Information recording apparatus and fee charging method thereof
First Claim
1. An information recording apparatus comprising:
- information recording means for recording information in a first recording medium;
operating means for operating unloading of said first recording medium including said information recorded by said information recording means;
unloading means for unloading said first recording medium based on operation of said operation means; and
fee charging means for charging when said first recording medium is unloaded by said unloading means.
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Abstract
Charging in a reasonable manner for a fee regarding an information recording apparatus recording information into a recording medium.
Information received through a tuner or reproduced through a digital reproducing section is converted by a format conversion circuit, supplied to a digital, an analog or a memory card type recording and reproducing section where dubbing is carried out. Such information can be also stored in a storage medium such as a HDD and then supplied and dubbed in the pertinent recording and reproducing section. When the recording medium containing recorded information is unloaded, charging is done through a charging section. Once unloaded, the recording medium can be easily taken out and used, thus such a convenience can be charged as well. In addition, the charging can be done corresponding to a number of recording media containing recorded information. Furthermore, a user can verify whether recording has been carried out properly, before charging.
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36 Claims
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1. An information recording apparatus comprising:
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information recording means for recording information in a first recording medium;
operating means for operating unloading of said first recording medium including said information recorded by said information recording means;
unloading means for unloading said first recording medium based on operation of said operation means; and
fee charging means for charging when said first recording medium is unloaded by said unloading means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32)
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15. A charging method for charging a fee related to an information recording apparatus recording information in a first recording medium and unloading said first recording medium based on an unloading operation, the fee charging method comprising the step of charging when unloading of said first recording medium is performed.
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29. An information recording apparatus comprising:
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information storage means for storing information in an information storage;
information recording means for recording in a first recording medium information stored in said information storage through said information storage means;
operating means for performing unloading operation of said first recording medium having said information recorded by said information recording means;
unloading means for unloading said first recording medium based on operation of said operating means;
fee charging means for performing;
a first charging when said information is stored in said information storage means through said information storage means; and
a second charging when unloading said first recording medium through said unloading means.
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33. A charging method for charging a fee related to an information recording apparatus storing information in an information storage, recording said information stored in said information storage into a first recording medium and unloading said first recording medium based on an unloading operation, the charging method comprising the step of
performing first charging when said information is stored in said information storage, and second charging when said first recording medium is unloaded.
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