JP2003167970A - Information management device, information processor, information management system, copyright management method, storage medium and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a precise and efficient copyright protection by 1:1 comparison by mutually comparing digital data of both a matter to be inspected for illegal copy and an original literary work on the basis of the declaration from a copyright owner or the information provided from a third person accompanied by consideration by converting a matter which is not a digital content into the digital content, and quantitatively evaluating the similarity between the both. <P>SOLUTION: An ABC copyright monitoring station 31 compares the information of the original literary work provided from a reporter 33 with the information of the subject of evaluation to be comparatively evaluated with the original literary work, thereby evaluating the similarity between the both. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information management device, an information processing device, an information management system, and a copyrighted work for copyright protection of copyrighted works such as documents, screenplays, arts, publications, photographs, movies, music and broadcasts. The present invention relates to a right management method, a recording medium and a program.

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2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, digital contents such as documents, screenplays, art, publications, photographs, movies, music, broadcasts, etc. have been digitally copied illegally without the permission of the copyright holder. The digital watermarking technology has been developed and implemented as a countermeasure against this illegal copying.

However, although this digital watermark technology can manage the distribution of digital contents, it cannot deal with the alteration and copying of digital contents, so that the information about the digital contents embedded in the original digital contents and the target digital contents can be managed. By using the similar pattern search technology that extracts the characteristics of the content and compares the characteristics with the characteristic data group of the original digital content registered in the database (hereinafter referred to as DB) to evaluate the similarity,
A technique for determining the presence or absence of copyright infringement is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 20001-
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 136363.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In the method disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 36363, only the digital content in which the digital watermark is embedded is subject to content usage permission management. However, there is a possibility that the digital watermark itself may be modified or erased, and the copyrighted work may be not only digital content but also analog content.
The illegal copy output result may be output not only as digital content but also as analog content. Therefore, as an illegal copy monitoring system, a system capable of supporting both digital and analog type contents in both input and output has been desired.

In the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-136363, the features of the original content are extracted and registered in the DB, and the feature data extracted from the target content is stored in all the feature data in this DB. Since it involves a process of comparing with groups, it puts a heavy load on the system and uses standardized data that can be compared with all the feature data. Therefore, there is a problem of reliability of comparison results.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and based on a report from the copyright holder and provision of information from a third party with consideration, an illegal copy verification target object and an original work. For both objects, non-digital contents are converted into digital contents, and digital data are compared with each other to quantitatively evaluate the degree of similarity, whereby an accurate and efficient information management device and information processing device for one-to-one comparison , An information management system, a copyright management method, a recording medium, and a program are provided.

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In order to achieve the above object, the information management apparatus according to claim 1 has information on an original work and information on an evaluation object to be compared and evaluated with the original work. It is characterized by having a similarity evaluation means for evaluating the similarity between the two by comparing and.

The information management apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, requests the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation means to be compared and evaluated between the original work and the evaluation object. It is characterized by having a first transmitting means for transmitting to the communication terminal of the requester.

Further, in the information management apparatus according to claim 3, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation means is transferred to the communication terminal of the author of the original work and the communication terminal. It is characterized by having a second transmitting means for transmitting to the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation object.

An information management apparatus according to a fourth aspect is the information management apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the information is transmitted from the communication terminal of the client corresponding to the transmission information by the first transmitting means. The second transmitting means has one receiving means, and the second transmitting means is based on the information related to the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation target contained in the information received by the first receiving means. The result information relating to the evaluation by the degree evaluation means is transmitted to the communication terminal of the author of the original work and the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation object.

An information management apparatus according to a fifth aspect is the information management apparatus according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, in which the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object are provided. It is characterized by further comprising second receiving means for receiving payout amount information corresponding to the license fee for the concluded original work.

The information management apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the information management apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein at least one of the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object is not digital data. If there is information converted into digital data by the conversion means, the similarity evaluation means includes conversion means for converting information into digital data, and the original work converted into digital data by the conversion means. And the information of the original work and the evaluation target which are converted into digital data by comparing the information of one of the evaluation target and the other information which is originally digital data. The feature is that the degree of similarity between the two is evaluated by comparing the information of the objects.

The information management apparatus according to a seventh aspect is the information management apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein at least one of the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object is not digital data. Has a third receiving unit for receiving the digital data from an external device that converts the digital data into digital data.
When digital data relating to the original work or the evaluation object is received by the receiving means, information on one of the original work and the evaluation object converted into digital data and the other that is originally digital data. Of the original work converted into digital data by the external device and the information of the evaluation target object to evaluate the similarity between the two. Characterize.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the information of the original work is compared and evaluated with the information of the original work by an information management apparatus for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works. In order to compare and evaluate the information of the target evaluation object, the information of the original work or information about the original work, and the information of the evaluation object or the information about the evaluation object to the information management device. It has a first transmitting means for transmitting.

