Patent ID: 8813257
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A download terminal which (i) acquires and stores a content from a content server, (ii) acquires, from a writing-out license server, a writing-out license including (a) a pack identifier of the content, the pack identifier of the content being given to a content group to which the content belongs and (b) viewing term information of the content as a use condition for writing out of the content to an exchangeable medium, and (iii) writes out the content to the exchangeable medium according to the writing-out license, the download terminal comprising: a non-transitory storage that stores the content; a time limit determination unit that determines, based on the viewing term information of the content, a viewing time limit of the content, the viewing time limit of the content having not been determined; a time limit notification unit which notifies the determination of the viewing time limit of the content to the writing-out license server when the time limit determination unit determines the viewing time limit of the content; and a pack time limit determination unit that sets the determined viewing time limit of the content as a viewing time limit of other content, from among stored contents, having a same pack identifier as the pack identifier of the content, wherein the time limit notification unit transmits a request for a viewing license including a determination request of the viewing time limit of the content to a viewing license server, without notifying of the determination of the viewing time limit of the content to the viewing license server by the time limit notification unit, the viewing license server transmitting a viewing license including viewing time constraint information for the content according to the request for the viewing license.