Supporting secondary use of content of electronic work

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016117489-A1
Application number	US-201514919302-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 21, 2015
Priority date	Oct 27, 2014
Publication date	Apr 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A technique for supporting secondary use of content of an electronic work. This technique includes receiving, from a user terminal, a use request requesting secondary use of the content of the electronic work, in which a secondary use policy of an author of the electronic work is associated with the electronic work; determining whether the use request satisfies the secondary use policy specified by the author; and transmitting, to the user terminal, together with a unique identifier associated with the use request, content of the electronic work based on the determination or edited content based on the determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method of supporting secondary use of content of an electronic work, comprising:
receiving, from a user terminal, a use request requesting secondary use of content of an electronic work, wherein a secondary use policy of one of an author, a copyright holder or a manager of the electronic work is associated with the electronic work; determining whether the use request satisfies the secondary use policy; and transmitting, to the user terminal, together with a unique identifier associated with the use request, content of the electronic work based on the determination.

2 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
editing the content of the electronic work to satisfy the use request and the secondary use policy; and wherein the transmitting includes transmitting the edited content to the user terminal.

3 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 2 , wherein the editing further includes:
transmitting, to one of the author, the copyright holder, or the manager, based on the use request not satisfying the secondary use policy, an inquiry as to whether editing not satisfying the secondary use policy is to be permitted; editing the content based on the use request based on reception, from the author, the copyright holder, or the manager, of a notification to an effect that editing not satisfying the secondary use policy is permitted; and wherein the transmitting includes transmitting the edited content based on the use request to the user terminal.

4 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 2 , further comprising acquiring a secondary use frequency of the electronic work; and wherein the editing further includes adding the secondary use frequency of the electronic work to the content.

5 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving, from the user terminal, a re-edit request requesting re-editing of the edited content; determining whether the re-edit request satisfies the secondary use policy; and transmitting, to the user terminal, re-edited content based on the determination, together with a unique identifier associated with the re-edit request.

6 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 5 , further comprising re-editing the edited content to satisfy the re-edit request and the secondary use policy.

7 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 6 , wherein the re-editing further includes:
transmitting, to one of the author, the copyright holder, or the manager, based on the re-edit request not satisfying the secondary use policy, an inquiry as to whether re-editing not satisfying the secondary use policy is to be permitted; and re-editing the content based on the re-edit request based on reception, from the author, the copyright holder, or the manager, of a notification to an effect that re-editing not satisfying the secondary use policy is permitted.

8 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 6 , wherein the re-editing further includes:
re-editing, in a case where a notification to an effect that editing not satisfying the secondary use policy is permitted is already received, the content based on the re-edit request, the re-edit request not satisfying the secondary use policy.

9 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving the use request from the user terminal further includes receiving a unique identifier generated at the user terminal; and
wherein the unique identifier associated with the use request is the unique identifier generated at the user terminal or an identifier generated based on the unique identifier generated at the user terminal.

10 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the use request, the unique identifier associated with the use request, and content transmitted to the user terminal in response to the use request; receiving a unique identifier and content transmitted from a computer of a third party; determining whether the unique identifier and the content stored coincide respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party; and determining that secondary use of the content is within a range of the use request based on the unique identifier and the content stored coinciding respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party.

11 . A computer system for supporting secondary use of content of an electronic work, comprising:
a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising:
receiving, from a user terminal, a use request requesting secondary use of content of an electronic work, wherein a secondary use policy of one of an author, a copyright holder or a manager of the electronic work is associated with the electronic work;
determining whether the use request satisfies the secondary use policy; and
transmitting, to the user terminal, together with a unique identifier associated with the use request, content of the electronic work based on the determination.

12 . The computer system according to claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:
editing the content of the electronic work to satisfy the use request and the secondary use policy; and wherein the transmitting includes transmitting the edited content to the user terminal.

13 . The computer system according to claim 12 , wherein the editing further includes:
transmitting, to one of the author, the copyright holder, or the manager, based on the use request not satisfying the secondary use policy, an inquiry as to whether editing not satisfying the secondary use policy is to be permitted; editing the content based on the use request based on reception, from the author, the copyright holder, or the manager, of a notification to an effect that editing not satisfying the secondary use policy is permitted; and wherein the transmitting includes transmitting the edited content based on the use request to the user terminal.

14 . The computer system according to claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, from the user terminal, a re-edit request requesting re-editing of the edited content; determining whether the re-edit request satisfies the secondary use policy; and transmitting, to the user terminal, re-edited content based on the determination, together with a unique identifier associated with the re-edit request.

15 . The computer system according to claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:
storing the use request, the unique identifier associated with the use request, and content transmitted to the user terminal in response to the use request; receiving a unique identifier and content transmitted from a computer of a third party; determining whether the unique identifier and the content stored coincide respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party; and determining that secondary use of the content is within a range of the use request based on the unique identifier and the content stored coinciding respectively with the unique identifier and the content transmitted from the computer of the third party.

16 . A computer program product for supporting secondary use of content of an electronic work, comprising:
a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Furuichi Sanehiro
• Ohkado Akira
• Shioya Tomohiro
• Tada Masami
• Uetsuki Hiroaki

Classifications

• G06F17/30876

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/6218

  to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database · CPC title

• G06F2221/0775

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/105 Primary

  Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level · CPC title

• G06F16/955

  using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL] · CPC title