摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that it is necessary to arrange an IC card or a portable unit including an IC chip proximately to a content reproduction device to unite them in order to reproduce a content package, and that it is difficult to simultaneously reproduce content packages by a plurality of content reproduction devices in a system for performing digital copyright management by using the IC chip. <P>SOLUTION: User reproduction condition data where holding of a state stored in an IC chip is needed and the state data of the user reproduction condition data are read in a content reproduction device, and the state data in the IC chip are updated by subtracting the data for the user license moved to the content reproduction device. Also, the user license corresponding to the user reproduction condition data left in the content reproduction device is returned to the IC chip by updating the state data in the IC chip on the basis of the residual state data in the content reproduction device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |