Content distribution system, content distribution method and program

1. A content distribution system for distributing content from a content distribution server to a user terminal by establishing a session by a session control server in a bandwidth guarantee network, comprising:

a distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit generating a one-time URL by using a URL of content information specified by a user terminal and transmitting the one-time URL and bandwidth information concerning the content information to the user terminal; and

the session control server extracting the one-time URL from a session control message transmitted from the user terminal, transmitting the one-time URL to the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit, and establishing a session between the content distribution server and the user terminal according to an authentication result performed by using the one-time URL transmitted from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit and a correlation result obtained by correlating the bandwidth information contained in the session control message transmitted from the user terminal with the bandwidth information transmitted together with the authentication result from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit,

wherein the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit includes:

a one-time URL generator generating the one-time URL using the URL of the content information specified by the user terminal;

a first one-time URL transmitter transmitting the one-time URL generated by the one-time URL generator together with the bandwidth information concerning the content information to the user terminal;

a one-time URL correlator authenticating the user terminal using the one-time URL transmitted from the session control server; and

an image content information transmitter transmitting the authentication result and the bandwidth information concerning the content information when the user terminal is authenticated the by one-time URL coordinator;

the session control server includes:

a second one-time URL transmitter extracting the one-time URL from the session control message transmitted from the user terminal and transmitting the extracted one-time URL to the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit;

a SDP analyzer correlating the bandwidth information contained in the session control message transmitted from the user terminal with the bandwidth information transmitted together with the authentication result from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit; and

a session control processor establishing the session between the content distribution server and the user terminal according to the authentication result transmitted from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit and a correlation result of the bandwidth information obtained by the SDP analyzer, and

wherein the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit includes:

a user authenticator authenticating the user terminal by confirming whether or not user identification information is previously registered in a database when accessed using the user identification information transmitted from the user terminal; and

a content list transmitter transmitting a list of content information, stored in the database of the content distribution server, to the user terminal only when the user identification information is previously stored in the database.

2. A content distribution method for performing, at a distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit, distribution management when distributing content from a content distribution server to a user terminal by establishing a session by a session control server in a bandwidth guarantee network, comprising:

generating, at the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit, a one-time URL by using a URL of content information specified by a user terminal;

transmitting, at the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit, the generated one-time URL and bandwidth information concerning the content information to the user terminal;

extracting, at the session control server, the one-time URL from a session control message transmitted from the user terminal and transmitting the one-time URL to the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit;

authenticating, at the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit, the user terminal using the one-time URL transmitted from the session control server and transmitting an authentication result obtained by authenticating the user terminal to the session control server;

correlating, at the session control server, the bandwidth information contained in the session control message transmitted from the user terminal with the bandwidth information transmitted together with the authentication result from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit; and

establishing, at the session control server, a session between the content distribution server and the user terminal according to the authentication result transmitted from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit and a correlation result of the bandwidth information,

wherein the distribution management and unauthorized operation management hardware unit, when accessed using user identification information transmitted from the user terminal, transmits a list of content information, registered in a database of the content distribution server, to the user terminal only when the user identification information is previously registered in the database.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program that when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform a method to realize a content distribution system and to perform distribution management by a distribution management and unauthorized operation management unit when distributing content from a content distribution server to a user terminal by establishing a session by a session control server in a bandwidth guarantee network, the method comprising:

generating, at the distribution management and unauthorized operation management unit, a one-time URL by using a URL of content information specified by a user terminal and transmitting the one-time URL and bandwidth information concerning the content information to the user terminal; and

extracting, at the session control server, the one-time URL from a session control message transmitted from the user terminal, transmitting the one-time URL to the distribution management and unauthorized operation management unit, and establishing a session between the content distribution server and the user terminal according to an authentication result performed by using the one-time URL transmitted from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management unit and a correlation result obtained by correlating the bandwidth information contained in the session control message transmitted from the user terminal with the bandwidth information transmitted together with the authentication result from the distribution management and unauthorized operation management unit,

wherein the distribution management and unauthorized operation management unit, when accessed using user identification information transmitted from the user terminal, transmits a list of content information, stored in a database of the content distribution server, to the user terminal only when the user identification information is previously registered in the database.