Information processing device and method, information processing system, recording medium, and program

摘要

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, an information processing system, a recording medium and a program in which it is made possible to acquire information without being restricted by device if the right to acquire information circulated via a network is owned. A user terminal 12 sends an electronic ticket that has its own electronic signature to an electronic ticket management server 11, and requests information for accessing a content distribution server 14 that distributes the content corresponding to that electronic ticket. The electronic ticket management server 11 checks the electronic signature and determines whether or not the electronic ticket is legitimate, and when it is legitimate, sends to the user terminal 12 an encryption key for accessing the content distribution server that it stores itself. The user terminal 12 accesses the content distribution server 14 using the received encryption key, and receives distribution of content. The present invention may be applied to a system for distributing content.