Patent Application
20140075209
The present invention relates to a content service technology, and more particularly to an apparatus and a method for using contents, a mobile terminal and a recording medium, which can provide streaming service while preventing unauthorized use, illegal copying and illegal falsification of the contents.
The conventional content providing sites have encrypted contents by using a Digital Right Management (DRM) technology and provided the encrypted contents to users, in order to prevent unauthorized use, illegal copying and illegal falsification of the contents. That is, the encryption of the contents to prevent the unauthorized use, the illegal copying and the falsification of the content has been achieved by a content provider.
As described above, since the conventional content providing site provides a user with contents stored and managed in an encrypted state, there is a problem in that the content providing site only provides a download service which allows a user to download the encrypted contents and does not provide a streaming service which allows a user to reproduce a music in real time without a download. That is, there has been a problem in that the content providing site could provide the contents only in a downloading manner, but not in a streaming manner.
If the conventional content providing site provides a streaming service of the contents without the encryption of the contents, the conventional content providing site is problematic in that it cannot prevent the unauthorized use, illegal copying and falsification of the contents.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional art, and an aspect of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of providing a streaming service while preventing authorized use and illegal copying and falsification of the content.
In accordance to an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for using contents is provided. The apparatus includes: a streaming unit for transmitting streaming request information for the contents to a content providing server, and for reproducing the contents in real time while receiving packet data for the contents; and an encrypted content creating and storing unit for encrypting all the packet data by using an encryption key created based on inherent information, so as to create and store the encrypted contents in a memory, when all the packet data for the contents are received.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a method of using contents provided by a content using apparatus is provided. The method includes: transmitting streaming request information for the contents to a content providing server; reproducing the contents in real time while receiving packet data of the contents from the content providing server; encrypting all the packet data by using an encryption key created based on inherent information, so as to create the encrypted contents, when all the packet data of the contents are received after or before a completion of the real-time playback; and storing the encrypted contents in a memory.
In accordance with still another aspect of the present invention, a computer readable media for storing a program executing a content using method is provided. The storage media comprising: the program which implements a function of transmitting streaming request information for contents to a content providing server through a communication module of a mobile terminal, and reproducing the contents in real time by using packet data for the contents which are received through the communication module; a function of encrypting all the packet data by using an encryption key created based on inherent information, when all the packet data of the contents are received; and a function of storing the encrypted contents in a memory of the mobile terminal.
In accordance with still another aspect of the present invention, a mobile terminal for using contents is provided. The mobile terminal includes: a communication module for performing communication with a content providing server and an application store server; and a processor for executing an application downloaded through the application store server and installed in the mobile terminal, wherein the application transmits streaming request information for the contents to the content providing server through the communication module, reproduces contents by using packet data for received contents, encrypts all the packet data by using an encryption key created based on inherent information so as to create the encrypted contents when all the packet data for the contents are received, and stores the encrypted contents in a memory.
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content using device, a mobile terminal and an application which are capable of receiving contents from a content providing server while reproducing (streaming) the received content in real time, and then encrypting and storing the real-time reproduced contents automatically.
Accordingly, the content providing site can provide the streaming service while preventing unauthorized use and illegal copying and falsification of the contents.
According to the present invention, further, it is possible to provide the content using device, the mobile terminal and the application which are capable of reproducing the corresponding content offline, which is automatically encrypted and stored according to a real time reproduction, although a user does not access a network.
According to the present invention, furthermore, it is possible to provide the content using device, the mobile terminal and the application which are capable of providing the method of using various contents through the execution of a real time reproducing function, an automatic reproducing function, an offline reproducing function and a downloading function for the contents in association with right-to-use information.
According to the present invention, moreover, it is possible to provide the content using device, the mobile terminal and the application which are capable of preventing a user from arbitrarily and illegally extending a use term by changing system time information after the use term of the corresponding right-to-use is expired.
