| 摘要 |
A method for controlling distribution of licenses (251; 351), a license being for an excerpt (252; 352) of a content item (211; 311), the content item comprising a set (100) of continuous units (110), each excerpt (252; 352) comprising a subset of the set (100) of continuous units. A device (230; 340) receives an identifier of a receiver (230; 330) of a license, and the license (251) or a request (322) to generate the license (351), the license or the request (322) to generate the license (351) comprising a content identifier and at least one indicator of the units covered by the license (251; 351); retrieves stored information regarding licenses previously delivered to the receiver; compares a limit value for the content item with the stored information combined with information from the license or the request (322) to generate the license (351); and allows the receiver access to the license only if the limit value is not exceeded by the stored information combined with information from the license or the request (322) to generate the license (351). Also provided is the device (230; 340). |
