Patent ID: 7477742

Claim:
A contents utilization control apparatus, comprising: a hardware input unit which inputs contents from a contents provision right owner, the contents comprising: a first software module further comprising: the contents, and a first software control module to dynamically control the contents and to interact with a second software control module, and a second software module further comprising: a license prepared from contents utilization approval information, and the second software control module to dynamically control the license and interact with the first software control module, wherein the first software control module and the second software control module cooperate with each other to carry out a dynamic control relating to the utilization of the contents to contents users, a third software control module for authenticating the first software control module and the second software control module, and for carrying out the control relating to the utilization of the contents based on a mutual cooperation between the first software control module and the second software control module; and a hardware transmission unit which combines the contents with the first software control module, and transmits the combination to an external hardware unit, according to a control from the third software control module.