Hereinafter, the exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. With an addition of reference numerals to structural elements in the drawings, it is noted that an identical reference numeral possibly indicates an identical structural element although the structural element is shown in other drawings. Further, in the description of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of related known functions or structures causes confusion in the subject matter of the present invention, the description will be omitted.
In the description of the structural elements of the present invention, terms “first”, “second”, “A”, “B”, “(a)”, “(b)” and the like may be used. The terms are merely used to distinguish one structural element from another structural element, and do not limit a true nature, a sequence or an order of the corresponding structural element. In the case that it is described that a certain structural element “is connected to”, “is coupled to”, or “is in contact with” another structural element, it should be interpreted that another structural element may “be connected to”, “be coupled to”, or “be in contact with” the structural elements as well as that the certain structural element is directly connected to or is in direct contact with another structural element.
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In the description, the term “contents” may refer to multimedia data such as a sound source, a video, a photograph, and the like.
In the description, a phrase “using content” means all operations of the content using device 100 that receives and executes the contents, such as a real-time reproducing (streaming) of content, or a downloading of content.
The above-mentioned content providing server 110 may have an identical structure to that of a web server, a web application server, and the like in view of hardware. However, in view of software, the content providing server 110 may include a program module which is implemented by a programming language such as C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Visual C and the like and performs various functions.
The above-mentioned content providing server 110 generally means a computer system and computer software (a server program) installed in the computer system, which are connected to a plurality of unspecified clients and/or other servers through an open-type computer network such as the Internet, accept a request of a client or another web server to perform an operation, and deduce and provide a result in response to the request. However, it should be understood in a wide concept that the content providing server 110 includes a series of application programs operating on the web server or the web application server and various databases constructed therein according to circumstance, as well as the above-mentioned server program.
Further, the above-mentioned content providing server 110 may be implemented by using various server programs provided to hardware for a general server according to an operating system such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, OS X, and the like. A representative server includes a Website and an Internet Information Server (IIS) used in the Windows environment, and CERN, NCSA, APACHE, and the like used in the UNIX environment.
Furthermore, the above-mentioned content providing server 110 classifies information on subscribers and lots of information or data related to the contents, and stores and manages the information and data in the database which is implemented in or outside of the server 110.
The content using device 100 may be a personal computer such as a desktop computer and a laptop computer, a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a mobile communication terminal, a set-top box for IPTV, and the like. In addition, the content using device 100 may be any device which is connected to the network 120 so as to communicate with the content providing server 110 in a relation of a server-client.
The network 120 is a communication medium connecting the content providing server 110 to the content using device 100, and may be a mobile communication network or the Internet. The content using device 100 may access the network 120 through a communication module such as a wired or wireless LAN, or a mobile communication module.
The above-mentioned content using device 100 will be described in detail with reference to
The content using device 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a streaming unit 210 for transmitting a request to perform a streaming of content to the content providing server 110 and reproducing the content in real time while receiving packet data for the corresponding content, an encrypted content creating and storing unit 220 for encrypting all packet data for the contents using an encryption key created based on inherent information and storing the encrypted contents in a memory 230, when all packet data of the contents are received before or after completing the real-time reproduction of the contents.
As described above, the content using device 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention can provide a function of automatically storing the received content for the real-time reproduction in the memory 230 during or after streaming in which the content is reproduced in real-time while being received.
As described above, further, the content using device 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention cannot store the received contents themselves but can encrypt and store the received contents when the received contents for the real-time reproduction are automatically stored in the memory 230, after or during the streaming.
The reason for encrypting and storing the contents as described above is to allow only a specific device (the content using device 100 capable of encrypting the contents), a specific user, or a specific application to reproduce the contents so as to prevent illegal copying and distribution of the contents.
The above-mentioned encrypted content creating and storing unit 220 creates an encryption key in which inherent information including at least one of log-on information, user identification information, device identification information and application identification information is expressed in a certain bit string, or receives an encryption key created in the content providing server 210, and stores the encryption key along with a decryption key corresponding to the encryption key in the memory 230.
