Claims:
1. A content consumption control method, characterized in: measuring a metered amount of a content; storing a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; determining whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said interrupt process; when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, stopping the measurement of the consumption time of the content, storing the consumption time of the content used so far, and interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; when said execution of said interrupt process is ended, detecting said stored the consumption time of content; and resuming the consumption of the content responding to said detected consumption time of content.
2. (canceled)
3. A content consumption control method, characterized in that: a distribution side distributes permission information, being information including a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content; and a reception side: makes a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said interrupt process; and interrupts the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process.
4. (canceled)
5. A content consumption control method, characterized in: storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
6. A content consumption control method, characterized in: storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, and data of the content for consumption; determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, deleting data of the content for consumption.
7. The content consumption control method according to one of claim 5 and claim 6, characterized in, when a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited: measuring the consumption time of the content; when the interrupt process is started, stopping a measurement of the consumption time of the content; and when said execution of said interrupt process is ended, resuming the measurement of the consumption time of the content.
8. A content consumption control method, characterized in that: a distribution side distributes permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; and a reception side: stores said received permission information; makes a reference to said stored permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; interrupts the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process; and when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, suppresses a start of its process.
9. A content consumption control method, characterized in that: a distribution side distributes permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; and a reception side: stores said received permission information; non-encrypts and stores an encrypted content responding to said permission information; makes a reference to said stored permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; interrupts the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process; and forcibly ends the consumption of the content to delete data of the non-encrypted content when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process.
10. (canceled)
11. A content consumption terminal, characterized in: including: control means for measuring a metered amount of a content; storage section for storing a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; process determination means for determining whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said interrupt process; and consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and that the control means causes said storage section to store an amount of the content used so far when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, detects the metered amount of the content stored by said storage section when said execution of said interrupt process is ended, and causes said consumption/execution means to resume the consumption of the content responding to the detected metered amount of the content.
12. The content consumption terminal according to claim 11, characterized in: including communication means for receiving the content; and that when a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited, the control means measures the consumption time of the content, stops a measurement of the consumption time of the content when the interrupt process is started, and resumes the measurement of the consumption time of the content when said execution of said interrupt process is ended.
13. A content consumption control system comprising a content consumption terminal for reproducing a content, and a permission information distribution server for distributing permission information, being information indicating a condition in which said content consumption terminal reproduces the content, to the content consumption terminal via a communication line, characterized in that: the permission information distribution server includes permission information distribution means for distributing permission information including a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to said content consumption terminal; and said content consumption terminal includes: process determination means for making a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said interrupt process; and consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended.
14. (canceled)
15. A content consumption terminal, characterized in including: communication means for receiving a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, from a distribution side; permission storage means for storing a list of said interrupt processes received by said communication means; process determination means for making a reference to a list of said interrupt processes stored by said permission storage means, thereby to determine whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said interrupt process; and consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended.
16. (canceled)
17. A permission information distribution server, characterized in including permission information distribution means for distributing permission information, being information including a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, to a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing the content, via a communication line.
18. The permission information distribution server according to claim 17, characterized in: including process list preparation means for, based upon a program installed into the content consumption terminal, preparing a list of the interrupt processes; and that the permission information distribution means distributes permission information including a list of said interrupt processes prepared by said process list preparation means to the content consumption terminal via the communication line.
19. A content consumption terminal, characterized in including: a storage section for storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content; process determination means for determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and unauthorized process start suppression means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
20. A content consumption terminal, characterized in including: a storage section for storing data of a non-encrypted content, a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; process determination means for determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and control means for non-encrypting an encrypted content, thereby to cause said storage section to store it, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, causing said consumption/execution means to forcibly end the consumption of the content, and deleting data of the non-encrypted content from said storage section.
21. The content consumption terminal according to one of claim 19 and claim 20, characterized in: including communication means for receiving the encrypted content; and that when a distribution side distributes said encrypted content with a consumption time of the content limited, the control means measures the consumption time of the content, stops a measurement of the consumption time of the content when the interrupt process is started, and resumes the measurement of the consumption time of the content when said execution of said interrupt process is ended.
