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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134903 | Method and apparatus for digital data accompanied by degradation Degraded digital data is distributed from a server 1 to each user A, B, C, and D. An encrypted degradation compensation module is also delivered to the digital data duplicating apparatus 2 for the user A. The digital data duplicating apparatus 2... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8059937 | Relating to the copy protection of optical discs Generally the more effective is the copy protection provided on an optical disc, such as a DVD, the greater is the likelihood that the copy protection will adversely interfere with legitimate uses of the optical disc. It is therefore proposed to include at least one... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8036084 | Standalone duplication system with network connection A standalone duplication system with network connection has a casing, multiple recording devices, a control module, a bridge unit, a storage device and a network module, wherein the bridge unit connects between the control module, the storage device and the network ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8009541 | Device, method, and computer program product for data migration A device, method, and computer program product are provided for migrating pieces of data from a first recording location to a second recording location based on access frequency. The device comprises an obtaining unit for obtaining, for each of the pieces of data, f... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7957247 | Apparatus and method for processing information and program therefor An information processing apparatus may include the following elements. A content data generating unit generates first unit data segments constituting first content data and sequentially outputs the data segments. A holding unit is divided into a first holding area ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7916608 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording/reproducing unit to record/reproduce information data on/from each of a plurality of first recording media; an outputting unit to output the information data reproduced from the first recording media to a recording device i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7639585 | Reproducing system selecting part of content data from position recorded on one recording medium and recording selected content data at same position on second recording medium A reproducing system includes a reproducing unit for reproducing information data of a plurality of contents from a first disk-shaped recording medium, an external interface for outputting information data reproduced from the first disk-shaped recording medium to an... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7532559 | Audio player An audio-player comprises a loading-unit, a memory, an operating-unit, a dubbing-unit, a playback-unit, and a display-unit. The loading-unit loads a disc. The memory has a plurality of data-memory-areas. The operating-unit has direct keys for selecting the specific ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7457220 | Information recording device and method, information recording medium, and recording control computer program An information recording device includes: acquisition elements for acquiring corresponding definition information, arrival time information, and display time information from a primary recording medium; processing elements for converting the display time indicated b... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7433574 | Audio-video stream data recording, replaying, and editing system A stream data recording apparatus records stream data in such a manner that the head of each video coding unit and the head of a series of audio coding unit corresponding to each video coding unit contained in the stream data coincide with the heads of access units ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430542 | System and method for activating a rendering device in a multi-level rights-management architecture A digital rights management system for the distribution, protection and use of electronic content. The system includes a client architecture which receives content, where the content is preferably protected by encryption and may include a license and individualizati... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7415619 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information on and from recording disc A recording disc has a lead-in area and a data area. A scrambled version of a SID code word is read out from the lead-in area of the disc. The SID code word represents a producer of the disc. The readout scrambled version is de-scrambled to recover the SID code word... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414930 | Method of accessing data on a copy protected data carrying disc The method and apparatus described utilise the fact that CDs manufactured from the same master will have distinctive physical characteristics attributable to the physical manufacturing process of the master to distinguish counterfeit CDs from genuine discs. For a ge... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403616 | Electronic apparatus, data recording method for the electronic apparatus, and storage medium storing program for executing the data recording method There is provided an electronic apparatus which once makes a user conscious of copyright and the like of digital data, such as audio data and image data, when the user records the digital data or performs the like processing, and then allows the user to use the digi... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370367 | Security device and article incorporating same A compact disc (10) for a computer incorporates a security device for preventing non-authorized reading of data carried by the disc. The security device includes an LCD laser blocker (16) which is activated or deactivated by means of a microchip (13... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366907 | Information processing device and method and program storage medium An information processing device and method as well as a program storage medium, in which to determine whether or not contents can be recorded on a recording medium, the presence or absence of digital watermark information distributed associated with the contents is... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366071 | Data recording method and device, data recording medium, data reproduction method and device The present invention provides a DSV normal controller and a DSV special controller. In only a predetermined region designated on an optical disc, the DSV special control is performed. The DSV special control causes the absolute value of the DSV to increase so that ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362685 | Press key operating type optical disk duplicating system The present invention discloses a press key operating type optical disk duplicating system, which comprises an optical disk burner, and the optical disk burner is connected to a personal computer for playing an optical disk (such as a CD or a DVD) loaded into the op... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356514 | Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method of digital video signal or audio signal A reproduction method and apparatus for reproducing video data and/or audio data from a recordable medium having video data and/or audio data recorded thereon. The video data and/or audio data is generated by superimposing information concerning an attribute of a vi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356510 | Content delivery A system for delivering content to a terminal includes a secure content server. The server includes a database in which content delivery conditions are defined. At least one of the delivery conditions relates to a location at which it is permissible to render conten... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7345975 | Metrological digital audio reconstruction Audio information stored in the undulations of grooves in a medium such as a phonograph record may be reconstructed, with little or no contact, by measuring the groove shape using precision metrology methods coupled with digital image processing and numerical analys... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7321539 | Locating information on an optical media disc to maximize the rate of transfer A user-interactive program assists a user in locating files on optical media discs such as CD-ROMs and DVDs to enhance file-transfer rates and program installation times in computers with a Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) optical media disc drive. In addition, an ap... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310820 | Recording and reproducing apparatus A recording and reproducing apparatus having a recording medium and cartridge memory inside a cartridge and making a copy of control information memorized in said cartridge memory recorded, in which control information memorized in the cartridge memory is compared w... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310819 | Processing copy protection signals A method and device if or recording an information signal with first copy protection information to a storage medium includes recording according to first copy rules identified by the first copy protection information. The first copy protection information identifyi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307935 | Recording and playback apparatus, music-data recording and playback method, and music-data recording and playback program A recording and playback apparatus according to the present invention includes a duplicating section for duplicating music data from a music CD in a CD read-out section onto a hard disk and a preserving section which, if duplication by the duplicating section is int... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307934 | Recording apparatus Apparatus nominally used for recording includes a reproduction section to play digital data from a recording medium recorded with that digital data and retrieval information, a recording section to write the digital data reproduced by the reproduction section and re... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301944 | Media file distribution with adaptive transmission protocols A server/client media file distribution system is provided in which the server system is adapted to receive transmission requests from clients, status information from a network, and protocol information from each client. The server, based upon this information, ada... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292770 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a retrieving element for retrieving storage medium information and image data information from a memory formed integrally with a storage medium having image data recorded thereon; a recording element f... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286887 | Audio player with sensing device An audio player (10) is provided with an image sensor (16) capable of imaging invisible infrared tags (78) on a substrate (70). The tags (78) encode identity data which is directly or indirectly associated in a computer system with... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286310 | Apparatus for receiving compressed digital information An apparatus for receiving digital information including a receiver which receives the digital information that has digital video information bit-compressed by a first compression system, digital audio information bit-compressed by a second compression system, and e... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286684 | Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information A two dimensional pattern design for secure documents serves as both a machine readable code and an aesthetic part of the documents' design. A method for generating the design generates a variable auxiliary message comprising message values and maps the message valu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286451 | Copy control using digital speed bumps A digital media recorder and a method of controlling such are provided. During attempts to copy media content, sub-sequences are extracted from an input media sequence. A digital fingerprint of the sub-sequence is calculated and compared with at least one first refe... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277544 | Local content security system The present invention is a system for securing broadcasting content locally at receiving stations that may be remote to a broadcaster. Embodiments of this invention implement controllable and renewable security measures, compatible with many other content processing... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269110 | Recording medium for storing write protection information and write protection method thereof A recording medium storing a write protection information, and a write protection method for protecting data recorded on a recordable and/or rewritable disc from unwanted overwriting or erasing. In order for write protection of a disc in a bare state that is usually... | 09/11/2007 |
| RE39811 | Musical information recording and reproducing technique for use with a recording medium having a UTOC area There is generated a rhythm corresponding to a designated tempo and meter of a music piece to be recorded. Performance of a musical instrument is started at specific timing according to the generated rhythm, and the musical information resulting from the performance... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263497 | Secure online music distribution system A secure music distribution system securely distributes digital products such as music, video, and/or computer software along with related media over a public telecommunications network, such as the Internet, employing a client-server architecture. The digital produ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263155 | Radiography apparatus and radiation image processing method A plurality of pieces of image data processed by a preprocessed circuit are sequentially received and at least one representative image is selected from among the plurality of pieces of image data by a representative image selection circuit. For example, one piece o... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249147 | Combination compact disc recorder and player system The combination recorder and player system includes a recorder/player unit and a remote control unit. The recorder/player unit includes a recorder/player computer system and recorder/player software that is operable to cause the recorder/player to record, play, and ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233781 | System and method for emergency notification content delivery A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users... | 06/19/2007 |