The above-mentioned encrypted content creating and storing unit 220 may receive and store the decryption key from the content providing server 210, and may create and store the decryption key based on the encryption key.
Here, as an encryption system using the encryption key and the decryption key, a private key encryption system which performs encryption and decryption using an identical key (encryption key and decryption key) in a symmetric encryption manner, or a public key encryption system which carries out the encryption using a public key as the encryption key and the decryption using a secret key as the decryption key in an asymmetric encryption manner, may be used.
In addition, the content using device 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention further includes an offline playback unit 240 for reproducing the encrypted content stored in the memory 230 offline, as shown in
The above-mentioned offline playback unit 240 has to decrypt the encrypted content stored in the memory 230 in order to reproduce the encrypted content stored in the memory 230 offline.
Accordingly, the offline playback unit 240 identifies whether the decryption key is stored in the memory 230, when a user makes a request to offline reproduce the encrypted content stored in the memory 230. Then, the offline playback unit 240 decrypts and reproduces the encrypted content by using the decryption key in only the case that the decryption key is stored. That is, the encrypted content stored in the memory 230 is content for which use by another user or another device is restricted due to the encryption thereof.
On the other hand, in order that the content using device 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention reproduces contents in real time through communication with the content providing server 110, encrypts and stores the contents, and reproduces the encrypted contents offline, a user may buy a corresponding right-to-use from a content providing service site (a service site launched on the content providing server 110).
Accordingly, the content using device 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention may further include a right-to-use managing unit 250 which stores and manages right-to-use information (information on a right-to-use for only a mobile terminal) on which use authority information including at least one of information on a kind of available services, information on the number of available contents, and information on terms of use is defined.
When a user inputs streaming request information on the contents, the above-mentioned streaming unit 210 determines whether a user has a streaming right to reproduce the contents in real time, based on the right-of-use information stored in the memory 230 through the function of the right-to-use management unit 250 for storing and managing the right-to-use information, and then it transmits input streaming request information to the content providing server 110.
For example, in the case that the user does not buy the exclusive right-to-use for a corresponding mobile device, since the content using device 100 has no the right-to-use information defining a use authority including at least one of the information one the kind of available services, the information on the number of available contents, and the information on the terms of use in the memory 230, the streaming unit 210 may indicate a notice that “there is no a right-to-use ticket for a playback of the corresponding content in real time” or that “a right-to-use not to perform a playback of the corresponding content in real time is used.”
In the case that the user buys the exclusive right-to-use for the corresponding mobile device, alternatively, since the right-to-use information which defines the use authority including at least one of the information on the kind of the available services, the information on the number of the available contents, and the information on the terms of use is stored in the memory 230 of the content using device 100, the streaming unit 210 identifies the use authority information defined on the right-to-use stored in the memory 230 thereof when the user inputs information on a streaming request for contents, and transmits the information on the streaming request to the content providing server 110. At this time, the content providing server 110 identifies the use authority information defined on the stored right-to-use (identical to the right-to-use information stored in the memory 230 of the content using device 100) and transmits packet data of the corresponding contents, when it receives the streaming request information.
The above-mentioned offline playback unit 240 determines a presence or an absence of the right to reproduce offline the encrypted content stored in the memory 230, based on the use authority information defined on the right-to-use information, and then implements a function of reproducing the encrypted contents offline. That is, use of the encrypted content stored in the memory 230 may be restricted by the use authority information defined in the related right-to-use information. That is, the encrypted content stored in the memory 230 may be different from general contents stored in a general PC and the like and used without a limitation of terms.
Particularly, the above-mentioned offline playback unit 240 compares reference time information with expiration time information, which is identified through the information on the terms of use included in the use authority information defined in the right-to-use information. As a result of comparison, if the expiration time is later than the reference time, it is determined that it is possible to reproduce the encrypted contents stored in the memory 230. To the contrary, if the expiration time is earlier than the reference time, it is determined that it is impossible to reproduce the encrypted contents stored in the memory 230.
