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Details

Inventors: Ezaki, Tadashi;
Assignee: Sony Corporation (JP)
Primary Examiner: Trammell; James P.
Assistant Examiner: Worjloh; Jalatee
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP

A content receiver is compatible with a plurality of rights management and protection methods (RMP) devised for each content distribution system. Only the format which specifies the specification of the RMP formed of information such as content billing, security, and copyright protection, is standardized. Each content provider inputs encrypted content and rights processing information to content in a form conforming to the standardized specification. For content users, by merely being provided with functions corresponding to each RMP method in advance, even if the content is based on any RMP method, the content can be decrypted and used in the same content receiver.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is to provide a superior content receiving apparatus and a superior content receiving method with which a specific user can suitably receive chargeable content, such as movies and music, distributed in an encrypted form.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a superior content receiving apparatus and a superior content receiving method which are capable of suitably receiving encrypted content distributed by a content producer/provider of movies and music via an intermediary such as a broadcaster or an Internet service provider.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a superior content receiving apparatus and a superior content receiving method which are capable of suitably receiving content distributed in a form in which billing for content use and security can be controlled by the content producer/provider itself.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a superior content receiving apparatus and a superior content receiving method which are compatible with a plurality of RMP (Rights Management & Protection) methods which are devised for each content distribution system.
The present invention is made in view of the above-described objects.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content receiving apparatus including a receiver operable to receive content distributed in accordance with a rights management and protection method; an identification unit operable to identify the rights management and protection method for the received content; and a rights processing unit operable to perform rights processing of the received content in accordance with the identified rights management and protection method.
A content producer/provider distributes content in a protected form such as encryption in accordance with a rights management and protection method called "RMP".
Generally, a different rights management and protection method is adopted by each content producer/provider

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