Method and system for purchasing personal recording media
First Claim
1. A system for purchasing a personal recording media, comprising:
- a) a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding to said one data composition to predetermined signals, respectively, and for transmitting said signals;
b) a card-type storage medium including a storage device and an integrated circuit;
c) a receiving device capable of attaching/detaching said card-type storage medium, and of enabling a user to sense said data composition by receiving said signal transmitted from said first station, and of selectively storing into said storage device of said card-type storage medium, by a predetermined operation, data information corresponding to said data composition being transmitted when said card-type storage medium is attached thereto;
d) a second station including an entering device capable of attaching/detaching said card-type storage medium into which said data information is stored, and of reading an identification information stored in said storage device of said card-type storage medium when said card-type storage medium is attached thereto, and of reading said data information stored in said storage device of said card-type storage medium;
e) a third station connected to said second station and including a data composition information storage means for storing a plurality of data composition information, said third station being capable of;
1) identifying whether or not a user of said system is an authorized user based on said identification information, 2) reading said data composition information associated with said data information by retrieving data composition information from said data composition information storage means based on said data information entered with said entering means, and 3) recording said data composition information read from said data composition information storage means into a predetermined recording medium, and 4) implementing a predetermined accounting process based on an accounting information stored in said card-type storage medium, regarding said recording medium into which said data composition information is recorded, wherein a data information corresponding to said data composition is stored into said card-type storage medium by a predetermined operation when a user is sensing said data composition being transmitted from said first station, and said user can purchase said recording medium into which at least one desired data composition is recorded, by inserting said card-type storage medium of which said data information is stored therein into a predetermined entering means at said second station.
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Abstract
A system for purchasing a personal recording media includes a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding thereto to predetermined signals and for transmitting the signals, and a receiving device for receiving the signals and for enabling a user to sense the data composition transmitted The data information corresponding to the data composition being transmitted is selectively stored, by a predetermined operation by a user, either into a storage device of a card-type storage medium when the card-type storage medium is attached to the receiving device or into a storage device in a second station including the receiving device. A desired musical composition can be recorded into a recording medium, either at the second station or at a third station, based upon the data information stored in the card-type storage medium or in the storage device of the second station, and accounting and royalty processes are implemented.
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67 Claims
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1. A system for purchasing a personal recording media, comprising:
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a) a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding to said one data composition to predetermined signals, respectively, and for transmitting said signals;
b) a card-type storage medium including a storage device and an integrated circuit;
c) a receiving device capable of attaching/detaching said card-type storage medium, and of enabling a user to sense said data composition by receiving said signal transmitted from said first station, and of selectively storing into said storage device of said card-type storage medium, by a predetermined operation, data information corresponding to said data composition being transmitted when said card-type storage medium is attached thereto;
d) a second station including an entering device capable of attaching/detaching said card-type storage medium into which said data information is stored, and of reading an identification information stored in said storage device of said card-type storage medium when said card-type storage medium is attached thereto, and of reading said data information stored in said storage device of said card-type storage medium;
e) a third station connected to said second station and including a data composition information storage means for storing a plurality of data composition information, said third station being capable of;
1) identifying whether or not a user of said system is an authorized user based on said identification information, 2) reading said data composition information associated with said data information by retrieving data composition information from said data composition information storage means based on said data information entered with said entering means, and 3) recording said data composition information read from said data composition information storage means into a predetermined recording medium, and 4) implementing a predetermined accounting process based on an accounting information stored in said card-type storage medium, regarding said recording medium into which said data composition information is recorded, wherein a data information corresponding to said data composition is stored into said card-type storage medium by a predetermined operation when a user is sensing said data composition being transmitted from said first station, and said user can purchase said recording medium into which at least one desired data composition is recorded, by inserting said card-type storage medium of which said data information is stored therein into a predetermined entering means at said second station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for purchasing a personal recording media, comprising:
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a) a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding to said one data composition to predetermined signals, respectively, and for transmitting said signals;
b) a card-type storage medium including a storage device and an integrated circuit;