With relation to the above-mentioned reference time information, the offline playback unit 240 automatically logs in to the content providing server 510 if a communication function of the content using device 100 is enabled, and obtains a later time of a most recent access time of the content using device 100 which is received from the content providing server 110 and a time on a system of the content using device 100, as the reference time.
Accordingly, a certain user who has an expired right-to-use can be prevented from illegally extending the terms of use by changing information on a system time of the content using device 100.
When the content using device 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention carries out the content using function such as the real-time playback function (streaming function) through the streaming unit 210, the automatic storing function through the encrypted content creating and storing unit 220, the offline playback function through the offline playback unit 240, and the downloading function (content storing function without the real-time playback function), it selects basic information on specific content among plural pieces of basic information on the contents which are classified to correspond to each of plural pieces of channel information and executes a function of using the content corresponding to the selected basic information.
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Accordingly, the streaming unit 210 transmits streaming request information to the content providing server 110 when the user inputs “playback requesting information” on the content which corresponds to the basic information on the specific content classified to correspond to the specific channel information selected from lots of channel information.
Here, the specific content basic information includes basic information on the specific content except for data for the playback of the specific content. For example, in the case that the specific content is a sound source, specific content basic information includes a title of a musical composition, an artist, an album, an image of the sound source, and the like. In the case that the specific content is a video, basic information on the specific content includes a title of the video, actors/actresses, an image of a poster, and the like.
Further, lots of the basic content information which the above-mentioned channel management unit 260 receives from the content providing server 510 and previously stores in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500 are classified and displayed according to each of many pieces of channel information. Then, when “information on a request for putting-in contents” corresponding to basic information on certain content which is classified as certain channel information selected from lots of channel information is input, the playlist management unit 270 shown in
Therefore, the streaming unit 210 transmits “streaming request information (identical to the streaming request information)” on the content to the content providing server 110 when “playback request information (identical to streaming request information)” on the content corresponding to the basic information on the certain content registered to the playlist is input.
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The above-mentioned real-time playback (streaming) function, automatic storing function, offline playback function and the like will be described in detail with reference to
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The encrypted content creating and storing unit 220 stores the encrypted content 320 in the memory 230, and then deletes all packet data 310 stored in the temporary buffer 300 when the streaming is completed.
When a user inputs offline playback request information for the encrypted contents 320 stored in the memory 230, the offline playback unit 240 decrypts the corresponding encrypted contents 320 by using the decryption key 312 and reproduces offline the contents 310 before the encryption.
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The above-mentioned method of using the contents according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the contents using method of using the real-time playback function, the automatic storing function, the offline playback function, the downloading function (storing function without the real-time playback), and the like which the content using device 100 executes.
Hereinafter, a case that the content using device 100 is a mobile terminal and an application installed in the mobile terminal executes the content using method through the real-time playback function, the automatic storing function, the offline playback function and the downloading function (storing function without the real-time playback function) which the content using device 100 performs will be described as another example of the present invention.
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The above-mentioned content providing server 510 and the application store server 520 may have an identical structure to that of a web server, a web application server, or the like in view of hardware. However, in view of software, the content providing server 110 may include a program module which is implemented by a programming language such as C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Visual C and the like, and carries out various functions.
The above-mentioned content providing server 510 and the application store server 520 generally mean a computer system and computer software (a server program) installed in the computer system, which are connected to a plurality of unspecified clients and/or other servers through an open-type computer network such as the Internet, accept a request of a client or another web server to perform an operation, and deduce and provide a result in response to the request. However, it should be understood in a wide concept that the content providing server 110 and the application store server 520 include a series of application programs operating on the web server or the web application server, as well as the above-mentioned server program, and various databases constructed therein according to circumstance.
The above-mentioned content providing server 510 and the application store server 520 may be implemented by using general hardware for a server and various server programs provided according to an operating system such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, OS X and the like.
Furthermore, the above-mentioned content providing server 510 and the application store server 520 classifies information on subscribers, and lots of information or data related to the contents, and stores and manages the information and data in the database which is implemented in or outside of the server 110.