22. A content consumption control system comprising: a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing a content; and a permission information distribution server including permission information distribution means for distributing permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to said content consumption terminal via a communication line, characterized in that said content consumption terminal includes: process determination means for making a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and unauthorized process start repression means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
23. A content consumption control system comprising: a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing a content; and a permission information distribution server including permission information distribution means for distributing permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to said content consumption terminal via a communication line, characterized in that said content consumption terminal includes: process determination means for making a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and control means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, causing said consumption/execution means to forcibly end the consumption of the content, and deleting data of the content for consumption.
24. (canceled)
25. A content consumption terminal, characterized in including: communication means for receiving a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, from a distribution side; permission storage means for storing a list of said unauthorized processes and a list of said interrupt processes received by said communication means; process determination means for making a reference to a list of said unauthorized processes and a list of said interrupt processes stored by said permission storage means, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and unauthorized process start repression means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
26. A content consumption terminal, characterized in including: communication means for receiving a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, from a distribution side; permission storage means for storing a list of said unauthorized processes and a list of said interrupt processes received by said communication means; a storage section for storing the content for consumption; process determination means for making a reference to a list of said unauthorized processes and a list of said interrupt processes stored by said permission storage means, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and control means for, when said process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, causing said consumption/execution means to forcibly end the consumption of the content, and deleting data of the content for consumption from said storage section.
27. (canceled)
28. A permission information distribution server, characterized in including permission information distribution means for distributing permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing the content, via a communication line.
29. (canceled)
30. A content consumption control program, characterized in causing a computer storing a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, to execute: a process determination process of determining whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said interrupt process; a control process of measuring consumption time of the content, and when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, causing a storage section to store the consumption time of the content used so far; a consumption/execution process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and a process, being a control process, of, when said execution of said interrupt process is ended, detecting the consumption time stored by said storage section, thereby to cause said consumption/execution process to resume the consumption of the content responding to the detected consumption time of the content.
31. (canceled)
32. A content consumption control program, characterized in causing a computer storing permission information, being information including a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, to execute: a process determination process of making a reference to said permission information, thereby to determine whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said interrupt process; and a consumption/execution process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended.
33. The content consumption control program according to claim 32 for, when a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited, causing the computer to execute a process of measuring the consumption time of the content, a process of, when the interrupt process is started, stopping a measurement of the consumption time of the content, and a process of, when said execution of said interrupt process is ended, resuming the measurement of the consumption time of the content, each of which is a control process.
34. A permission information distribution program, characterized in causing a computer storing a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, to execute a permission information distribution process of distributing permission information, being information including a list of said interrupt processes, to a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing the content.
35. (canceled)
36. A content consumption control program, characterized in causing a computer storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, to execute: a process determination process of determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; a consumption/execution process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and an unauthorized process start suppression process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
37. A content consumption control program, characterized in causing a computer storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to execute: a process determination process of determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; a consumption/execution process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and a process of non-encrypting an encrypted content, thereby to cause a storage section to store it, a process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, causing said consumption/execution process to forcibly end the consumption of the content, and a process of deleting data of a non-encrypted content from said storage section, each of which is a control process.
38. The content consumption control program according to one of claim 36 and claim 37 for, when a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited, causing the computer to execute a process of measuring the consumption time of the content, a process of, when the interrupt process is started, stopping a measurement of the consumption time of the content, and a process of, when an execution of said interrupt process is ended, resuming the measurement of the consumption time of the content, each of which is a control process.
39. A content consumption control program, characterized in causing a computer storing permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to execute: a process determination process of making a reference to said permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or is a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; a consumption/execution process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and an unauthorized process start suppression process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
40. A content consumption control program, characterized in causing a computer storing permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to execute: a process determination process of making a reference to said permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is said unauthorized process, said interrupt process, or a process other than said unauthorized process and said interrupt process; a consumption/execution process of, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of said interrupt process is ended; and a process, being a control process, of non-encrypting an encrypted content, thereby to cause a storage section to store it, when it is determined in said process determination process that the process that is going to be started is said unauthorized process, causing said consumption/execution process to forcibly end the consumption of the content, and deleting data of the non-encrypted content from said storage section.
