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Data terminal device

a data terminal and data technology, applied in the field of data terminal devices, can solve the problems of copyright owners being disadvantageous, copyright owners may have significant infringement, and preventing the distribution of copyrighted data on a rapidly expanding digital information communication work,

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-08-30
KYOCERA CORP
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a data terminal device with a casing that can download and play back encrypted content data, even if the casing is closed. The device includes a detection unit that detects if the casing is open or closed, and a control unit that supplies power to the device regardless of the casing's status. After downloading or playing back the content data, the control unit can stop supplying power and shift the device to a low power consumption mode. This allows for secure and efficient use of the data terminal device, even when it is closed.

Problems solved by technology

Thus, if music data, image data or other similar creations in copyright are transmitted on such an information communication network without any appropriate approach taken to protect the copyright, the copyright owner may have his / her right infringed significantly.
However, prioritizing copyright protection and preventing distribution of copyrighted data on a rapidly expanding digital information communication work, is disadvantageous to copyright owners, who basically can collect a predetermined copyright fee for copying copyrighted data.
Conventional cellular phones in the form of a shell cannot download or reproduce encrypted content data with a copyright sufficiently protected, a license key and the like.
Such is particularly inconvenient if a large amount of data such as music content is downloaded and reproduced as the casing needs to be kept open for a long period of time.

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first embodiment

[0046]FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for illustrating a concept of a general configuration of a data distribution system wherein a distribution server distributes encrypted content, which a data terminal device of present invention reproduces, to a memory card.

[0047] Note that hereinafter a description will by way of example be provided of a configuration of a data distribution system distributing digital music data to each cellular phone user on a cellular phone network, although, as will be apparent from the following description, the present invention is not limited thereto and it is also applicable to distributing content data corresponding to other types of creations, such as image data, animated image data, and the like. Furthermore the present invention is also applicable to distribution on different information communication networks.

[0048] With reference to FIG. 1, license server 10, managing copyrighted music data, is accessed by a cellular phone user 1 requesting a data ...

second embodiment

[0182] A second embodiment describes another exemplary configuration of cellular phone 100 of the first embodiment. Note that the present embodiment employs a data distribution system, license server and memory card having the configuration as has been described in the first embodiment.

[0183] The second embodiment provides a cellular phone having a circuit separated into communication process system circuitry and a reproduction system. More specifically, a communication function is provided to a main body of the cellular phone, configured as shown in FIG. 15, which will be referred to as a main body 100a of the cellular phone. Separated from main body 100a, a music reproduction module 120 is provided, as shown in FIG. 16. Controller 1106 is separated into a main CPU 1106a of main body 100a and a sub CPU 1230 of audio reproduction module 120.

[0184] Main body 100a and audio reproduction module 120 are both incorporated into the casing in the form of the shell as described above. The...

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[0192] Reference will now be made to FIGS. 17 and 18 to describe a third embodiment of the present invention. Cellular phone 100 can receive new encrypted content data {Data}Kc from memory card 110 attached to another cellular phone 100. In doing so, it issues a request to distribution server 30 to receive license key Kc corresponding to encrypted content data {Data} Kc. In the third embodiment, cellular phone 100 receives encrypted content data {Data}Kc for example distributed on the Internet via a computer and records the received encrypted content data in memory card 110 and requests distribution server 30 to distribute license key Kc corresponding to the encrypted content data, as will exemplarily be described hereinafter.

[0193] With reference to FIG. 17, encrypted content data {Data}Kc is distributed via a computer 140, as will now be described. Cellular phone 100 allows memory card 110 to be detachably attached thereto and it has headphone 130 connected thereto for reproducin...

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Abstract

A cellular phone in the form of a shell downloads and reproduces encrypted content data distributed from a distribution server. The cellular phone includes a detection unit detecting whether its casing in the form of the shell is open / closed. If with the cellular phone currently downloading or reproducing encrypted content data its casing in the form of the shell is closed, a controller controls a power supply unit to supply power required for completing the download process or the reproduction process. Thus if the casing is closed the cellular phone still can complete the download or reproduction process. Thus with the casing having been closed the cellular phone can download or reproduce data.

Description

[0001] This application is a Continuation application of application Ser. No. 09 / 931,858, filed Aug. 20, 2001 and claims the benefit of priority of Japanese Application No. 2000-286582(P), filed on Sep. 21, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to data terminal devices used in data distribution systems capable of protecting the copyright of copied information. [0004] 2. Description of the Background Art [0005] In recent years the Internet and other similar information communication networks have advanced and a cellular phone or the like is used for a personal terminal to allow the user to readily access network information. [0006] On such an information communication network a digital signal is used to transmit information. As such, if a user copies music, video data or the like transmitted on such an information communication network as described a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F1/00G06F1/32G06F21/00G07F17/16G10K15/02H04L9/10H04L9/32H04M1/02H04M1/72403H04M1/72409H04M1/72442H04M1/73H04M11/08H04W52/02
CPCG06F21/10H04M1/0214H04M1/0245H04W52/0254H04M1/72527H04M1/72558H04M1/72522H04M1/72409H04M1/72403H04M1/72442Y02D30/70
Inventor MORIAI, SHINSUKE
Owner KYOCERA CORP