An information processing apparatus according to a ninth aspect is the invention according to the eighth aspect, further comprising first receiving means for receiving result information relating to the evaluation of the similarity between the two from the information management apparatus. Is characterized by.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 is
The invention according to claim 9, wherein the result received by the first receiving means is caused to notify the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object of the result information from the information management device. It is characterized by further comprising second transmitting means for transmitting information about the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object to the information management device in correspondence with the information.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 is
In the invention according to claim 9 or 10, the consideration information according to the license fee of the original work signed between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation target is the original work. It is characterized by having a second receiving means for receiving from the communication terminal of the author of the product.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 is
Result information obtained by comparing and evaluating the information of the original work and the information of the evaluation target object to be compared and evaluated with the original work by the information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works. Is received from the information management device.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 is
In the invention according to claim 12, the license fee information of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the original work owning the own device and the author of the evaluation target, is set to It is characterized by having a second receiving means for receiving from the communication terminal of the author.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 14 is
In the invention according to claim 13, the consideration information according to the license fee information received by the second receiving means is:
It is characterized by further comprising first transmitting means for transmitting to a communication terminal of a client who requests a comparative evaluation of similarity between the original work and the evaluation object.

The information management apparatus according to claim 15 is
13. The invention according to claim 12, further comprising second transmitting means for transmitting the information of the original work to the communication terminal of the designated notary in order to guarantee the information of the original work on the side of the designated notary. Characterize.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 is
Result information obtained by comparing and evaluating the information of the original work and the information of the evaluation target object to be compared and evaluated with the original work by the information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works. Is received from the information management device.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 17 is
The invention according to claim 16, wherein the license fee information of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the evaluation object and the author of the original work, which owns the device, is the original work. It has a first transmitting means for transmitting to the communication terminal of the author.

An information processing apparatus according to claim 18 is
In the invention of claim 17, in order for the designated notary side to guarantee the contract content relating to the license of the original work signed between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object. Further, it is characterized by further comprising second transmitting means for transmitting the contract content information to the communication terminal of the designated notary.

An information management system according to claim 19 is the information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Information processing device according to any one of claims 8 to 11, information processing device according to any one of claims 12 to 15, and information according to any one of claims 16 to 18. It is characterized by having a processing device.

According to the copyright management method of claim 20, the information of the original work is compared with the information of the evaluation object to be compared and evaluated with the original work.
It is characterized by having a similarity evaluation step for evaluating the similarity between the two.

In the copyright management method according to claim 21, in the invention according to claim 20, the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation step is compared and evaluated between the original work and the evaluation object. It is characterized by having a first transmitting step of transmitting to the communication terminal of the requester who made the request.

According to the copyright management method of claim 22, in the invention of claim 20 or 21, the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation step is used as a communication terminal of the author of the original work. It is characterized by comprising a second transmitting step of transmitting to the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation object.

Further, in the copyright management method according to claim 23, in the invention according to claim 22, the information transmitted from the communication terminal of the client corresponding to the transmission information in the first transmitting step is received. Having a first receiving step,
In the second transmission step, the evaluation in the similarity evaluation step is performed based on the information about the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation target included in the information received in the first reception step. The result information is transmitted to the communication terminal of the author of the original work and the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation object.

The copyright management method according to claim 24 is the method according to any one of claims 21 to 23, in which the copyright between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object. It has a second receiving step of receiving payout amount information corresponding to the license fee of the concluded original work.

Further, in the copyright management method according to claim 25, in the invention according to claim 20, when at least one of the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object is not digital data, If there is information converted into digital data in the similarity evaluation step in the conversion step of converting the information into digital data, the original work converted into digital data in the conversion step is present. Information of the original work and the evaluation which are converted into digital data by comparing the information of either one of the object and the evaluation object with the other information which is originally digital data. The feature is that the degree of similarity between the two is evaluated by comparing the information of the objects.

The copyright management method according to claim 26 is the method according to claim 20, wherein at least one of the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object is not digital data. There is a third receiving step of receiving the digital data from an external device that converts information into digital data, and in the similarity evaluation step, the digital data relating to the original work or the evaluation target object is obtained by the third receiving step. When data is received, by comparing one of the information of the original work and the evaluation object converted to digital data with the other information that is originally digital data, or by the external device. By comparing the information of the original work converted to digital data and the information of the evaluation target object, And evaluating the degree.

Further, in the copyright management method according to claim 27, the information of the original work is compared and evaluated with the information of the original work by an information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works. In order to compare and evaluate the information of the target evaluation object, the information of the original work or information about the original work, and the information of the evaluation target or the information about the evaluation target of the information management device. And a first transmitting step of transmitting to.

The copyright management method according to claim 28 is the invention according to claim 27, further comprising a first receiving step of receiving result information related to the evaluation of the similarity between the both from the information management device. It is characterized by

According to the copyright management method of claim 29, in the invention of claim 28, the result information from the information management device is given to the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object. In order to notify
It is characterized by further comprising a second transmitting step of transmitting, to the information management device, information about the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object corresponding to the result information received by the receiving step.

According to the copyright management method of claim 30, in the invention of claim 28 or 29, the original work concluded between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object. It is characterized by further comprising a second receiving step of receiving, from the communication terminal of the author of the original work, consideration information according to the license fee of the work.

According to the copyright management method of claim 31, the information of the original work is compared and evaluated with the information of the original work by an information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works. It is characterized by further comprising a first receiving step of receiving, from the information management device, result information obtained by comparing and evaluating the information of the target evaluation object.

Further, in the copyright management method according to claim 32, in the invention according to claim 31, the copyright management method is concluded between the author of the original work owning the own device and the author of the evaluation object. The method further comprises a second receiving step of receiving license fee information of the original work from the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation object.

Further, in the copyright management method according to claim 33, in the invention according to claim 32, the consideration information corresponding to the license fee information received in the second receiving step is converted into the original work and the copyright information. It is characterized by including a first transmitting step of transmitting to a communication terminal of a client who requests a comparative evaluation of similarity between evaluation objects.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the thirty-first aspect, the communication terminal of the designated notary public is used to guarantee the information of the original work on the designated notary side. It is characterized by having a second transmitting step for transmitting information on the original work.

According to the copyright management method of claim 35, the information of the original work is compared and evaluated with the information of the original work by an information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works. It is characterized by further comprising a receiving step of receiving, from the information management device, result information obtained by comparing and evaluating the information of the target evaluation object.

Further, in the copyright management method of claim 36, in the invention of claim 35, the copyright management method is concluded between the author of the evaluation object and the author of the original work. The license fee information for the original work is
It has a first transmitting step of transmitting to the communication terminal of the author of the original work.

According to the copyright management method of claim 37, in the invention of claim 36, the original work concluded between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object. In order for the designated notary side to guarantee the contract content related to the license, the second transmission step of transmitting the contract content information to the communication terminal of the designated notary public is characterized.

A recording medium according to claim 38 is the information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 15,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 18 and a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information management system according to claim 19 are recorded.

A recording medium according to a thirty-ninth aspect is characterized in that a program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps of the copyright management method according to any one of the twentieth to thirty-seventh aspects is recorded. .

A program according to claim 40 is the information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the information processing device according to any one of claims 8 to 11, and the information processing device according to claim 1.
The information processing device according to any one of claims 2 to 15,
A computer is caused to function as each unit of the information processing device according to any one of 6 to 18 and the information management system according to claim 19.

Further, the program according to claim 41 is
A computer is caused to execute the processing steps of the copyright management method according to any one of claims 20 to 37.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the outline of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 mainly shows a copyright monitoring station for performing various managements, and a copyright holder, a copyright infringer, a whistleblower, and information contents ex post facto, in preparation for erasing or falsification. It is a diagram explaining the relationship with various accredited organizations including a designated notary designated by the Minister of Justice to confirm and certify, a group that manages music copyrights, a group that manages copyrights of contents such as video and broadcasting. is there.

Solid arrows 1 to 14 in FIG. 13 indicate the flow of various types of information, and dotted arrows A to D indicate the flow of exchange of fees and copyright fees. First, when the whistleblower discovers two copyrighted works which are different in author but are similar to each other, they acquire copyright information (1, 2). Then, the two similar works and information about the works are provided to the copyright monitoring station to request the similarity determination (3). At this time, consideration is given and received as a determination fee (A).

Then, the copyright monitoring station which has received the information confirms the information with the corresponding content certification organization (4, 5) and then determines the degree of similarity between them. Then, the judgment result is notified to the reporter (6), and the judgment result and the possibility of infringement are notified to the copyright holder and the copyright infringement (suspected person) (7, 8). Therefore,
The copyright holder negotiates with the copyright infringer to pay the copyright license fee (9).

When the negotiations are collectively concluded and the contract is signed, the copyright infringer requests the designated notary to identify and register the contents of the copyright license agreement (10). No. Is transmitted from the designated notary (11), the copyright license agreement No. information is transmitted to the copyright holder (12), and the copyright fee is paid to the copyright holder (B). Therefore, the copyright holder pays, for example, 10% of the copyright usage fee to the copyright monitoring station and the whistleblower (C, D), and then reports the content of the copyright license agreement to the copyright monitoring station. (1
3). The copyright holder registers the copyright information in the corresponding content certification organization in advance (14).

The copyright usage fee and the consideration can be given and received by transmitting and receiving currency information such as electronic money via a network. In addition, in order for the designated notary to guarantee the information of the original work and the information of the copyright license agreement concluded between the copyright holder and the infringer, It is also possible to transmit from the communication terminal of No. 1 to the communication terminal of the designated notary and register it at the designated notary side. As a result, the contents of the original work and the license agreement information are guaranteed by the so-called electronic notarization system.

The outline of the present invention has been described above.
Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 31
Records or visualizes information on copyrighted data and copyrighted materials received through the communication network 30 from whistleblowers, copyright holders, copyright infringers, various certification bodies, etc., and copyrighted materials delivered through the distribution system. Accepted media,
It is a copyright monitoring management center having a function of digitizing each verification target data and evaluating the degree of similarity, and is called an "ABC copyright monitoring station".

32 is a terminal PC for copyright holders 1 to h, which is A
It has a function to receive and display various information sent by the Web server on the BC copyright monitoring station by e-mail. Reference numeral 33 is a reporter terminal PC of 1 to i, which transmits information about copyright infringement to the ABC copyright monitoring station.

Reference numeral 34 designates a terminal PC for a notarized person designated by the Minister of Justice 1 to j (hereinafter abbreviated as "designated notary"), a music copyright management organization, a homepage authentication organization, and other various accredited organizations.
At the request of the whistleblower, copyright holder, copyright infringer, ABC copyright monitoring station, etc.
It authenticates and certifies the contents and reports confirmation.

35 is a terminal PC for copyright infringing (suspected) persons 1 to k, 36 is a plurality of provider systems 1 to n,
It consists of hardware and software that provides mail services and Web services to contractors.

Reference numerals 40 to 42 are DB groups in 31 ABC copyright monitoring stations, 40 is a DB for storing copyright information, infringement information, whistleblower information, etc., 41 is copyright usage fee collection / distribution information, The DB 42 for storing the similarity evaluation fee billing information and the like is a DB used for digitizing the analog content data received by the ABC copyright monitoring station.

Reference numerals 43 to 52 are various program groups, 43 is copyright related information registration means, 44 is copyright infringement information registration means, 45 is copyright usage fee collection distribution information registration means, and 46 is whistleblower information. Registration means, 47 is character information similarity evaluation means, 48 is image information similarity evaluation means, 49 is music information similarity evaluation means, 50 is moving image information similarity evaluation means,
Reference numeral 51 is a similarity evaluation fee charging means, and 52 is a character / image / music data digitizing means.

Reference numeral 53 denotes a media reading system for reading content data from paper, MD, CD, and other media, which is connected to the ABC copyright monitoring station in a receivable state. As shown in FIG. 1, the media reading system 53 is directly connected to the ABC copyright monitoring station, and as shown in FIG. 12, it is installed on the caller side 33 and is connected to the ABC copyright monitoring station via the communication network 30. The information may be transmitted and received.

The procedure of the process of the similarity evaluation service using the above-mentioned ABC copyright monitoring station will be described below with reference to the reference drawings of FIGS. 1 to 12 and the flowcharts of FIGS. 14 to 18.

First, the terminal 33 for the whistleblower in FIG. 1 transmits the similarity evaluation request data to the ABC copyright monitoring station to request the similarity evaluation, and the evaluation result is sent to the whistleblower terminal 33, the copyright. A procedure for sending an email to the terminal 32 for copyright holders and the terminal 35 for suspected copyright infringement and for registering the information in the copyrighted material-related & infringing material-related & reporter information DB of 40 will be described.

First, as shown in step S20 of FIG. 16, when the requester terminal 32 requests the WEB server of the ABC copyright monitoring station to transmit the similarity evaluation request WEB data, the ABC copyright monitoring station. of
The processing of step S1 in FIG. 14 is performed in the Web server, and the WEB data for requesting the similarity evaluation of the ABC copyright monitoring station shown in FIG. 2 is addressed to the browser on the copyright holder's terminal PC for which transmission has been requested. Since it is transmitted and displayed, the browser moves from step S20 to S21 in FIG. 16 to receive and display the WEB data, and the evaluation requester (reporter) inputs each item via the browser. It is in a state of waiting for the selection button to be selected.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, items such as content type, name of requester / address / email address, copyrighted copyrighted work attribute, and evaluation target copyrighted work attribute are input or selected, and a selection button is selected. Then, in step S21 of FIG. 16, information regarding the similarity evaluation target data is transmitted to the server, and the server receives this information,
The process proceeds from step S1 to step S2 in FIG. 14, and it is determined here whether a medium is designated in the similarity evaluation data, but since it is not designated, the process proceeds to step S4.

