Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium
An information-processing apparatus, functioning as a content-utilization management server, includes a storage unit for storing a list of member clients, which are each a client having a right to utilize a content, and a data-processing unit for carrying out a process to register a client on the list of member clients to serve as a member client.The data-processing unit carries out a process to register a client on the member-client list to serve as a member client on condition that results of confirmation indicate that a client making a request for registration of the client to serve as a member client is a client in the same local network as the content-utilization management server and indicate that a user of the content-utilization management server has given an approval of the requested registration of the client to serve as a member client.
Sony Corporation
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Takehiko Yasushi Kazuhiko
Nakano Minoya Takabayashi