case of it being developed as an electronic chip-card, presented in the appropriate way to an IC-card reader.
  • step 3 a diskette or CD-ROM or similar digital information carrier with the necessary operating program is inserted which in step 4 is stored onto the memory or on the harddisk of the multimedia device.
  • This diskette or CD-ROM or similar digital information carrier can be supplied freely with the control -device .
  • the operating program could also have been stored prior or at the purchase of the multimedia device, could be stored via electronic transfer, or could be part of each digital information-processing program which is downloaded from an information carrier or an information communicator onto the multimedia device and of which the licensor decided to norm the license number or registration number to the here described method.
  • step 5 As soon as this operating program is stored it is controlled in step 5 if the multimedia device is already equipped with an identification code.
  • control -device will automatically replace the existing identification code with a new one.
  • control -device will automatically complete the existing identification code with its own identification code.
  • step 6 After step 6 or at a new start-up of the multimedia device it will be controlled by the operating program in step 7 if the digital information which one wants to use and which was already stored earlier on the harddisk or the memory of the multimedia device or which in the shape of a CD-ROM or a diskette or similar was just inserted in the compatible reader or the compatible memory of the multimedia
  • device or made accessible by electronic transfer or connection to a network is or is not equipped with a registration and/or domain code with time and/or domain information.
  • step 8 If the digital information has no registration and/or domain code with time and/or domain information, as shown in step 8, then this means that the licensor is of the opinion to have enough copyright protection and does not want further control, due to which the digital information can thus be used freely like is shown by step 16.
  • step 10 control if an identification code is available. In fact it is not only controlled if there is an identification code, but also if the control -device is connected to a gate or has been presented to the IC-card reader.
  • control -device If the control -device is not connected, respectively has not been presented, then the digital information cannot be used as shown in step 11.
  • this secret code has also to be entered, because otherwise the procedure cannot be continued and the digital information does not become available.
  • step 12 of figure 2 If the control -device is connected and the possible secret code is entered correctly, which is shown by step 12 of figure 2, then the operating program will compare in step 13 the time- information of the registration code with the term of validity of the control -device and the personalised time table and the domain code with the access conditions.
  • the time information of the registration code and the time code which defines the term of validity of the control -device is a year number or year-code, and is this year-code of the registration code younger than the year-code of the control-device, which means that the to be used digital information is younger than the control-device and consequently no license has been given for the use of this information
  • the domain information of the registration code does not match with the domain code of the digital information, which means that no license has been given on the use of or the access to these domains
  • the use of or access to the digital information will not be granted, as is indicated in step 14, and firstly a new control-device has to be purchased and connected, respectively presented, to the multimedia device or an old control -device has to be revalorised.
  • step 15 which means that the to be used digital information is older or is as old as the control -device, thus confirming that a license has been given for the use of or access to this infor-mation, or does the domain information of the registration code and the domain code of the control device conform with the domain code of the digital information, then this digital information can be used or is accessible as shown by step 16.
  • Digital information of which the registration and/or domain code has a time information for the year 1997 or earlier can be used if the control -device has a validity for the year 1997.
  • the invention is applicable on all digital information-processing devices which preferably have a memory whereon an identification code can be stored, possibly already at the manufacture or at its connection to a network, such as the Internet or a cable television network.
  • the digital information can, in stead of being introduced by an information carrier to the information-processing device, also be transferred by electronic means via cable or wireless .
  • the digital information does not have to be necessarily a data-processing program. It can be any kind of digital information.
  • a CD-player is for instance such an information-processing device in which case the digital information is common audio-information, or a DVD-player in which case the digital information is video-information, or a television reception device in which case the digital information is a television signal, or a multimedia device in which case the digital information is among others originating from the Internet or a similar network such as a cable television network.
  • the operating-program can in stead of being uploaded on the memory of an information-processing device by an information carrier, also be inserted via electronic transfer.
  • the operating-program can, in stead of being stored or uploaded on the memory, also be a part of the control-device itself. With each use of this program it can be stored temporary on the memory of the information-processing device.
  • the invention is not only applicable for the regularisation of the use of or access to digital information, but can also be used for the management of and possibly the reporting on this use or access, either on-line or off-line.

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L'invention concerne un procédé d'exploitation utile pour un dispositif de traitement d'informations numériques, plus précisément pour assurer que l'utilisation d'informations numériques qui sont introduites au moyen d'un support d'informations, mises à disposition ou stockées dans le dispositif de traitement d'informations par un appareil de communication sans fil à liaison par câble, ne soit possible que lorsque les conditions respectives de licence éventuellement périodiques sont remplies. Le procédé est caractérisé par le fait qu'un dispositif de commande comportant des informations de commande est connecté à une porte, ou présenté à un lecteur de carte à circuit intégré du dispositif de traitement d'informations, et ceci, avant que les informations numériques puissent être utilisées par le dispositif de traitement d'informations ou que celui-ci ait pu y accéder. Le dispositif de commande est commandé au moyen d'un programme d'exploitation si au moins une partie du code d'enregistrement et/ou du code de domaine des informations à utiliser est conforme à au moins une partie des informations de commande du dispositif de commande, l'utilisation ou l'accès à des informations numériques équipées d'un code d'enregistrement et/ou d'un code de domaine n'étant autorisé que s'il y a conformité.
PCT/BE1998/000142 1997-10-09 1998-09-29 Procede et dispositif de commande utiles pour l'exploitation d'un dispositif de traitement d'informations numeriques WO1999019784A1 (fr)

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CA002305257A CA2305257A1 (fr) 1997-10-09 1998-09-29 Procede et dispositif de commande utiles pour l'exploitation d'un dispositif de traitement d'informations numeriques
AU93327/98A AU743864B2 (en) 1997-10-09 1998-09-29 Method and control-device for the operation of a digital information-processing device
EP98946169A EP1021754A1 (fr) 1997-10-09 1998-09-29 Procede et dispositif de commande utiles pour l'exploitation d'un dispositif de traitement d'informations numeriques
JP2000516270A JP2001520414A (ja) 1997-10-09 1998-09-29 デジタル情報処理装置の動作のための方法および制御装置

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BE9700809A BE1011489A6 (nl) 1997-10-09 1997-10-09 Werkwijze en controle-inrichting voor het besturen van een digitaal informatieverwerkingstoestel.
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