Also in the browser, similarly, after the similarity evaluation data is transmitted, the steps S21 to S22 are performed.
And the media is not specified, so step S
Then, the process shifts to 24, and a state of waiting for reception of the similarity evaluation result data is set.

Then, in the server, step S4 in FIG.
In the above, the specified evaluation data is added with the ID code and stored in the processing waiting storage area. In the case of the present embodiment, the copyrighted copyrighted work is the URL address, and the evaluated work is the attached file “target1”. "Is specified, so each data has an ID code (for example, G2001092
7) is added and stored in the processing waiting storage area.

After that, the processing shifts to step S5, and the URL address information "hhtp: /" specified by the copyrighted work of FIG. 3 which is the original content data in the storage area for processing is waited.
"/www.prov1.com/auth1/" is sent to the designated notary's terminal to request the issuance of information such as the electronically confirmed date of the data and content certification, and the returned information data is stored in the waiting storage area for processing. It is stored together with the URL address information.

After that, the process proceeds to step S6, the process waiting file is read from the process waiting storage area for each ID code, the similarity between the files is quantitatively evaluated, and the result is I
Although it is stored in the DB together with the evaluation fee in association with the D code, in the case of the present embodiment, the data corresponding to the ID code “G20010927” is “hhtp: //www.prov1.com/aut”.
The data read from h1 / "and the attached file data" target1 "are compared.

In the present embodiment, since these data are image data, the image information similarity evaluation means 48 in FIG. 1 is activated and processing is performed, and the processing result data is converted into data 4 in FIG.
The copyrighted material / infringing material / reporter-related information registration means 3 stores it in the copyrighted material / infringing material / reporter-related information DB 40. This information also includes the similarity evaluation fee, which will be charged to the evaluation requester.

Then, in the process in the server, the process proceeds to step S7, and the evaluation result data as shown in FIG. 5 is sent to the evaluation requester (reporter) Jiro Kannon by mail together with the evaluation fee data. Then, in step S25 of FIG. 17, the mail addressed to this evaluation requester is received, and the display shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the browser on the terminal for the evaluation requester.
By specifying the RL address, it waits for the copyright infringement information registration Web page data to be downloaded to the whistleblower terminal.

In response to this download request, the Web data shown in FIG. 6 is downloaded onto the Web browser of the whistleblower terminal in the process of step S7.
This is received in step S26 of, and the process proceeds to step S27. Therefore, by inputting the data shown in Fig. 7 and selecting the registration button display, each information of the evaluation requester (reporter), the infringer, and the copyright holder is transmitted to the Web server. Is received in step S7, and by the copyright / infringement / reporter related information registration means on the ABC copyright monitoring station 43 in FIG.
It is stored in the copyrighted work / infringing material / reporter related information DB 40 of FIG.

Based on this registration information, the copyright holder's terminal is sent an email with the content shown in FIG. 8, and the copyright infringer's terminal is sent an email with the content shown in FIG. We recommend that you enter into a copyright agreement.

By these emails, the copyright owner is notified of the copyright license agreement information from the designated Web page, and the copyright infringer is authorized to use the copyright agreement concluded with the copyright owner. Certified the contents of the license agreement to a designated notary
Registration is required, and the copyright license agreement content certification No. issued by a designated notary is given. Request to report to the copyright holder.

Next, a processing process after the copyright license agreement is concluded between the copyright holder and the copyright infringer will be described. First, when a copyright infringement contract is concluded, the copyright infringer performs a procedure for having the designated notary verify and register the copyright license agreement, and the designated notary signs the contract ID No. (In this embodiment, "C001M001A000
1)), so send this copyright license agreement content certification number to the copyright owner by e-mail.

This copyright license agreement content authorization No.
The copyright holder who has received the message in FIG. 1 receives the license agreement information in order to register the copyright license agreement information from the Web browser on the copyright holder terminal.
When the copyright license agreement information registration URL is designated in step S28 in the process of the Web browser of FIG. 8, step S30 in the process of the server of FIG.
For the copyright license agreement information registration We shown in FIG.
Page data is downloaded to the above copyright holder's Web browser, and the contract information data reception standby state is set.

Therefore, the process proceeds from step S28 to step S29 in the process of the Web browser of FIG. 18, and the information input from the Web page for registering the copyright license agreement information on the Web browser on the copyright holder terminal is performed. , And accepts the selection of the "register" button, and transmits the copyright license agreement information registration data shown in FIG. 11 to the server.