The above-mentioned network 530 is a communication media which connects the content providing server 510, the application store server 520, and the mobile terminal 500 with one another, and may include a mobile network, the internet or the like.
The above-mentioned mobile terminal 500 can access the network 530 through a communication module, a mobile communication module, or the like such as a wired or wireless LAN, and may be a smart phone, a tablet PC, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, and the like as an example.
Further, the above-mentioned mobile terminal 500 may have an operating system only for a mobile terminal, such as Android of Google, iOS of Apple, and Windows Mobile of Microsoft, mounted thereon, and the above-mentioned content providing server 510 and the application store server 520 may be compatible with the operating system only for the mobile terminal in order to communicate with the mobile terminal 500 on which the operating system only for the mobile terminal is mounted as described above.
Hereinafter, the above-mentioned mobile terminal will be described in detail with reference to
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The above-mentioned application 600 carries out a “streaming function” of reproducing the content in real-time by using the packet data for the contents which are received through the communication module 620 of the mobile terminal 500 in response to a request for streaming the content which is input by a user and is transmitted to the content providing server 510 through the communication module 620 of the mobile terminal 500, and an automatic storing function of encrypting all packet data for the contents by using an encryption key created based on inherent information so as to create the encrypted contents, when all packet data for the contents are received before or after a completion of the real-time playback, and storing the encrypted contents in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal.
The application 600 is a program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention, and may be recorded in a computer readable medium.
The application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can store the packet data for the content received from the content providing server 510 in a temporary buffer allocated to the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500, and can implement the function of encrypting all packet data stored in the temporary buffer by using the encryption key which is created and previously set by the application 600 or received from the content providing server 510, so as to create the encrypted contents.
Further, the application 600 implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention carries out a function of creating or receiving the encryption key, in which the inherent information including at least one of logging-on information, user identification information, mobile terminal identification information and application identification information is expressed in a certain bit string, from the content providing server 510, and a function of storing and managing the encryption key and a decryption key corresponding to the encryption key in the memory 630.
The above-mentioned application 600 may receive and store the decryption key from the content providing server 510, and create and store the decryption key based on the encryption key.
Furthermore, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can implement a function of registering the created and encrypted contents to the offline playlist while storing the contents in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500, and a function of identifying whether the decryption key is stored in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500 when a user inputs information on a request for an offline playback of the encrypted contents registered to the offline playlist, and decrypting the encrypted contents by using the decryption key only in the case that the decryption key is stored therein, so as to reproduce the contents. According to the above description, the encrypted contents stored in the memory 630 are the contents of which use by another device, user or application is restricted due to the encryption thereof.
On the other hand, in order for a user to reproduce the contents in real time through communication with the content providing server 510, encrypt and store the contents, and reproduce the encrypted contents offline by using the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the user may buy a right-to-use in order to reproduce the corresponding contents at a content providing service site (a service site launched on the content providing server 510).
Accordingly, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention may implement a function of storing and managing information on the right-to-use information (right-to-use information only for the mobile terminal) in which use authority information including at least one of information on an available service type, information on the number of available contents, and information on the terms of use is defined, in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500.
The application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can implement a function of determining whether a user has a streaming right to reproduce the contents in real time, based on the use authority information defined in the right-to-use stored in the memory 630 through the function of storing and managing the above-mentioned use ticket when a user inputs streaming request information for the contents, and then transmitting input streaming request information to the content providing server 510.
For example, in the case that the user does not buy the right-to-use only for the mobile terminal, since the right-to-use information defining the use authority information including at least one of the information on the available service type, the information on the number of available contents, and the information on the terms of use is not stored in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention may indicate a notice that “there is no right-to-use for a playback of the corresponding content in real time” or that “a right-to-use not to perform a playback of the corresponding content in real time is used” when the user inputs the streaming request information for the contents.
