SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL RIGHTS

摘要

The present invention relates to methods and a system for managing digital rights. The invention is based on the idea that a digital voucher ( 100 ) is provided with access control information for accessing digital content located on a server ( 104 ) of a content provider. A consumer of the digital content reads the voucher ( 100 ) by means of a bar code reader, an RF detector ( 102 ) or the like. This 104 reading means ( 102 ) is connected to some computing means ( 103 ) such as a computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, a set-top box etc. The computing means ( 103 ) transfers the access control information to a server ( 104 ) of a content provider. The server ( 104 ) to which the access control information is transferred processes the access control information, and depending on the result of the processing, the computing means ( 103 ) is given different levels of access to digital content located on the server ( 104 ).