Abstract: A receiver includes: a terminal-side server unit configured to receive a request output by a device executing an application; a receiver-side server unit configured to receive a request output by an application execution unit executing an application; a connecting unit configured to establish connection among the terminal-side server unit or the receiver side-server unit, the application execution unit, and the terminal; and a bridge unit configured to bridge-connect the terminal-side server unit and the receiver-side server unit via the connection established by the connecting unit.

Abstract: An authentication system includes node devices, wherein a first node device transmits the authentication information thereof to a second node device, the second node device selects third node devices that are requested to verify the validity of the received authentication information, and transmits the authentication information to each of the selected third node devices, the third node device records verification information that is used to verify the validity of the authentication information of the first node device, verifies the validity of the authentication information on the basis of the authentication information and verification information, and transmits the result information to the second node device, and the second node device further derives weighted values indicating the reliability of the each verification of the third node devices and authenticates the first node device on the basis of the each result information and the each weighted value received from the third node devices.

Abstract: An authentication system includes node devices, wherein a first node device transmits the authentication information thereof to a second node device, the second node device selects third node devices that are requested to verify the validity of the received authentication information, and transmits the authentication information to each of the selected third node devices, the third node device records verification information that is used to verify the validity of the authentication information of the first node device, verifies the validity of the authentication information on the basis of the authentication information and verification information, and transmits the result information to the second node device, and the second node device further derives weighted values indicating the reliability of the each verification of the third node devices and authenticates the first node device on the basis of the each result information and the each weighted value received from the third node devices.

Abstract: In order to provide various service types to the users in a case of supplying the contents constituted from multiple resources via broadcast, the following apparatuses are provided. An encryption apparatus (100) encrypts the resources-to-be-encrypted of the contents, stores the encrypted resources in the packets and transmits the packets via broadcast. An encryption portion which encrypts each of contents constituted from multiple resources by applying a corresponding encryption key and generates and transmits packets that store encrypted data or non-encrypted data of the resources. A licensing apparatus (2) providing a license via communication network while the license includes both a license identifier which indicates a broadcast range in which the license is effective and the decryption key provided in correspondence with each of resources-to-be-encrypted.