Granted Patent B2

US 12,223,072 · App. 17/287,384 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Inventors: Shigenori Ohashi (Tokyo, JP); Shigeru Fujimura (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Nakadaira (Tokyo, JP); Masayoshi Chikada (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuro Ishida (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Watanabe (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

G06F21/6218G06F16/27G06F21/1015

Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A right-holder terminal configured to be used by a right holder of content and to transmit permission data for the content to a user of the content, wherein

data of the content is registered in a file management system; and

an identifier of the user in the file management system is registered in a distributed ledger, in association with an identifier of the content, as a valid user of the content;

the right-holder terminal comprising:

a permission request receiving unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive, from the file management system, permission request data for the content including the identifier of the user;

a verification unit, including one or more processors, configured to verify that the identifier of the user registered in the distributed ledger as a valid user of the content corresponds to the identifier of the user included in the permission request data; and

a permission issuing unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit, to the file management system, the permission data for permitting use of the content by the user.

2. The right-holder terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an authentication request unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit a connection request to the file management system and establish connection to the file management system if the connection request is authenticated by the file management system.

3. A user terminal configured to be used by a user of content and to transmit permission request data for the content to a right holder of the content, wherein

data of the content is registered in a file management system;

the user terminal comprising:

a registration unit, including one or more processors, configured to register, in a distributed ledger, an identifier of the user in the file management system as a valid user of the content, wherein the identifier of the user is registered in association with an identifier of the content in the distributed ledger;

a permission request transmitting unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit the permission request data for the content including the identifier of the user via the file management system; and

a content usage unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive, from the file management system, permission data for permitting a use of the content by the user and use the content, if it is verified in a terminal of the right holder that the identifier of the user registered in the distributed ledger as a valid user of the content corresponds to the identifier of the user included in the permission request data.

4. The user terminal according to claim 3 , further comprising: an authentication request unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit a connection request to the file management system and establish connection to the file management system if the connection request is authenticated by the file management system.

5. A content usage method used for a content usage system comprising a right-holder terminal that is used by a right holder of the content and transmits permission data for the content to a user of the content, and a user terminal that is used by the user of the content and transmits permission request data for the content to the right holder of the content, wherein

data of the content is registered in a file management system;

the content usage method comprising:

registering, by the user terminal, in a distributed ledger, an identifier of the user in the file management system as a valid user of the content, wherein the identifier of the user is registered in association with an identifier of the content in the distributed ledger;

transmitting, by the user terminal, the permission request data for the content including the identifier of the user via the file management system;

receiving, by the right-holder terminal, from the file management system, the permission request data for the content including the identifier of the user;

verifying, by the right-holder terminal, that the identifier of the user registered in the distributed ledger as a valid user of the content corresponds to the identifier of the user included in the permission request data;

transmitting, by the right-holder terminal, to the file management system, the permission data for permitting a use of the content by the user; and

receiving, by the user terminal, the permission data from the file management system and using the content.

6. The content usage method according to claim 5 further comprising: transmitting a connection request to the file management system and establishing connection to the file management system if the connection request is authenticated by the file management system.

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