In the case that the user buys the exclusive right-to-use for the corresponding mobile device, alternatively, since the right-to-use information which defines the use authority information including at least one of the information on the available service type, the information on the number of the available contents, and the information on the terms of use, is stored in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal, the application which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention identifies the use authority information defined on the right-to-use information stored in the memory 630 when the user inputs streaming request information for contents, and transmits the streaming request information to the content providing server 510. At this time, the content providing server 510 identifies the use authority information defined on the stored right-to-use information (identical to the right-to-use information stored in the memory 630 of the content using device 500) and transmits packet data of the corresponding contents, when it receives the streaming request information.
The application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can implement a function of determining whether a content playback device has an authority to reproduce offline the encrypted contents stored in the memory 630, based on the use authority defined on the right-to-use information, and reproducing the encrypted contents. That is, use of the encrypted content stored in the memory 630 may be restricted by the use authority information defined on the related right-to-use information. In other words, the encrypted content stored in the memory 630 may be different from general contents stored in a general PC and the like and used without a limitation of terms.
Particularly, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention compares reference time information with expiration time information which is identified using the information on the terms of use which is included in the use authority information defined on the right-to-use information. As a result of a comparison, if the expiration time is later than the reference time, it is determined that it is possible to reproduce the encrypted contents stored in the memory 630. To the contrary, if the expiration time is earlier than the reference time, it is determined that it is impossible to reproduce the encrypted contents stored in the memory 630.
With the above-mentioned reference time information, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention automatically accesses (logs in to) the content providing server 510 when a communication function of the mobile terminal 500 is enabled, so as to carry out a function of obtaining a time which is later between most recent server accessing time of the mobile terminal 500 received from the content providing server 510, and a system time of the mobile terminal 500, as the reference time information.
Accordingly, a certain user who has the right-to-use of which the term of use has expired can be prevented from extending the terms of use by changing information on the system time of the mobile terminal 500 without permission.
The application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can carry out the content using method by using the real-time playback function (streaming function), the automatic storing function, the downloading function (content storing function without a real-time playback) and the offline playback function, in which at least one kind of basic information on the specific contents is selected from lots of basic information on the contents which are classified according to each of lots of channel information, and the method (the real-time reproducing method, the automatic storing method while the real-time reproduction, the offline playback method, the downloading method) of using the contents corresponding to the selected basic information on the specific contents can be carried out.
With relation to the implementation of the content using method, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention classifies and displays the basic information on the contents, which are received from the content providing server 510 and previously stored in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500, according to each of plural channels, and transmits streaming request information through the communication module 620 of the mobile terminal 500 to the content providing server 510 when the user inputs “playback request information” for the contents corresponding to the basic information on the specific contents which is classified as specific channel information.
Here, the basic information on the specific contents includes basic information on the specific contents except for data for the playback of the specific content. For example, in the case that the specific content is a sound source, the basic information on the specific content includes a title of a musical composition, an artist, an album, an image of the sound source, and the like. In the case that the specific content is a video, the basic information on the specific content includes a title of the video, actors/actresses, an image of a poster, and the like.
Further, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can implement a function of classifying and displaying the basic information on the contents which is received from the content providing server 510 and previously stored in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500, according to each of lots of channel information, and registering and managing the basic information on the specific contents to a playlist selected from a newly created playlist and the previously created playlists when “putting-in contents request information”, which corresponds to the basic information on the specific contents classified as the specific channel information, is input, and a function of transmitting “streaming request information” for the contents to the content providing server 510 through the communication module 620 of the mobile terminal 500 when “playback request information (identical to streaming request information)” for the contents corresponding to the basic information on the specific contents which is registered to the playlist is input.