41. The content consumption control program according to one of claim 39 and claim 40 for, when a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited, causing the computer to execute a process of measuring the consumption time of the content, a process of, when the interrupt process is started, stopping a measurement of the consumption time of the content, and a process of, when an execution of said interrupt process is ended, resuming the measurement of the consumption time of the content, each of which is a control process.
42. A permission information distribution program, characterized in causing a computer storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to execute a permission information distribution process of distributing permission information, being information including a list of said unauthorized processes and a list of said interrupt processes, to a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing the content.
43. (canceled)
44. A content consumption control method, characterized in: based upon a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, determining whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process having a higher priority; in a case of a start of said interrupt process having a higher priority, preserving an amount of the content used so far, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and at the time that said interrupt process is ended, detecting the preserved metered amount of the content, and resuming the content consumption based upon a use control method of the content.
45. The content consumption control method according to claim 44, characterized in, in a case where said content use control method is a control method of a consumption time, or a number-of-times control method of measuring the number of times on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start: stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process; and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
46. A content consumption control method, characterized in: allowing a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption to be included in permission information of a content consumption, thereby to distribute this permission information to a content consumption terminal before reproducing a content; and that the content consumption terminal: makes a reference to said permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the consumption of the content is equivalent to said interrupt process having a higher priority; and interrupts the consumption of the content till said interrupt process is ended in a case of a start of said interrupt process having a higher priority.
47. (canceled)
48. A content consumption control method, characterized in: having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption; determining whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case where said process is equivalent to said interrupt process that is started, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case where said process is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
49. A content consumption control method, characterized in: having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption; determining whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case where said process is equivalent to said interrupt process that is started, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and deleting data of the content for consumption.
50. The content consumption control method according to one of claim 48 and claim 49, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start: stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process; and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
51. A content consumption control method, characterized in: filing a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption into a permission of a content consumption, thereby to distribute this permission to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; that said content consumption terminal: makes a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; interrupts the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended in a case where said process is equivalent to said interrupt process that is started; and suppresses a start of said process in a case where said process is said unauthorized process.
52. A content consumption control method, characterized in: filing a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes that have a higher priority than a content consumption into a permission of a content consumption, thereby to distribute this permission to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; and that the content consumption terminal: makes a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; interrupts the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended in a case where said process is equivalent to said interrupt process that is started; and forcibly ends the consumption of the content to delete data of a non-encrypted content in a case where said process is said unauthorized process.
53. (canceled)
54. A content consumption control system, characterized in having: a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption; means for determining whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; means for preserving a consumption time of the content used so far; means for, in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended in a case of a control method of a consumption time, or a number-of-times control method of measuring the number of times on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start.
55. (canceled)
56. A content consumption control system, characterized in that: a server has means for distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing a content; and the content consumption terminal has the means for: making a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; and in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended.
57. The content consumption control system according to claim 56, characterized in that, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, said content consumption terminal has means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
58. A terminal, characterized in having the means for: making reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; and in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended.
59. The terminal according to claim 58, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, having means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
60. A server, characterized in having means for distributing permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing a content.
61. (canceled)
62. A content consumption control system, characterized in having: a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content; a list of processes (interrupt processes) having a higher priority than a content consumption; means for determining whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two process; means for, in a case where said process is equivalent to said interrupt process that is started, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and means for, in a case where said process is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
63. A content consumption control system, characterized in having: a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content; a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption; means for determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; means for, in a case where said process is equivalent to said interrupt process that is started, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and means for, in a case where said process is said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of a non-encrypted content.
64. The content consumption control system according to one of claim 62 and claim 63, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, having means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
65. A content consumption control system, characterized in that: a server has means for distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; and the content consumption terminal has the means for: making a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
66. A content consumption control system, characterized in that: a server has means for distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; and the content consumption terminal has the means for: making a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of the content for consumption.
67. (canceled)
68. A terminal, characterized in having means for: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its processes.
69. A terminal, characterized in having the means for: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of the content for consumption.
