A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND ACQUIRING THE RIGHTS OBJECT AND THE RIGHTS ISSUING CENTER

摘要

A method and system for generating and acquiring rights objects according to the embodiments of the present invention. In the present invention, the generation and acquisition of rights objects is implemented as a service function or a service support function; a rights issuer is deployed as an application server or as a service support entity for an application server. Therefore, the present invention makes full use of all existing entities and operating mechanisms in an IMS network and provides an optimized method and system for generating and acquiring rights objects. Furthermore, the rights issuer may obtain user requests or online state information of users via the IMS. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention is easy to implement, simple and universal. In addition, the present invention provides a rights issuer.