c) a receiving device capable of attaching/detaching said card-type storage medium, and of enabling a user to sense said data composition by receiving said signal transmitted from said first station, and of selectively storing into said storage device of said card-type storage medium, by a predetermined operation, data information corresponding to said data composition being transmitted when said card-type storage medium is attached thereto;
d) a second station including a data composition information storage means for storing a plurality of data composition information and an entering device capable of;
1) attaching/detaching said card-type storage medium into which said data information is stored, 2) reading an identification information stored in said storage device of said card-type storage medium when said card-type storage medium is attached thereto, and 3) reading said data information stored in said storage device of said card-type storage medium when said card-type storage medium is attached thereto, said second station being capable of reading data composition information associated with said data information stored in said storage device of said card-type storage medium by retrieving data composition information from said data composition information storage means based on said data information entered with said entering means, and recording said data composition information read from said data composition information storage means into a predetermined recording medium;
e) a third station connected to said second station, said third station being capable of;
1) identifying whether or not a user of said system is an authorized user based on said identification information, and 2) implementing a predetermined accounting process based on an accounting information stored in said card-type storage medium, regarding said recording medium into which said data composition information is recorded, wherein a data information corresponding to said data composition is stored into said card-type storage medium by a predetermined operation when a user is sensing said data composition being transmitted from said first station, and said user can purchase said recording medium into which at least one desired data composition is recorded, by inserting said card-type storage medium of which said data information is stored therein into a predetermined entering means at said second station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for purchasing a personal recording media, comprising:
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a) a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding to said one data composition to predetermined signals, respectively, and for transmitting said signals;
b) a second station including a receiving device and a storage device containing at least an identification information, said second station capable of enabling a user to sense said data composition by receiving said signal transmitted from said first station and of selectively storing into said storage device, by a predetermined operation, data information corresponding to said at least one data composition being transmitted;
c) a third station connected to said second station and including a data composition information storage means for storing a plurality of data composition information, said third station being capable of;
1) identifying whether or not a user of said system is an authorized user based on said identification information, 2) reading data composition information associated with said data information by retrieving data composition information from said data composition information storage means based on said data information received from said second station, 3) recording said data composition information read from said data composition information storage means into a predetermined recording medium, and 4) implementing a predetermined accounting process based on an accounting information, regarding said recording medium into which said data composition information is recorded, wherein a data information corresponding to said data composition is stored into said second station storage device by a predetermined operation when a user is sensing said data composition being transmitted from said first station, and said user can purchase said recording medium into which at least one desired data composition is recorded, by transmitting a request for a purchase from said second station to said third station. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A system for purchasing a personal recording media, comprising:
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a) a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding to said one data composition to predetermined signals, respectively, and for transmitting said signals;
b) a second station including a receiving device, a data composition information storage means for storing a plurality of data composition information, and a storage device containing at least an identification information, said second station capable of enabling a user to sense said data composition by receiving said signal transmitted from said first station and of selectively storing into said storage device, by a predetermined operation, data information corresponding to said at least one data composition being transmitted, said second station being further capable of reading data composition information associated with said data information stored in said storage device by retrieving data composition information from said data composition information storage means based on said data information stored in said storage device, and recording said data composition information read from said data composition information storage means into a predetermined recording medium;
c) a third station connected to said second station and including a data composition information storage means for storing a plurality of data composition information, said third station being capable of;
1) identifying whether or not a user of said system is an authorized user based on said identification information, 2) implementing a predetermined accounting process based on an accounting information, regarding said recording medium into which said data composition information is recorded;
wherein a data information corresponding to said data composition is stored into said second station storage device by a predetermined operation when a user is sensing said data composition being transmitted from said first station, and said user can purchase said recording medium into which at least one desired data composition is recorded, by transmitting a request for a purchase from said second station to said third station. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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