Patent ID: 8627338

Claim:
A rights object providing method, comprising: generating, if multiple rights objects (ROs) corresponding to a plurality of individual contents are requested, a common rights object acquisition request containing a plurality of content identifiers (CIDs) assigned to said individual contents; sending the common rights object acquisition request from a mobile terminal to a rights issuer; and transmitting a common rights object acquisition response containing a plurality of rights object identifiers (roIDs) assigned to the plurality of individual contents from the rights issuer to the mobile terminal, wherein the multiple rights objects are requested and acquired as a composite via a common rights issuer address from which acquirable ROs exist, wherein the common rights issuer address comprises BatchRIURL addresses for each of the multiple ROs included in the content of one of the multiple ROs, and wherein a digital rights management content format (DCF) structure is modified to utilize an additional field dedicated to indicate the address for acquiring multiple ROs in a composite manner.