Rights control method and apparatus for digital living network alliance

US9323940B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9323940-B2
Application numberUS-201214131418-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 24, 2012
Priority dateDec 16, 2011
Publication dateApr 26, 2016
Grant dateApr 26, 2016

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Disclosed in the disclosure are a rights control method and an apparatus for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). An address/rights recoding unit is expanded at a DLNA apparatus side to record what addresses and corresponding rights; a service control program is expanded at the DLNA apparatus side, and when another DLNA apparatus requires the present DLNA apparatus to provide a service, the address of said another DLNA apparatus and the address/rights recording unit are compared and the rights is found out. Only users with a Media Access Control (MAC) address set as allowed to have related service can be allowed to use the service of the DLNA apparatus of the technology and to obtain Extensible Markup Language (XML) files of the apparatus and the service description. The service of DLNA service points can be flexibly arranged so as to enable different access users to obtain different rights, thus well guaranteeing the security of the multimedia data and the flexibility of the multimedia service management. The security, privacy and manageability of the DLNA apparatus are ensured.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A rights control method for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), comprises: expanding an address/rights recording unit at a DLNA apparatus side to record addresses and rights allowed by the addresses; expanding a service control program at the DLNA apparatus side, and comparing, when another DLNA apparatus requires the present DLNA apparatus to provide a service, the address of said another DLNA apparatus and the address/rights recording unit to find…

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What does patent US9323940B2 cover?
Disclosed in the disclosure are a rights control method and an apparatus for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). An address/rights recoding unit is expanded at a DLNA apparatus side to record what addresses and corresponding rights; a service control program is expanded at the DLNA apparatus side, and when another DLNA apparatus requires the present DLNA apparatus to provide a service, the …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Fang Lijun, Zte Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F21/606. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 26 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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