Abstract: A light emitting apparatus has: a semiconductor light emitting element that emits light with a predetermined wavelength; a light-transmitting portion that has a recess to house the semiconductor light emitting element, the light-transmitting portion being of a light-transmitting material and the recess being formed by molding the light-transmitting material; and a phosphor layer portion that is thinly formed along the surface of the recess, the phosphor portion having a phosphor to be excited by irradiating light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element.

Abstract: A group management server (20) in a group information management system (1) includes: a group member terminal list storage unit (25) for storing a group member terminal list (251); and a secure communication unit (21) for establishing a secure communication channel with a plurality of terminal apparatuses (60) and communicating with each of the terminal apparatuses (60) via the communication channel. Each terminal apparatus (60) includes a tamper-resistant module (68), and the tamper-resistant module (68) includes: a group information storage unit (65) for storing group information securely; a deletion unit (67) for securely executing deletion, which is processing that affects the group member terminal list (251), on the group information stored in the group information storage unit (65); and a secure communication unit (64) for establishing a secure communication channel with the secure communication unit (21) and transmitting a complete deletion notification message (M3) via the communication channel.

Abstract: An LED package has a light emitting element, a first optical section that is disposed around the light emitting element, and a second optical section that is disposed around the first optical while being separated from the first optical section. A gap is formed between the first and second optical sections. The gap allows part of light emitted from the light emitting element to be radiated from the first optical section as nearly parallel light converged in the direction vertical to the center axis of the light emitting element. The second optical section includes a reflection surface to reflect the nearly parallel light in the direction parallel to the center axis of the light emitting element.

Abstract: A light emitting device has a light emitting element, and a phosphor layer of phosphor glass to generate fluorescence while being excited by light emitted from the light emitting element. The light emitting element emits ultraviolet light, and the phosphor glass generates visible fluorescence while being excited by the ultraviolet light.

Abstract: A light emitting diode has: a ceramics substrate that has a high thermal conductivity; a light emitting element that is mounted on the ceramics substrate; and a radiation plate that is bonded to the back surface of the ceramics substrate. The radiation plate contacts the ceramics substrate at a contact region that includes a region of the back surface of the ceramics substrate corresponding to a region of the ceramics substrate on which the light emitting element is mounted.

Abstract: A system comprising a terminal apparatus (300) which uses a content and a license generation server (100) which manages the use, wherein the license generation server (100) includes rights generation units (10A, 10B) operable to generate use condition information which indicates use conditions for the content by corresponding respectively to a plurality of rights management methods which has a different method of managing rights for using a content; a content key storing unit (103) operable to store a content key; and a license generation unit (102) operable to generate license information from the use condition information and the content key, and the terminal apparatus (300) includes rights interpretation units (30A, 30B) operable to judge a use permission of the content under the plurality of rights management methods is based on the use conditions indicated in the license information, and content use units (321a, 321b) operable to use the content according to the judgement result.

Abstract: The system of the present invention is a system comprising a server device which provides a license and a terminal device which controls content use based on the license provided from the server device, wherein the server device includes the first collecting unit operable to collect the first history logs concerning the content use sent from the terminal device, the second collecting unit operable to collect the second history logs concerning the content use sent from the terminal device separately from the collection by the first collection unit and the verifying unit operable to verify the first history logs collected by the first collection unit and the second history logs collected by the second collection unit, and the terminal device includes the first acquirement unit operable to acquire the first history logs concerning the content use and the second acquirement unit operable to acquire the second history logs concerning the content use and a history log sending unit operable to separately send the fi

Abstract: The present invention is a system comprising a server device for providing a license and a terminal device for controlling the content use based on the license to be provided by the server, wherein the server device includes a database unit operable to store collection conditions concerning history logs to be collected in the terminal device, a generation unit operable to dynamically generate indication information that indicates history log collection to the terminal device according to the collection condition to be stored in the database unit, the first sending unit operable to send the generated indication information to the terminal device and the first receiving unit operable to receive the history logs to be sent from the terminal device as a response to the indication information, and the terminal device includes the second receiving unit operable to receive the indication information from the server device, a collection unit operable to collect content history logs according to the received indicatio

Abstract: The distribution server administers downloading of contents and writing in storage media. The distribution server includes the obtained rights administration database that stores information regarding rights to receive distribution of contents, and the history database that stores information regarding contents that have been distributed to the user in the past. The distribution server administers distribution of contents to each user.

Abstract: A distribution device (1) stores a group of two or more digital contents and right management information (UR.Us) indicating a user's right range for the group in an interrelated manner. The distribution device transmits a digital content in the group to the NetDRM terminal device (2) together with an LT as requested by the user. Here, the distribution device updates the right management information to reduce the right range. When an updated LT is returned from the user, the distribution device increases the reduced right range based on a partial right range indicated by the updated LT. The distribution device again transmits art that indicates a partial right range of the increased right range and a different digital content in the group to the NetDRM terminal device (2) as requested by the user.