Further, the application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can implement a function of classifying and displaying the basic information on the contents which is received from the content providing server 510 and previously stored in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500, according to each of lots of channel information, and registering and managing the basic information on the specific contents to a playlist selected from a newly created playlist and the previously created playlists when “information on a request for putting-in the specific contents” which corresponds to the basic information on the specific contents classified as the specific channel information is input, and a function of transmitting “downloading request information” for the specific contents to the content providing server 510 through the communication module 620 of the mobile terminal 500 when “offline playlist creating request information (identical to the downloading request information)” for the specific contents corresponding to the basic information on the specific contents which is registered to the playlist is input, encrypting all packet data of the specific contents by using the encryption key so as to create the encrypted contents when all data of the specific contents are received, registering the encrypted contents to the “offline playlist”, and storing the encrypted contents in the memory 630 of the mobile terminal 500.
The application 600 which is the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention can carry out the above-mentioned functions by storing it in a computer readable recording medium, and executing it by means of a computer.
As described above, in order for the computer to read the program recorded in the recording medium and to execute the functions implemented in the form of the program, the above-mentioned program may include codes encoded in a computer language such as C, C++, Java, machine language, and the like, which a processor of the computer can read through an interface of the computer.
The codes may include functional codes related to a function defining the above-mentioned functions, and a control code related to an execution procedure necessary for the execution of the above-mentioned functions by means of the processor of the computer according to a desired procedure.
Further, such codes may further include a code related to a memory reference with respect to a location (an address) of an internal memory or an external memory of the computer to which the processor of the computer is referred for additional information or media in order to carry out the above-mentioned functions.
Furthermore, in the case that the processor of the computer needs to communicate with another computer or the content providing server which is located at a remote place, in order to perform the above-mentioned functions, the code may further include a code related to communication with respect to how the processor of the computer communicates with another computer or the content providing server which is located at a remote place, by using the communication module of the computer, and which information or media the computer transmits and receives during communication.
As described above, the computer readable medium in which the application 600 is recorded as the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disc, an optical media storage unit and the like as an example, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave, i.e. a transmission via the Internet.
Particularly, the computer readable medium in which the application 600 is stored as the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention may be a storage unit, i.e. a hard disc, included in the application store server 520, or the application store server 530 itself.
The computer readable recording media may be dispersed to computer systems connected to one another through a network, and store and execute a computer readable code in a dispersion manner. In this case, one or more computers of the plural dispersed computers carry out some functions described above, and transmit the results to one or more other dispersed computers. The computers which receive the results also may carry out some functions described above, and provide the results to the other dispersed computers.
The functional program, the related code and code segments which implement the present invention may be easily deduced or modified by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs, considering system environment of the computer which reads the recording media and executes the program.
The computer which can read the recording media on which the application 600 is recorded as the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a mobile terminal 500 such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA, and a mobile communication terminal, as well as a general PC such as a desktop PC and a laptop computer. Furthermore, it should be interpreted that the computer might include all devices capable of computing.
In the case that the computer capable of reading the recording media on which the application 600 is recorded as the program implementing the content using method according to another embodiment of the present invention is a general PC, the general PC may download the application 600 from the application store server 520 and install the application 600 to the mobile terminal 500 through a synchronization program.
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As a result of a determination, when it is determined that the mobile terminal 500 stays in the online state, the application 600 automatically logs on to the content providing server 500 in step S704.
Then, the application 600 identifies a right-to-use information through communication with the content providing server 510 (question and answer for the right-to-use information) or through a search for information stored in the memory 630, and determines whether a user buys the right-to-use, and if so, which type of right-to-use the user buys, in step S706.
As a result of identifying of the right-to-use, if right-to-use information on a listening type right-to-use is stored in the content providing server 510 and/or the memory 630, the application 600 can perform a function of listening (real time reproducing) to music which is selected by a user.
As a result of identifying of the right-to-use, if right-to-use information on a listening type right-to-use is stored in the content providing server 510 and/or the memory 630, the application 600 can perform a function of listening (real time reproducing) to music which is selected by the user in step S708. At this time, when the listening function is performed, a function of automatically storing a sound source of the selected music is not performed.
As a result of identifying the right-to-use, if right-to-use information on a downloading type right-to-use is stored in the content providing server 510 and/or the memory 630, the application 600 can perform a function of downloading (storing) a sound source of a music which is selected by the user in step S710.
