Data-recording method, data-recording apparatus, and data-recording system
First Claim
1. A data-recording method of copying a content to another recording medium, the content being that which is permitted to be copied only a limited number of times, said method comprising:
- a recording step of first copying the content to the another recording medium and then recording content information specific to the content and device information specific to a device that is an original storage place of the content;
a collating step of collating the content information about the copied content and the device information associated with the content information, with device information about a device in which the content is to be written, when the content is lost in the storage place after the content has been recorded in the recording step; and
a restoring step of writing the copied content back into the device when collation is successfully performed in the collating step.
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Abstract
A PC, which is a data-processing apparatus copies a file in a mini disc via a data-recording apparatus. The file is composed of a copyrighted music content accumulated in the HDD of the PC, which have been reproduced from another recording medium such as a CD, a DVD or the like. The data-recording apparatus records the ID specific to the PC in the mini disc. Not only the music file, but also the content ID specific to the content is recorded in the next-generation mini disc used in an embodiment of this invention. The music file, thus backed up, is restored when the device in which the content is to be restored is identical to the PC that has been checked out, or when this device is collated to be identical to the PC.
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21 Claims
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1. A data-recording method of copying a content to another recording medium, the content being that which is permitted to be copied only a limited number of times, said method comprising:
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a recording step of first copying the content to the another recording medium and then recording content information specific to the content and device information specific to a device that is an original storage place of the content;
a collating step of collating the content information about the copied content and the device information associated with the content information, with device information about a device in which the content is to be written, when the content is lost in the storage place after the content has been recorded in the recording step; and
a restoring step of writing the copied content back into the device when collation is successfully performed in the collating step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data-recording apparatus for copying a content to another recording medium, the content being that which is permitted to be copied only a limited number of times, said apparatus comprising:
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first recording means for recording, in storage means, a content input from an external device;
second recording means for copying the content from the storage means to the another recording medium and recording content information specific to the content and device information specific to the data-recording apparatus; and
restoring means for collating the content information about the copied content and the device information associated with the content information, with device information about a device in which the content is to be written, when the content is lost in the storage place after the content has been recorded to the another recording medium by the second recording means, and for causing the first recording means to perform a process of writing the copied content back into an original storage place when collation is successfully performed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A data-recording system comprising:
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a data-recording apparatus having first recording means for recording, in storage means, a content input from an external device, and second recording means for copying the content from the storage means to the another recording medium and then recording content information specific to the content and device information specific to the data-recording apparatus, and configured to copy the content to the another recording medium, the content being that which is permitted to be copied only a limited number of times; and
a content-restoration control apparatus for collating the content information about the copied content and the device information associated with the content information, with device information about a device in which the content is to be written, when the content is lost in the storage place after the content has been recorded to the another recording medium by the second recording means, and for causing the first recording means to perform a process of writing the copied content back into an original storage place when collation is successfully performed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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