Method of purchasing personal recording media, system for purchasing personal recording media, and media recorded with personal recording media purchasing program

• US 5,900,608 A
• Filed: 12/16/1997
• Issued: 05/04/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dentsu Incorporated (Dentsu Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Takahito Iida
• Inventors: Iida, Takahito
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien Minh
• Application Number:
  US08/991,235
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 235/381, 235/380, 235/492, 235/382, 235/382.5, 369/30, 369/34, 369/36, 369/85, 369/15, 369/84, 369/55
• US Class Current: 235/381
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/305 for record players
• 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 2220/2529 Mini-discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/028 with computer assistance
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/31 using in-band signals, e.g. subsonic or cue signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/50 characterised by the use of watermarks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/22 per use
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 : for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/63 : for services of sales data processing systems or methods specially adapted for electronic commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/98 : Physical distribution of media, e.g. postcards, CDs or DVDs

Abstract

A system for purchasing a personal recording media includes a first entering unit for entering an identification information in order to identify a customer, a unit connected to the first entering unit for identifying whether or not the customer is an authorized customer based on the entered identification information, a second entering unit connected to the identifying unit for entering at least one designated information by the customer when the customer is identified as an authorized customer in accordance with the identifying unit, a unit for storing a plurality of information, a unit connected to the second entering unit and the information storing unit for reading information associated with the designated information by retrieving the plurality of information in the information storing unit based on the designated information entered by the second entering unit, and a unit connected to the information reading unit for recording the information read from the information storing unit into a predetermined recording media.

Claims

1. A system for purchasing a personal recording media, comprising:

a first station, including

a first entering means for entering an identification information in order to identify a customer;

a second entering means for entering at least one designated information by said customer when said customer is identified as an authorized customer;

a first information storing means for storing a plurality of information;

a information recording means for recording information associated with said designated information by retrieving said plurality of information of said first information storing means based on said designated information entered from said second entering means;

a second station, including

means connected to said first station for identifying whether or not said customer is an authorized customer based on said identification information entered by said first entering means;

a second information storing means for storing a plurality of information corresponding to said plurality of information stored in said first storing means;

means for implementing a predetermined accounting process regarding said recording media into which said information has been recorded;

a third station, connected to said first station and said second station, respectively, including a latest information storing means for storing the latest information,

wherein, said first station and said second station update said plurality of information stored in said first information storing means and said second information storing means, respectively, based on said latest information stored in said latest information storing means,

wherein said customer can purchase said recording media at said first station in such a manner that said recording media consisting of an arbitrary numbers of said information is produced at said first station based on said designated information entered by said customer at said first station.

2. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of information stored in said first information storing means and said plurality of information stored in said second information storing means are musical composition information which include information concerning a musical composition list, a musical composition data, an index and a copyright.

3. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 2, wherein said musical composition information further includes information concerning an original disc right.

4. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 1, wherein said information storing means is a musical composition information storing means, and said plurality of information stored therein are a plurality of musical composition information which include information concerning a musical composition list, a musical composition data, an index and a copyright.

5. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 4, wherein said plurality of musical information further include information concerning an original disc right.

6. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 4, wherein said musical composition information storing means is a database having an accumulable specification which unifies the music, and is constituted by digitalizing and unifying a sound source, a MIDI data, a music score data, and a right attribution data.

7. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 6, wherein said musical composition information storing means includes the information of five categories of a music attribution, an original disc right, a copyright, a music score, and a sound source.

8. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 7, wherein said musical attribution includes at least one of:

music code (country code+work code);

name of musical composition;

time of musical composition;

name(s) of artist(s);

country code of artist(s); and

manufactured date.

9. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 7, wherein said original disc right includes at least one of:

owner(s) of the original disc;

country code(s) of the owner(s) of the original disc;

co-owner(s); and

country code(s) of the co-owner(s).

10. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 8, wherein said copyright includes at least one of:

name(s) of songwriter(s);

country code(s) of songwriter(s);

name(s) of representative publisher(s) of songwriter(s);

country code(s) of representative publisher(s);

name(s) of co-publisher(s);

country code(s) of co-publisher(s);

name(s) of musical composer(s);

country code(s) of musical composer(s);

name(s) of representative publisher(s) of musical composer(s);

country code(s) of representative publisher(s);

name(s) of co-publisher(s);

country code(s) of co-publisher(s);

name(s) of musical arranger(s);

country code(s) of musical arranger(s);

name(s) of representative publisher(s) of musical arranger(s);

country code(s) of representative publisher(s);

name(s) of co-publisher(s); and

country code(s) of co-publisher(s).

11. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 1, wherein said information storing means is a video information storing means, and said plurality of information are a plurality of video information which include information regarding a video data, a sound data, an index, and a copyright.

12. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 11, wherein said plurality of video information further include information regarding an original disc right.

13. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 11, wherein said video data is a motion picture data.

14. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 11, wherein said video data is a television program data.

15. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 11, wherein said video data is a commercial program data.

16. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 1, wherein said information storing means is an image information storing means, and said plurality of information are a plurality of image information which include information regarding a graphic data, a sound data, an index, and a copyright.

17. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 16, wherein said plurality of image information further include information regarding an original disc right.

18. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 11, wherein said video information storing means is a Digital Video Disc (DVD).

19. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 1, wherein said information storing means is a program storing means, and said plurality of information are a plurality of program information which include information regarding a plurality of software programs, an index, and a copyright.

20. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 19, wherein said plurality of program information further include information regarding an original disc right.

21. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 19, wherein said video information storing means is a video cassette tape (VCT).

22. A system for purchasing a personal recording media, comprising:

a first station, including

a first entering means for entering an identification information in order to identify a customer;

a second entering means for entering at least one designated information by said customer when said customer is identified as an authorized customer;

a second station, including

means connected to said first station for identifying whether or not said customer is an authorized customer based on said identification information entered by said first entering means;

an information storing means for storing a plurality of information;

means for reading said information associated with said designated information by retrieving said plurality of information in said information storing means based on said designated information entered from said second entering means;

information recording means connected to said information reading means for recording said information read from said information storing means into a predetermined recording media;

means for implementing a predetermined accounting process regarding said recording media into which said information has been recorded;

a third station, connected to said first station and said second station, respectively, including a latest information storing means for storing the latest information,

wherein, said first station and said second station update said plurality of information stored in said information storing means in said second station based on said latest information stored in said latest information storing means, as necessary,

wherein said customer can purchase said recording media at said first station in such a manner that said recording media consisting of an arbitrary numbers of said information is produced at said second station, based on said designated information entered by said customer at said first station, and then said produced recording media is delivered to said first station.

23. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 22, wherein said first station further includes

means for storing a specific information consisting of a part of said plurality of information stored in said information storing means at said second station;

and

means for retrieving said specific information storing means based on said designated information entered from said second entering means by said customer and for displaying, to said customer, said specific information associated with said designated information entered.

24. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 23, wherein said information storing means is a musical composition information storing means, and said plurality of information stored therein are a plurality of musical composition information which include information concerning a musical composition list, a musical composition data, an index and a copyright.

25. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 24, wherein said musical composition information storing means is a database having an accumulable specification which unifies the music, and is constituted by digitalizing and unifying a sound source, a MIDI data, a music score data, and a right attribution data.

26. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 25, wherein said musical composition information storing means includes the information of five categories of a music attribution, an original disc right, a copyright, a music score, and a sound source.

27. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 23, wherein said information storing means is a video information storing means, and said plurality of information are a plurality of video information which include information regarding a video data, a sound data, an index, and a copyright.

28. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 27, wherein said video data is a motion picture data.

29. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 27, wherein said video data is a television program data.

30. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 27, wherein said video data is a commercial program data.

31. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 23, wherein said information storing means is an image information storing means, and said plurality of information are a plurality of image information which include information regarding a graphic data, a sound data, an index, and a copyright.

32. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 30, wherein said video information storing means is a Digital Video Disc (DVD).

33. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 23, wherein said information storing means is a program storing means, and said plurality of information are a plurality of program information which include information regarding a plurality of software programs, an index, and a copyright.

34. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 33, wherein said video information storing means is a video cassette tape (VCT).

35. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 24, wherein said plurality of musical composition information further include an original disc right.

36. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 26, wherein said musical attribution includes at least one of:

music code (country code+work code);

name of musical composition;

time of musical composition;

name(s) of artist(s);

country code of artist(s); and

manufactured date.

37. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 26, wherein said original disc right includes at least one of:

owner(s) of the original disc;

country code(s) of the owner(s) of the original disc;

co-owner(s); and

country code(s) of the co-owner(s).

38. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 26, wherein said copyright includes at least one of:

name(s) of songwriter(s);

country code(s) of songwriter(s);

name(s) of representative publisher(s) of songwriter(s);

country code(s) of representative publisher(s);

name(s) of co-publisher(s);

country code(s) of co-publisher(s);

name(s) of musical composer(s);

country code(s) of musical composer(s);

name(s) of representative publisher(s) of musical composer(s);

country code(s) of representative publisher(s);

name(s) of co-publisher(s);

country code(s) of co-publisher(s);

name(s) of musical arranger(s);

country code(s) of musical arranger(s);

name(s) of representative publisher(s) of musical arranger(s);

country code(s) of representative publisher(s);

name(s) of co-publisher(s); and

country code(s) of co-publisher(s).

39. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 27, wherein said plurality of video information further include information regarding an original disc right.

40. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 31, wherein said plurality of image information further include information regarding an original disc right.

41. A system for purchasing a personal recording media according to claim 33, wherein said plurality of program information further include information regarding an original disc right.