Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the preparation of document by recording the supporting information for the preparation of document to a preplacing area. SOLUTION: The preplacing area is arranged other than a recording area to preplace thereon a part of the supporting information for the preparation of the document. Then, the medium discriminating information is written once to this preplacing area. When the document is prepared, a pattern (template) which is a part of the supporting information, is used for this preparation, and when it is recorded, the document is enciphered by using the medium discriminating information. By this procedure, the preparation of the document is facilitated and the secrecy of the prepared document is attained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a portion of medium identification information as user confirmation information that can be observed by a user. SOLUTION: A portion of the medium identification information is used as the user confirmation information. Although the user himself/herself can confirm the contents (code) of the user confirmation information, the other medium identification information is made unconfirmable to secure security so as to prevent the information from being illegally copied. The user confirmation information is sent to a management server, and service contents are thereby provided to the user when collation processing is carried out to find that the user confirmation information coincides with a winning number. By adopting such a service form, the medium identification information is utilized as a detonator of user's eagerness to purchase a medium. The medium identification information is recorded in an area where the user can reproduce information but can not write information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contents processing device and method and a program for it, enabling a player to enjoy a character training game in addition to processing of contents, and capable of heightening the amusement nature so that the user will not lose his interest in the game. SOLUTION: Contents recorded in a recording part 2 are read out to a processing part 1 and reproduced by a reproducing part 3. According to the information S1 attached to the contents such as the price and genre of contents, the copy frequency, and the reproduction frequency, character information S5 is generated. The generated character information S5 is reproduced as virtual character with contents by the reproducing part 3, and attached to the contents to be recorded in the recording part 2. When identification information for identifying an owner of the character is included in the character information, illegal copy of contents can be prevented, and pseudo-communication with a character possessed by another person can be made. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect an author's right by enabling playback and copy of pieces of content data of a data recording medium including pieces of the content data according to its use so that the pieces of content data fit to a sale use and rental use. SOLUTION: The recording medium is provided with a recording area 2 on the inner circumferential side and an recording area 3 on the outer circumferential side in which a plurality of pieces of the contents data are recorded, and a lead-in area 4 in a position that is read before the recording areas 2, 3 are read. Identification information which indicates whether the recording medium is for the rental use is recorded in one of the recording areas and the lead-in area.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply conduct copy control that covers a plurality of uses. SOLUTION: Copy control information SCMS-N for recording media on the market and copy control information SCMS-R for recording media for a rental are simultaneously recorded on a recording medium. When the reproducing use is for the market, a copy control is conducted in accordance with the information SCMS-N. When the reproducing use is for a rental, the copy control is conducted in accordance with the information SCMS-R.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance original value by performing a processing so that only the owner of original contents data can possess additional contents data such as jacket, lyric sheet, liner notes. SOLUTION: In this method, record restriction or reproduction permission is individually applied to main contents data such as music data and additional contents data such as jacket, lyric sheet, liner notes appendant thereto. That is, recording is permitted to main contents M and recording is inhibited to additional data L, J, C, N, V. Thus the processing so that only the owner of original contents data can possess the additional contents data such as jacket, lyric sheet, liner notes can be performed and the original value can be enhanced.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cordial service to a frequent user, for example, through an Internet shopping which is popular in a general market. SOLUTION: When a request for contents data is issued from a user side, a server device or an information center side judges the frequency of use of the user based on fixed data and the received user identification information, and decides whether or not only main data should be transmitted or the main data to which sub-data are attached should be transmitted as the contents data according to the judged frequency of use.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make speedily findable and useable a server device which has good operability and whose communication cost can be reduced from a plurality of server devices accumulating target contents. SOLUTION: A retrieval keyword from terminal equipment 2 and area information are transmitted to the server device 3. The server device 3 retrieves data in the storage part of a server device for retrieval list 34 based on the retrieval keyword and area information, which are received by a reception part 31. The control part 32 of the server device 3 rearranged the list of the content server devices storing target contents data being a retrieval result in accordance with area information and transmits it to terminal equipment 2 through a transmission part 35.