US 7,587,503 B2
Content reproduction apparatus, and content reproduction method
Hideaki Sato, Yokohama (Japan); Toshinari Takahashi, Minato-ku (Japan); Tooru Kamibayashi, Chigasaki (Japan); Toshimitsu Kaneko, Kawasaki (Japan); Haruhiko Toyama, Kawasaki (Japan); Hideki Mimura, Yokohama (Japan); Yasufumi Tsumagari, Yokohama (Japan); Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Ome (Japan); Takero Kobayashi, Akishima (Japan); Seiichi Nakamura, Inagi (Japan); Eita Shuto, Minato-ku (Japan); Kazuhiko Taira, Yokohama (Japan); and Yoichiro Yamagata, Yokohama (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/471,456.
Application 11/471456 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2006/302566, filed on Feb. 08, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-042282 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0242263 A1, Oct. 26, 2006
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—229  [709/203; 709/217; 709/219; 713/193] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A content reproduction apparatus comprising:
a reproduction unit configured to read a first server identifier, from a recording medium storing the first server identifier and a content data item including a destination identifier, and reproduce the content data item, to generate an access request including the destination identifier while reproducing the content data item;
a table to store the first server identifier read from the recording medium;
a server certification unit;
a policy management unit configured to acquire a first server policy from a first server which corresponds to the first server identifier and is certified by the server certification unit, the first server policy including a second server identifier for redirecting to a second server, to store the second server identifier in the table;
a detection unit configured to detect the access request;
a determination unit configured to determine to allow access when the destination identifier included in the access request is equal to the first identifier stored in the table and the second server is certified by the server certification unit; and
an accessing unit configured to access to the second server responding to the access request when the network access is allowed.