The Web server accepts this information,
In step S31 of FIG. 19, after confirming the contract contents with the designated notary, the dividend amount to the whistleblower and the copyright monitoring station is calculated from the copyright license agreement fee, and a notification email is sent to the copyright holder. Send and request payment.

Hereinafter, as another embodiment of the information management system, a cassette tape (CM
The analog music content recorded in T) and the digital music content recorded in the digital format on the designated URL address as the evaluated work will be described.

Basically, the control process is the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the parameter selection shown in FIG. 4 is selected for the Web data transmitted by the transmission request of the first similarity evaluation request Web data. And the data is transmitted to the Web server, so steps S20 and S2 in FIG.
Although the control is performed as 1 and S22, since the medium is designated as the copyrighted work, the processing shifts from step S22 to step S23, where the delivery request of the medium is made and the browser side thereafter. The process is the same.

Further, the processing on the server side shifts to steps S1 and S2 similarly to the above, and then shifts to step S3 since the medium is selected. Then, an ID code is added to the information of the type of media and the requester of the media, and the media is sent to the media reading system, where "http: //www.prov1.c" is used as the URL designated address of the work to be evaluated.
Since "om / target2" is specified, after downloading it, an ID code is added and stored in the processing waiting storage area.

Then, in step S10 of FIG. 15, the process waits until the medium is set. In the present embodiment, since the CMT stores the analog music content, when this is set up, the process proceeds to step S11. Here, the music data recorded from the CMT is read out and transmitted to the ABC copyright monitoring station together with the ID code transmitted from the ABC copyright monitoring station.

Then, in step S8 of FIG. 14, it is received, and the process proceeds to step S9 where the received read data is digitized if it is not digital data, but in the case of this embodiment it is an analog music content. It is converted into digital data by the 52 character / image / music data digitizing means. That is, 52 characters
The image / music data digitizing means converts one or both of the two comparison objects into digital data when one or both of them is not digital data. Next, the media read information management means 46 shown in FIG. 1 is transmitted from the ABC copyright monitoring station I
It is stored in the processing waiting storage area corresponding to the D code.
Subsequent processing is the same as the above processing.

Further, in the present invention, 52 characters, images, and
The music data digitizing means may be provided not in the ABC copyright monitoring station but in an external device. In this case, the data converted into digital data in the external device is input to each of the similarity evaluation units 47 to 49.

When there is information converted into digital data by the conversion means, each of the similarity evaluation means 47 to 49 has one of the two converted objects, which is originally converted to digital data, and The similarity between the two is evaluated by comparing the other data, which is digital data, or by comparing the data of both comparison objects converted into digital data. Also, when the external device is provided with the above-mentioned digital data conversion means, the same processing is performed in the digital data conversion means and the similarity evaluation means.

As described above, the information management system according to the present embodiment compares the similarity between the report data from the third party and the original content whose creation date and content are guaranteed by the electronic notarization system. Since the evaluation is performed, reliability is high, and accurate evaluation results can be obtained, it is possible to promote the conclusion of a copyright license agreement, etc., and obtain an effect of efficient copyright protection.

Further, the object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium having a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and to supply the computer (or CPU or M of the system or apparatus).
It is needless to say that it is also achieved by the PU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, C
DR, magnetic tape, non-volatile memory card, ROM
Etc. can be used.

Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It is needless to say that this also includes the case where () etc. perform part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code. Needless to say, this also includes the case where the CPU or the like included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs some or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to compare the information of the original work and the information of the evaluation object and evaluate the similarity between them. Since it is configured, it is possible to compare the original work and the evaluation object on a one-to-one basis, and perform accurate and efficient copyright protection.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which a web page downloaded from a web server and parameters are input.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example in which a web page downloaded from a web server and parameters are input.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which a web page downloaded from a web server and parameters are input.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an email sent from a Web server to each party terminal.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which a web page downloaded from a web server and parameters are input.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example in which a web page downloaded from a web server and parameters are input.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an email sent from a Web server to each party terminal.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a mail transmitted from the Web server to each party terminal.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example in which a web page downloaded from a web server and parameters are input.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example in which a web page downloaded from a web server and parameters are input.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information management system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an outline of an operation in the information management system of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

30: communication network 31: ABC copyright monitoring station (with built-in Web server) 32: copyright holder terminal (with built-in Web server and mail sending / receiving function) 33: whistleblower terminal (with built-in Web server and mail sending / receiving function) or whistleblower Terminal and media reading system 1 34: Designated notary terminal (Web browser and built-in mail sending / receiving function) 35: Copyright infringer terminal (Web browser and built-in mail sending / receiving function) 36: Provider system 40: Copyright & infringing related & Whistleblower information DB 41: Copyright usage fee collection distribution Billing information DB 42: DB for character / music data digitization 43: Copyright / infringement / reporter related information registration means 44: Copyright / infringement / reporter related Information registration means 45: Copyright fee information registration means 46: Media reading information management means 47: Character information similarity Evaluation unit 48: image information similarity evaluation unit 49: music information similarity evaluation unit 50: video information similarity evaluation means 51: similarity assessment toll unit 52: text, image, music data digitizing means 53: Media Loading System

