METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CLOUD BASED DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SERVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: A cloud based Digital Rights Management (DRM) service method, and a device and system thereof are provided to efficiently offer a DRM service capable of being accessible through a plurality of standard APIs to be defined. CONSTITUTION: A service portal (210) receives a request for device registration including identifying information related to Digital Rights Management (DRM) from a user device (400) (203). A user account registration unit (230) updates the registration information of the user device which is classified by a DRM solution which matches the registration information to the user account based on the identifying information related to DRM (209). The service portal transmits an acknowledgement according to the updated registration to the user device (213). The DRM related identifying information includes at least one of a DRM specific device identifier and a DRM system identifier which are related to the DRM solution. [Reference numerals] (201) User signs through a browser and selects an option to register a new device; (203) Registration request of a user device (DRM system ID, device ID); (205) Verify a registration request; (207) Register a device to correspond to a user account; (209) Policy confirmation, permission set, update; (210) Service portal; (211) Registration update confirmation response; (213) Registration request confirmation response (authority giving token); (230) User account registration unit; (400) User device