70. The terminal according to one of claim 68 and claim 69, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, comprising means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
71. A server, characterized in comprising means for distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content.
72. The server according to claim 71, characterized in comprising means for, responding to a program installed into the terminal to which the permission of the content consumption is distributed, and a kind of the content that is reproduced, preparing a list of said interrupt processes and a list of said unauthorized processes.
73. A program having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, said program causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: determining whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; preserving a content amount used so far; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and at the moment that said interrupt process is ended, detecting the preserved content metered amount, and resuming the content consumption in line with a use control method of the content.
74. The program according to claim 73 for, in a case where said content use control method is a control method of a consumption time, or a number-of-times control method of measuring the number of times on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, causing the content consumption terminal to execute a process of stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
75. A program for causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started or ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; and in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended.
76. The program according to claim 75 for, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, causing the content consumption terminal to execute a process of stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
77. A program for causing a server to execute a process of distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing a content.
78. (canceled)
79. A program having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, said program causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
80. A program having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, said program causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content, thereby to delete data of a non-encrypted content.
81. The program according to one of claim 79 and claim 81 for, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, causing the content consumption terminal to execute a process of stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
82. A program for causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
83. A program for causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of a non-encrypted content.
84. The program according to one of claim 82 and claim 83 for, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, causing the content consumption terminal to execute a process of stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
85. A program for causing a server to execute a process of distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content.
86. (canceled)
87. A content consumption control method, characterized in: having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; preserving a content amount used so far; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, and starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption; interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended, and detecting the preserved content metered amount at the moment that said interrupt process is ended; and in a case of a control method of a consumption time, or a number-of-times control method of measuring the number of times on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start; stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process; and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
88. (canceled)
89. A content consumption control method, characterized in: filing a list of interrupt processes into a permission of a content consumption; and distributing said permission to a content consumption terminal before reproducing a content; and that the content consumption terminal: makes a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; and notifies a user that the interrupt process has been started in a case of a start of said interrupt process, starts the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupts the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended.
90. (canceled)
91. A content consumption control method, characterized in: having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes that are executed with a higher priority than a content consumption; determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
92. A content consumption control method, characterized in: having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes that are executed with a higher priority than a content consumption; determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started; and when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, starting the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended, and deleting data of the content for consumption.
93. The content consumption control method according to one of claim 91 and claim 92, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start: stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process; and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
94. A content consumption control method, characterized in: filing a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes that are executed with a higher priority than a content consumption into a permission of a content consumption; and distributing said permission to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; and that the content consumption terminal: makes a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; notifies a user that the interrupt process has been started in a case of a start of said interrupt process, starts the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupts the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppresses a start of its process.
95. A content consumption control method, characterized in: filing a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes that are executed with a higher priority than a content consumption into a permission of a content consumption; and distributing said permission to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; and that the content consumption terminal: makes a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; notifies a user that the interrupt process has been started in a case of a start of said interrupt process, starts the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupts the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and forcibly ends the consumption of the content to delete data of a non-encrypted content in a case of said unauthorized process.
96. (canceled)
97. A content consumption control system having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, characterized in having the means for: determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; preserving an amount of the content used so far; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and at the time that said interrupt process is ended, detecting the preserved content metered amount, and resuming the content consumption in line with a use control method of the content.
98. The content consumption control system according to claim 97, characterized in, in a case where said content use control method is a control method of a consumption time, or a number-of-times control method of measuring the number of times on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, including means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
99. A content consumption control system, characterized in that: a server has means for distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing a content; and the content consumption terminal has the means for: making a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; and in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended.
100. The content consumption control system according to claim 99, characterized in that, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, said content consumption terminal has means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
101. A terminal, characterized in having the means for: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; and in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended.
102. The terminal according to claim 101, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, including means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
103. A content consumption control system, characterized in having: a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content; a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption; means for determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; means for, in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and means for, in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
104. A content consumption control system, characterized in having: a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content; a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption; means for determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; means for, in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and means for, in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of a non-encrypted content.
105. The content consumption control system according to one of claim 103 and claim 104, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, having means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
106. A content consumption control system, characterized in that: a server has means for distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; and the content consumption terminal has the means for: making a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
107. A content consumption control system, characterized in that: a server has means for distributing a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed to a content consumption terminal before reproducing the content; and the content consumption terminal has the means for: making a reference to said permission, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of the content for consumption.