As the result of identifying the right-to-use, if right-to-use information on a rental type right-to-use is stored in the content providing server 510 and/or the memory 630, the application 600 can perform a function of listening to (real time reproducing) and downloading a sound source of music which is selected by the user in step S712. At this time, the downloading function may be the automatic storing function according to the real-time playback.
As the result of identifying the right-to-use, if no right-to-use information on any right-to-use is identified through the content providing server 510 and the memory 630, the application 600 does not perform the functions of listening to the entire music and downloading the sound source of the music which is selected by the user, but perform only a function of listening to the music for one minute, in step S714.
It is determined whether the mobile terminal 500 stays in the online state of accessing the content providing server 510, in step S702. As a result of a determination, if it is determined that the mobile terminal does not stay in the online state, the application 600 identifies the use authority information on the previously bought right-to-use in the memory 630, and the information on the terms of use included in the use authority information defined on the identified right-to-use information in step S716. As the result of identifying the information on the terms of use, if it is within a valid term, the application reproduces the sound source (encrypted sound source) registered in the offline playlist and stored in the memory 630 so as to perform the listening function in step S718.
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As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content using device, a mobile terminal and an application which are capable of receiving contents from a content providing server while reproducing the received content in real time, and then encrypting and storing the real-time reproduced contents automatically.
Accordingly, the content providing site can provide a streaming service while preventing unauthorized use and illegal copying and falsification of the contents.
According to the present invention, further, it is possible to provide the content using device, the mobile terminal and the application which are capable of reproducing offline the corresponding content automatically encrypted and stored during the real time playback although a user does not access a network.
According to the present invention, furthermore, it is possible to provide the content using device, the mobile terminal and the application which are capable of providing the method of using various contents through the execution of a real time reproducing function, an automatic reproducing function, an offline reproducing function and a downloading function for the contents, in association of the right-to-use information.
According to the present invention, moreover, it is possible to provide the content using device, the mobile terminal and the application which are capable of preventing a user from arbitrarily and illegally extending the terms of use by changing system time information after the terms of use of the corresponding right-of-use expires.
Although it has been described that all structural elements constituting the embodiment of the present invention are integrally combined or operate in an integral combination, the present invention should not be limited to the embodiment. That is, all structural elements may be selectively combined and operate within the scope of the present invention. Further, the structural elements may be individually implemented in independent hardware, but some or all structural elements may be selectively combined and implemented in a computer program having a program module of performing some functions or all functions combined in one or more pieces of hardware. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be deduced by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs. The computer program may be stored in the computer readable media, and read and executed by the computer, thereby implementing the embodiment of the present invention. The storage media for the computer program may include the magnetic storage media, the optical storage media, the carrier wave media and the like.
Further, the terms “includes”, “constitutes”, or “has” mentioned above mean that a corresponding structural element is included unless they have no reverse meaning. Accordingly, it should be interpreted that the terms may not exclude but further include other structural elements. Unless defined differently, all terms used herein, which include technical terminologies or scientific terminologies, have the same meaning as that generally understood by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs. It should be interpreted that generally used terminologies such as terms defined in dictionaries have the same meaning as that in context of the related technology. Furthermore, the terminologies should not be ideally or excessively interpreted in a formal meaning unless they are not clearly defined in the present invention.
While the technical spirit of the present invention has been exemplarily described, it will be understood by a person skilled in the art that the present invention may be changed and modified in various forms without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are merely to not limit but describe the technical spirit of the present invention. Further, the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments. The scope of the present invention should be interpreted by claims attached thereto, and it should be interpreted that all technical spirits within the scope equivalent to the claims pertain to the scope of the present invention.
This application claims the priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) to Korean Application Serial No. 10-2011-0042967, which was filled in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on May 6, 2011, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition, this application claims the priority in all designated nations as well as U.S.A, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 10-2011-0042967 | May 2011 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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| PCT/KR2012/003529 | 5/4/2012 | WO | 00 | 11/5/2013 |
