System, method and apparatus for playback of digital content

摘要

In order to share content possessed by each user among a plurality of users who hold a token of encrypted content, a content playback system includes a playback requesting apparatus which holds a token and which requests the playback of the encrypted content, and a temporary playback apparatus for performing the playback of the encrypted content in response to a playback request of the content. The temporary playback apparatus transmits a token sending request in a form in which an identifier of the content and a digital signature are attached. The playback requesting apparatus sends back the token to the temporary playback apparatus only when the authentication procedure for a digital signature is successful.