108. The content consumption control system according to one of claim 106 and claim 107, characterized in that, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, said content consumption terminal has means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
109. A terminal, characterized in having the means for: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of where said process is said interrupt process that is started, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case where said process is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
110. A terminal, characterized in having the means for: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of the content for consumption.
111. The terminal according to one of claim 109 and claim 110, characterized in, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, having means for stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
112. A program having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, said program causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; preserving an amount of the content used so far; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and at the time that said interrupt process is ended, detecting the preserved content metered amount, and resuming the content consumption in line with a use control method of the content.
113. The program according to claim 112 for, in a case where said content use control method is a control method of a consumption time, or a number-of-times control method of measuring the number of times on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, causing the content consumption terminal to execute a process of stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
114. A program for causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to said interrupt process; and in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended.
115. (canceled)
116. A program having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, said program causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case where said process is equivalent to said interrupt process that is stared, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said process is said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
117. A program having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption, said program causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: determining whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of a non-encrypted content.
118. The program according to one of claim 116 and claim 117 for, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to a consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, causing the content consumption terminal to execute a process of stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
119. A program for causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
120. A program for causing a content consumption terminal to execute the processes of: making a reference to a permission of a content consumption having a list of unauthorized processes that might cause unauthorized copying/tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes having a higher priority than a content consumption filed, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started/ended during the content consumption is equivalent to any of said two processes; in a case of a start of said interrupt process, notifying a user that the interrupt process has been started, starting the interrupt process when the user inputs the effect that the interrupt process is executed with a higher priority than the content consumption, and interrupting the consumption of the content till the interrupt process is ended; and in a case of said unauthorized process, forcibly ending the consumption of the content to delete data of a non-encrypted content.
121. The program according to one of claim 119 and claim 120 for, in a case where the content has been distributed with a limit to the consumption time set, or a limit to the number of times set, in which the number of times is measured on the assumption that the content has been reproduced one time in the case that a certain time has passed since a consumption start, causing the content consumption terminal to execute a process of stopping a measurement of the consumption time at the time of starting said interrupt process, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time at the time that said interrupt process is ended.
Description:
APPLICABLE FIELD IN THE INDUSTRY
The present invention relates to a content consumption control method, system, terminal and program, and a permission information distribution server and program for a mobile telephone terminal, and more particularly to a content consumption control method, system, terminal and program, and a permission information distribution server and program that enable a limit to the use such as the use number of times and a usage time of a content to be set.
BACKGROUND ART
With a rapid improvement in a technology of the mobile telephone terminal in recent years, a purpose of using the mobile telephone terminal is not confined to making a call, but has spread in a field such as viewing the content. However, the mobile telephone terminal, of which a function as a telephone is given a top priority, and yet, which has a smaller screen and a fewer number of input interfaces as compared with that of a PC (personal computer), is characterized in that it is difficult for a user to simultaneously perform two operations with the mobile telephone terminal. Accordingly, occurrence of an interrupt accompanied by an arrival of an incoming telephone call or the like while the user views the content necessitates a function of automatically interrupting the content viewing.
As a method of realizing such a function, the method has been proposed of interrupting the viewing of the content due to the interrupt such as an arrival of an incoming call and E-mail, or the like to resume the viewing of the content after the interrupt is ended (for example, see Patent document 1).
FIG. 20 is an explanatory view for explaining one example of the conventional method of resuming the interrupt of the content consumption. In accordance with an example shown in FIG. 20, the mobile telephone terminal for realizing the conventional method of resuming the interrupt of the content consumption includes consumption interrupt information detection means 31 for detecting and outputting consumption interrupt information (for example, a notification of an arrival of the incoming call transmitted during the content consumption, a notification of an arrival of the E-mail, a decline in an electric power of a battery that has occurred during the content consumption, or the like), being information for interrupting the consumption of the content, content consumption interrupt means 32 for interrupting the consumption of the content responding to the consumption interrupt information output by the consumption interrupt information detection means 31 , interrupt position detection means 33 for detecting an interrupt position of the content, and consumption resume information detection means 34 for detecting consumption resume information, being information for resuming the consumption of the content. When the consumption resume information detection means 34 detects the consumption resume information, it instructs consumption means (not shown in the figure) to reproduce the content at the vicinity of the interrupt position of the content.