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[Claims] 1. A similarity evaluation means for evaluating the similarity between the original work and the information of the evaluation object to be compared and evaluated with the original work. Information management device characterized by. 2. A first transmission means for transmitting the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation means to a communication terminal of a client who requests a comparative evaluation between the original work and the evaluation object. The information management device according to claim 1, wherein 3. A second transmission means for transmitting the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation means to the communication terminal of the author of the original work and the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation object. The information management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. 4. A first receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the communication terminal of the requester in response to information transmitted by the first transmitting means, wherein the second transmitting means comprises the first receiving means. Based on the information on the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation target contained in the information received by the means, the result information on the evaluation by the similarity evaluation means is added to the author of the original work. The information management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information is transmitted to a communication terminal and a communication terminal of the author of the evaluation target. 5. A second receiving means for receiving dividend amount information corresponding to a license fee of the original work signed between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object. The information management device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein: 6. The similarity evaluation means includes a conversion means for converting the information of the original work and the information of the evaluation object when the information is not digital data. When there is information converted into digital data by the conversion means, the information is one of the original work and the evaluation object information converted into digital data by the conversion means, and is originally digital data. Evaluating the degree of similarity between the two by comparing the other information, or by comparing the information of the original work converted into digital data by the conversion means and the information of the evaluation object. The information management device according to claim 1, wherein 7. A third method for receiving the digital data from an external device which converts the information into digital data when at least one of the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object is not digital data. When the third evaluation means receives the digital data relating to the original work or the evaluation object, the similarity evaluation means includes the original work converted into digital data and the evaluation. By comparing the information of either one of the objects and the other information which is originally digital data,
Alternatively, the degree of similarity between the two is evaluated by comparing the information of the original work converted into digital data by the external device and the information of the evaluation object. Management device. 8. An information management apparatus that compares and evaluates the degree of similarity between at least two or more works, and compares the information about the original work with the information about the evaluation target object that is compared and evaluated with the original work. In order to make the evaluation, it has a first transmitting means for transmitting the information on the original work or the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object or the information on the evaluation object to the information management device. A characteristic information processing device. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a first receiving unit that receives result information relating to the evaluation of the similarity between the both from the information management apparatus. 10. Corresponding to the result information received by the first receiving means in order to notify the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object of the result information from the information management device. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a second transmission unit that transmits information about the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object to the information management apparatus. 11. Compensation information according to a license fee of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object, is provided to the author of the original work. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising a second receiving unit that receives from a communication terminal. 12. The information of the original work by an information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works,
An information processing apparatus comprising: first receiving means for receiving, from the information management apparatus, result information obtained by comparing and evaluating the original work and information on an evaluation target object to be compared and evaluated. 13. The license fee information of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the original work that owns the device and the author of the evaluation target, is used as the license fee information of the author of the evaluation target. 13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising second receiving means for receiving from a communication terminal. 14. The price information corresponding to the license fee information received by the second receiving means is sent to a communication terminal of a client who requests a comparative evaluation of similarity between the original work and the evaluation object. 14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a first transmitting unit that transmits the information to the first transmitting unit. 15. A second transmitting means for transmitting the information of the original work to a communication terminal of the designated notary in order to guarantee the information of the original work on the side of the designated notary. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12. 16. Information of an original work by an information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works,
An information processing apparatus, comprising: receiving means for receiving, from the information management apparatus, result information obtained by comparing and evaluating the original work and information about an evaluation object to be compared and evaluated. 17. The license fee information of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the evaluation object and the author of the original work, which owns the own device, is used as the author of the original work. 17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising a first transmitting unit that transmits to the communication terminal. 18. The guaranteed notary side guarantees the contract content relating to the license of the original work signed between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object, 2. A second notifying means for transmitting the contract content information to the communication terminal of the designated notary.
7. The information processing device according to 7. 19. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 11, and the information management apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 15. An information management system, comprising: the information processing apparatus according to claim 16; and the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 16 to 18. 20. A similarity evaluation step for evaluating the similarity between the original work and the evaluation work by comparing the information of the original work with the information of the evaluation object to be compared and evaluated with the original work. Copyright management method characterized by. 21. A first transmission step of transmitting the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation step to a communication terminal of a client who requests a comparative evaluation of the original work and the evaluation object. The copyright management method according to claim 20, wherein: 22. A second transmission step of transmitting the result information evaluated by the similarity evaluation step to the communication terminal of the author of the original work and the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation object. 21. The method according to claim 20,
