US 12,008,083 B2
Information processing apparatus, for storing consensus information among copyright holders in a blockchain
Kenichi Gokan, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/434,873
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/012238
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/203340, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-070935 (JP), filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0171830 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/105 (2013.01) [G06F 21/1073 (2023.08); G06Q 2220/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
control circuitry configured to
acquire, when there is a plurality of copyright holders relating to one piece of content, copyright agreement information, which is electronic information separate from the one piece of content and indicating that an agreement on sharing respective copyrights of the plurality of copyright holders regarding the one piece of content has been reached;
create a transaction for recording the acquired copyright agreement information on a blockchain system;
transmit the created transaction to the blockchain system for registration on the blockchain system,
wherein the control circuitry is further configured to create the transaction for recording copyright additive information on the blockchain system, the copyright additive information including content identification information identifying the one piece of content, share information indicating a respective agreed-upon percentage share of the copyright held by each of the plurality of copyright holders of the one piece of content, and the acquired copyright agreement information; and
give a predetermined notification to the respective right holders of the copyright when a sum total of shares held by the respective right holders of the copyright exceeds a predetermined threshold.