Patent document 1: JP-P2002-77458A (paragraph 0012 to 0033, FIG. 1)
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
Problems to be Solved by the Invention
However, in the method described in the Patent document 1, an application to the content distributed with a limit to the usage time and the use number of times affixed, for example, the content for a trial use is not taken into consideration. Further, as the mobile telephone terminal becomes adapted to have an open system/a high functionality, it follows that the user simultaneously can execute various processes during the content consumption; however, in the method described in the Patent document 1, it is not taken into consideration to prevent an unauthorized process (process causing the problem in a copyright, for example, the process that allows the content to be output to an external memory) from being started in using the content.
Thereupon, a first object of the present invention is to provide a content consumption control method, system, terminal and program, and a permission information distribution server and program for a mobile telephone terminal that make it possible to interrupt and resume the consumption of the content as well distributed with a limit to the usage time and the use number of times affixed by preserving a content amount used so far at the time of interrupting the content consumption, detecting the content metered amount at the time of resuming the content consumption, and appropriately resuming the content use responding to the details of a use control.
Further, a second object of the present invention is to provide a content consumption control method, system, terminal and program, and a permission information distribution server and program that prevent the user from executing the process causing the problem in the copyright at the time of reproducing the content.
Means to Solve the Problem
The content consumption control method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in: measuring a metered amount of a content; storing a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; determining whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the interrupt process; when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, storing the amount of the content used so far, and interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; when the execution of the interrupt process is ended, detecting the stored metered amount of the content; and resuming the consumption of the content responding to the detected metered amount of the content.
A consumption time of the content may be measured as a measurement of the metered amount of the content, the measurement of the consumption time of the content may be stopped when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, and the measurement of the consumption time of the content may be resumed when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a method makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption control method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that: a distribution side distributes permission information, being information including a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content; and a reception side: makes a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the interrupt process; and interrupts the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process.
The distribution side may distribute permission information including information for limiting a consumption time of the content and may measure the consumption time of the content, and the reception side may stop the measurement of the consumption time of the content when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, and may resume the measurement of the consumption time of the content when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a method makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption control method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in: storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
The content consumption control method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in: storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, and data of the content for consumption; determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, deleting data of the content for consumption.
When a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited, the consumption time of the content may be measured, a measurement of the consumption time of the content may be stopped when the interrupt process is started, and the measurement of the consumption time of the content may be resumed when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a method makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption control method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that: a distribution side distributes permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; and a reception side: stores the received permission information; makes a reference to the stored permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; interrupts the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process; and when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, suppresses a start of its process.
The content consumption control method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that: a distribution side distributes permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; and a reception side: stores the received permission information; non-encrypts and stores an encrypted content responding to the permission information; makes a reference to the stored permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; interrupts the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process; and forcibly ends the consumption of the content to delete data of the non-encrypted content when it is determined that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process.
When the distribution side distributes the encrypted content with a consumption time of the content limited, the consumption time of the content may be measured, a measurement of the consumption time of the content may be stopped when the interrupt process is started, and the measurement of the consumption time of the content may be resumed when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a method makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption terminal in accordance with the present invention is characterized in including: storage section for storing a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, and an amount of the content used so far; process determination means for determining whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and control means for, when the execution of the interrupt process is ended, detecting the metered amount of the content stored by the storage section, thereby to cause the consumption/execution means to resume the consumption of the content responding to the detected metered amount of the content.
The content consumption terminal may include communication means for receiving the content, and when a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited, the control means may measure the consumption time of the content, may stop a measurement of the consumption time of the content when the interrupt process is started, and may resume the measurement of the consumption time of the content when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a configuration makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption control system in accordance with the present invention, which is a content consumption control system having a content consumption terminal for reproducing a content, and a permission information distribution server for distributing permission information, being information indicating a condition in which the content consumption terminal reproduces the content, to the content consumption terminal via a communication line, is characterized in that: the permission information distribution server includes permission information distribution means for distributing permission information including a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to the content consumption terminal; and the content consumption terminal includes: process determination means for making a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the interrupt process; and consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended.
