Data decoding apparatus and method, charge information processing apparatus and method, data reproducing apparatus and method, electronic money, electronic use right, and terminal apparatus

• US 20080046370A1
• Filed: 10/15/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: INOKUCHI, TATSUYA, SAKO, YOICHIRO
• Application Number:
  US11/974,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20080046370A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

Reproduction data is supplied to a decoder and encryption is decoded. A reproducing conditions label is detected by a reproducing conditions label detecting unit. Compression encoding is decoded by a decompressor. A watermark detecting unit discriminates whether the reproducing conditions label has been falsified or not. In a listening right counter, each time the reproduction data is decoded, listening right data is changed. The listening right data transmitted from a prepaid data charger by an antenna and a communicating module is stored into a memory unit. An encrypting module and a decoding module are provided in the communicating module. In a watermark adding unit, a watermark is added to output data. The data is converted into an analog output by a D/A converter and outputted to the outside.

Claims

1. Electronic money having an effect corresponding to cash, wherein its use period is limited.

2. A system in which electronic money or electronic use right whose use period is limited and electronic money or electronic use right whose use period is not limited exist mixedly.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein services which are provided by said electronic money or electronic use right whose use period is limited and those by said electronic money or electronic use right having no use period are made different.

4. A system according to claim 2, wherein said error electronic money or electronic use right whose use period is limited is cheaply provided as compared with that having no use period.

5. A system according to claim 2, wherein a remaining portion of said electronic money or electronic use right whose use period is limited is not reduced.

6. A system according to claim 2, wherein an identifier has been added to said electronic money or electronic use right whose use period is limited so as to distinguish it from that having no use period.

7. A system according to claim 2, wherein information of said use period has been encrypted.

8. A system according to claim 2, wherein information of said use period is protected by an error detection code and/or an error correction code.