Alternatively, the copyright management method described in 21. 23. A first reception step of receiving information transmitted from a communication terminal of the requester in response to the transmission information of the first transmission step, wherein the second transmission step includes the first reception step. Based on the information related to the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation target contained in the information received in the step, the result information related to the evaluation in the similarity evaluation step is added to the author of the original work. 23. The copyright management method according to claim 22, wherein the copyright management is transmitted to the communication terminal and the communication terminal of the author of the evaluation target. 24. A second receiving step of receiving dividend amount information corresponding to a license fee of the original work signed between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object. The copyright management method according to any one of claims 21 to 23, characterized in that. 25. When at least one of the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object is not digital data, there is a conversion step of converting the information into digital data, and the similarity evaluation step. Then, when there is information converted into digital data in the conversion step, it is originally digital data together with information of one of the original work and the evaluation object converted into digital data in the conversion step. Evaluating the degree of similarity between the two by comparing the other information, or by comparing the information of the original work converted into digital data in the conversion step and the information of the evaluation object. The copyright management method according to claim 20, wherein: 26. A third method for receiving the digital data from an external device which converts the information into digital data when at least one of the information on the original work and the information on the evaluation object is not digital data. In the similarity evaluation step, when the digital data relating to the original work or the evaluation object is received in the third reception step, the original work and the evaluation converted into digital data are included in the similarity evaluation step. Information of the original work and information of the evaluation target object converted into digital data by comparing the information of either one of the objects and the other information which is originally digital data, or by the external device. 21. The copyright management method according to claim 20, wherein the similarity between the two is evaluated by comparing the two. 27. Information of an original work by an information management device for comparing and evaluating the similarity between at least two works,
In order to compare and evaluate the original work and the information of the evaluation target of the object to be compared and evaluated, the information of the original work or information about the original work, and the information of the evaluation target or the evaluation target A copyright management method comprising: a first transmitting step of transmitting information regarding the information to the information management device. 28. The copyright management method according to claim 27, further comprising a first receiving step of receiving, from the information management device, result information relating to the evaluation of the similarity between the two. 29. Corresponding to the result information received in the first receiving step, in order to notify the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object of the result information from the information management device. 29. The copyright management method according to claim 28, further comprising a second transmission step of transmitting information about the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object to the information management device. 30. Compensation information according to a license fee of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation object, is provided to the author of the original work. 30. The copyright management method according to claim 28, further comprising a second receiving step of receiving from the communication terminal. 31. Information of an original work by an information management device for comparatively evaluating the similarity between at least two works,
A copyright management method comprising: a first receiving step of receiving, from the information management device, result information obtained by comparing and evaluating the original work and information about an evaluation target object to be compared and evaluated. 32. The license fee information of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the original work owning the own device and the author of the evaluation target, is used as the license fee information of the author of the evaluation target. 32. The copyright management method according to claim 31, further comprising a second receiving step of receiving from a communication terminal. 33. The price information corresponding to the license fee information received in the second receiving step is sent to a communication terminal of a client who requests a comparative evaluation of similarity between the original work and the evaluation object. 33. The copyright management method according to claim 32, further comprising a first transmitting step of transmitting to the user. 34. A second transmission step of transmitting the information of the original work to a communication terminal of the designated notary in order to guarantee the information of the original work on the side of the designated notary. The copyright management method according to claim 31. 35. Information of an original work by an information management device for comparatively evaluating the similarity between at least two works,
A copyright management method comprising: a reception step of receiving, from the information management device, result information obtained by comparing and evaluating information on an evaluation object to be compared and evaluated with the original work. 36. The license fee information of the original work, which is concluded between the author of the evaluation object and the author of the original work, which owns the own device, is used as the author of the original work. 36. The copyright management method according to claim 35, further comprising a first transmitting step of transmitting the copyright to the communication terminal. 37. In order for the designated notary to guarantee the contract content relating to the license of the original work signed between the author of the original work and the author of the evaluation target object, 37. The copyright management method according to claim 36, further comprising a second transmitting step of transmitting the contract content information to the communication terminal of the designated notary. 38. The information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the information processing device according to any one of claims 8 to 11, and the information management device according to any one of claims 12 to 15. An information processing device according to claim 16, an information processing device according to any one of claims 16 to 18, and a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information management system according to claim 19. And a computer-readable recording medium. 39. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps of the copyright management method according to claim 20 is recorded. 40. An information management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, an information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 11, and an information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 15. A program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information processing apparatus according to claim 16, the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 16 to 18, and the information management system according to claim 19. 41. A program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps of the copyright management method according to claim 20.