Abstract: A usage right which a user purchases is managed by a right management server (20a). License information which is a part of the usage right is sent from a user terminal (30a) to the right management server (20a). The user terminal (30a) controls usage of content based on this license information.

Abstract: The present content using system is composed of a content importing apparatus and at least one content using apparatus. The content importing apparatus includes a content ID generating unit that generates a content ID and a content key information encryption converting unit that converts the encryption of content key information using an encryption key (“network key”) that is shared in advance on the network. The content using apparatus includes a content key information decrypting unit that decrypts the content key information, whose encryption has been converted, using the network key, a moved content list storing unit for storing a moved content list (MCL) in which the content IDs of contents that have been written onto a storage medium are written, and a moved content list managing unit that judges whether the writing of a content is permitted or prohibited based on the MCL.

Abstract: A content copying system is formed from a host computer and connected disc drive, a removable recording medium being loaded into the latter. When the removable recording medium loaded into the disc drive is DVD-Audio, the disc drive reads a title, recorded on the recording medium and outputs it to the host computer, where it is-stored in a hard disk. When the removable recording medium loaded into the disc drive is DVD-RAM, the disc drive has the host computer read the title recorded in the hard disk, and records this title onto the DVD-RAM. The disc drive does not increment the number of copies made for a title when it is read from DVD-Audio and recorded in the hard disk in the host computer, but only when it is read from the hard disk and recorded onto DVD-RAM.

Abstract: A secure data area of a semiconductor memory card of the present invention stores a media ID and an encrypted content key. The media ID has been stoned during the production of the semiconductor memory card and the encrypted content key is generated by encrypting the first content key using the media ID. A non-secure data area of the semiconductor memory card stores trial data and purchase data. The trial data includes the first encrypted content generated by encrypting a content for promotion using the first content key. The purchase data includes the second encrypted content and encrypted management information. The second encrypted content is generated by encrypting a content related to the content for promotion using the second content key and the encrypted management information includes the second content key, a vendor ID, and a usage condition.

Abstract: There is provided a copying system for copying information recorded on a first recording medium onto a second recording medium. The first recording medium is recorded with copying control information for representing conditions for permitting copying of the information recorded on the first recording medium, the copying control information being multiplexed within the information recorded on the first recording medium.

Abstract: A license information table 421a in a license DB 42a of a license management center terminal device 4a memorizes license information that includes an expiration date and identifies details of a license per content of each user. A license information examination unit 47 calculates remaining time up to the expiration date per license information of each user based on the expiration date and the date and hour at that moment. A notice information preparation unit 46a generates notice information indicating that the expiration date is close at hand when the remaining time calculated by the license information examination unit 47 becomes a predetermined threshold value or less.

Abstract: A management server (5) manages usage rules in accordance with which terminals use contents, and includes a usage rule database (52), a parental control unit (56), a parental database (53), and a ticket producing unit (54). The usage rule database (53) stores usage rule information (13˜14) that associates each user with the usage rules. The parental control unit (56) obtains, from a parent terminal (6), parental information (15˜16) that is a request made by the parent terminal (6) for placing a restriction on content usage by a child terminal (7), and the parental database (53) stores the obtained parental information (15˜16).

Abstract: A right management server 110 that manages usage of a content on a parent terminal 140 and a child terminal 150, comprising (i) content usage right database 113 that stores right information 400 indicating a usage rule of a content for each terminal ID 301 or user ID 203, (ii) a parental control information management unit 118 that acquires, from the parent terminal 140 or the parent user, parental control information 600 that is an instruction to put a restriction on usage of a content on the child terminal 150 or by a child user, and stores the parental control information 600 in a parental control information database 114, and (iii) a license ticket generation unit 117 that acquires a license ticket issuance request from the child terminal 150 or the child user, generates a license ticket that is information for permitting usage of the content on the child terminal 150 or by the child user, under a usage rule with a restriction indicated by the parental control information 600 which is held in the parental

Abstract: A device 201 of a licensee &ggr; generates an issue request for a permission to use content data by using a media identifier in a portable recording medium 101 of a licensee &bgr;, and forwards the resulting issue request to a rights management unit 71. The rights management unit 71 is managing rights information of the content data provided to the licensee &bgr;, and based on the rights information together with the issue request, generates permission information to allow the portable recording medium 101 to use the content data. Based on the permission information, the rights management unit 71 then generates license information with which the use of the content data in the device connected to the portable recording medium 101 is controlled, and transmits the license information to the device 201. The device 201 then processes the license information to control the use of the content data.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a system in which various services can be received by a plurality of receiving devices having different structures, without having to take into consideration the difference in the structures, by connecting an adapter that corresponds to the service the user wishes to receive. The distribution server 301 communicates with the storage media access adapter 303 via the receiving device 302, and thereby controls distribution of digital data.