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Recording/reproducing device and recording/reproducing method

a recording/reproduction device and recording/recording technology, applied in the field of recording/playback apparatus and record/recording method, can solve the problems of copyright infringement, no more copying of digital data from the copied medium,

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-08-23
SONY CORP
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Benefits of technology

Ensures no copyright infringement by enabling high-speed dubbing only after valid payment is made, thereby protecting digital content rights.

Problems solved by technology

However, such home audio systems permit no more copying of the digital data from the copied medium or source such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, or a magnetic tape to a further recording medium.
There is a drawback that the copyright may be infringed if such high-speed dubbing is permitted without rules.

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first embodiment

[0047] The memory 33A, e.g., a ROM, of the controller 33 like the controller 13 of the first embodiment holds a control program for controlling the action of the high-speed dubbing unit 30. More particularly, when the value of N for determining the speed of playback on the optical disk drive 31 is entered by the user manipulating the keyboard 33a prior to starting the dubbing of the high-speed dubbing unit 30, it is temporarily saved as a copy format data in the memory 33A of the controller 33. Also by the user manipulating the keyboard 33a, both the user ID data and the machine ID data of the hard disk drive 12 are registered in advance and stored in the memory 33A of the controller 33.

[0048] To start the dubbing, the controller 33 directs the optical disk drive 31 to play back in response to the key movements of the keyboard 33a and read out the recording time data from the optical disk 15 as well as the copy format data or the value of N and the user ID data and the machine ID da...

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[0055] The recording time data in the second embodiment is equivalent to the disk ID data in the record / playback system 1 shown in FIG. 1 and used in the payment imposing unit 50 for identifying the copyright holder to whom the payment is paid. It is thus understood that one of the basic data for imposing the payment is not limited to the recording time data in the record / playback system 2 but any other data capable of identifying the copyright holder or those who receives the payment for digital data recorded on the optical disk 35 in the high-speed dubbing unit 30 will be used with equal success.

[0056] Accordingly, the payment imposing controller 52 draws a sum of money for the payment determined by the above process from the bank account of the user or those to whom the payment is imposed under automatic payment agreement and transfers it to the copyright holder or more particularly, to the bank account specified by the copyright holder. When the value of N received from the cont...

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Abstract

A high-speed dubbing unit 10 for dubbing digital data from an optical disk 15 to a hard disk 16 at a high speed is connected via a public telephone line to a payment imposing unit 20. A control unit 13 is provided for generating in its basic data generator 13B a basic data for imposing the payment from at least a data indicative of the user identification and a data indicative of the speed for recording the data read out from the optical disk 15 into the hard disk 16 and transmitting the basic data to the payment imposing unit 20. The payment imposing unit 20 performs the imposing of the payment according to the basic data received from the control unit 13 and transmits a data indicative of the completion of imposing the payment to the control unit 13. In response to the data indicative of the completion of the payment, the control unit 13 directs the high-speed dubbing unit 10 to start recording the data read out from the optical disk 15 into the hard disk 16.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 319,093, filed on Aug. 16, 1999, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates to a record / playback apparatus and a record / playback method and particularly, to a record / playback apparatus and a record / playback method capable of switching the recording action in response to a payment action. BACKGROUND ART [0003] It is known in the respect of protecting a copyright that the copying a digital data such as music software recorded on a given recording medium to another recording medium (referred to as “copying” or “dubbing” hereinafter) is permitted only one time or for one generation. Home audio systems are commonly designed capable of copying a group of digital data, e.g. of music play by a player, from an optical disk to a recording medium such as another optical disk, a magnetic disk, or a magnetic tape w...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q30/00G06F1/00G06F7/00G06Q90/00G07F17/16G07F17/30G11B20/00G11B20/10G11B27/00
CPCG06Q20/027G06Q20/085G06Q20/0855G06Q30/0601G07F17/16G11B20/0071G11B20/00086G11B20/00144G11B20/00195G11B20/0021G11B20/00688G07F17/305
Inventor HAN, MIN-JAE
Owner SONY CORP