Method, apparatus, and recording medium for recording multimedia content

• US 20070269185A1
• Filed: 05/09/2007
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Schmidt-Uhlig, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 9,208,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/261
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00159 Parental control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00702 said measures preventing that data are recorded on the recording medium
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00724 wherein a prepaid credit balance is registered on the recording medium
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0084 wherein the usage restriction can be expressed as a specific time or date
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded

Abstract

The invention relates to a method, an apparatus, and a recording medium for recording multimedia content, which allow a controlled access to the multimedia content. According to the invention, the recording medium for recording multimedia content has a content limitation indicator for indicating which multimedia content is allowed to be recorded on the recording medium, which specifies an age rating for the multimedia content. A recording apparatus compares the multimedia content to be recorded with the limitations specified by the content limitation indicator prior to recording the multimedia content on the recording medium.

Claims

1. Recording medium for recording multimedia content, having an indicator for indicating which multimedia content is allowed to be recorded on the recording medium, wherein the indicator specifies an age rating for the multimedia content.

2. Recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the indicator can be modified.

3. Recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the indicator is protected by a password.

4. Recording medium according to claim 1, wherein different indicators are provided for different users.

5. Recording medium according to claim 1, wherein it is an optical recording medium.

6. Method for recording multimedia content on a recording medium, having the steps of:

comparing the multimedia content to be recorded with a content limitation indicator on the recording medium; and

recording the multimedia content on the recording medium (1) in case the multimedia content fulfills the limitations specified by the content limitation indicator,

wherein the indicator specifies an age rating for the multimedia content.

7. Apparatus for recording multimedia content on a recording medium, having:

a verification unit for comparing the multimedia content to be recorded with a content limitation indicator on the recording medium; and

a recording device for recording the multimedia content on the recording medium,

wherein the indicator specifies an age rating for the multimedia content.