The permission information distribution server may distribute permission information including information for limiting a consumption time of the content, and the content consumption terminal may include control means for measuring the consumption time of the content, stopping a measurement of the consumption time of the content when the interrupt process is started, and resuming the measurement of the consumption time of the content when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a configuration makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption terminal in accordance with the present invention is characterized in including: communication means for receiving a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, from a distribution side; permission storage means for storing a list of the interrupt processes received by the communication means; process determination means for making a reference to a list of the interrupt processes stored by the permission storage means, thereby to determine whether or not the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the interrupt process; and consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended.
The content consumption terminal may include control means for measuring a consumption time of the content, and when a distribution side distributes the content with the consumption time of the content limited, the control means may stop a measurement of the consumption time of the content when the interrupt process is started, and may resume the measurement of the consumption time of the content when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a configuration makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The permission information distribution server in accordance with the present invention is characterized in including permission information distribution means for distributing permission information, being information including a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content, to a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing the content, via a communication line.
The permission information distribution server may include process list preparation means for, based upon a program installed into the content consumption terminal, preparing a list of the interrupt processes, and the permission information distribution means may distribute permission information including a list of the interrupt processes prepared by the process list preparation means to the content consumption terminal via the communication line. Such a configuration makes it possible to distribute a list of the interrupt processes to the content consumption terminal based upon a program installed into the content consumption terminal.
The content consumption terminal in accordance with the present invention is characterized in including: a storage section for storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of a content; process determination means for determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and unauthorized process start suppression means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
The content consumption terminal in accordance with the present invention is characterized in including: a storage section for storing data of a non-encrypted content, a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; process determination means for determining whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and control means for non-encrypting an encrypted content, thereby to cause the storage section to store it, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, causing the consumption/execution means to forcibly end the consumption of the content, and deleting data of the non-encrypted content from the storage section.
The content consumption terminal may include communication means for receiving the encrypted content, and when a distribution side distributes the encrypted content with a consumption time of the content limited, the control means may measure the consumption time of the content, may stop a measurement of the consumption time of the content when the interrupt process is started, and may resume the measurement of the consumption time of the content when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a configuration makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption control system in accordance with the present invention, which has a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing a content, and a permission information distribution server that includes permission information distribution means for distributing permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to the content consumption terminal via a communication line, is characterized in that the content consumption terminal includes: process determination means for making a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and unauthorized process start suppression means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
The content consumption control system in accordance with the present invention, which includes a content consumption terminal, being a terminal for reproducing a content, and a permission information distribution server that includes permission information distribution means for distributing permission information, being information including a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content, to the content consumption terminal via a communication line, is characterized in that the content consumption terminal includes: process determination means for making a reference to the received permission information, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and control means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, causing the consumption/execution means to forcibly end the consumption of the content, and deleting data of the content for consumption.
The content consumption terminal may include communication means for receiving the content, and when a distribution side distributes the content with a consumption time of the content limited, the control means may measure the consumption time of the content, may stop a measurement of the consumption time of the content when the interrupt process is started, and may resume the measurement of the consumption time of the content when the execution of the interrupt process is ended. Such a configuration makes it possible to accurately measure the metered amount of the content.
The content consumption terminal in accordance with the present invention is characterized in including: a storage section for storing a list of unauthorized processes, being processes that might cause unauthorized copying of a content, or tampering of a content, and a list of interrupt processes, being processes that are executed with a higher priority than a consumption of the content; process determination means for making a reference to the lists stored by the storage section, thereby to determine whether the process that is going to be started during the consumption of the content is the unauthorized process, the interrupt process, or a process other than the unauthorized process and the interrupt process; consumption/execution means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the interrupt process, interrupting the consumption of the content till an execution of the interrupt process is ended; and unauthorized process start suppression means for, when the process determination means determines that the process that is going to be started is the unauthorized process, suppressing a start of its process.
The content consumption terminal in accordance with the present invention is characterized in including: