Patent ID: 7110543
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A content management system in which a set of usage rules of content under management of a content management terminal are converted and temporarily moved to an intermediate system, and then moved to and converted by the same content management terminal or another content management terminal, wherein the set of usage rules of the content comprises at least one usage rule, and the at least one usage rule is either relevant or irrelevant to an intermediate system, the content management system comprising: the content management terminal; and a usage rule holding region operable to temporarily hold any of usage rules which are not relevant to the intermediate system, wherein the content management terminal includes: the content management terminal, to which the relevant usage rules of the content are moved from the intermediate system, is operable to acquire the set of usage rules of the content based on at least one of any usage rule of the content moved from the intermediate system and any usage rule of the content held in the usage rule holding region.