Information center, terminal apparatus, dubbing system and dubbing method
First Claim
1. An information center for storing in advance a plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium and for authenticating proper use of a specific recording medium mounted on a terminal apparatus connected to said information center on the basis of information unique to said specific recording medium transmitted by said terminal apparatus to said information center, said information center comprising:
- storage means for storing in advance said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium;
reception means for receiving said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus transmitted by said terminal apparatus;
comparison means for comparing said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus received by said reception means from said terminal apparatus with said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said storage means; and
control means for controlling processing carried out by said terminal apparatus in case said comparison means finds that said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus does not exist in said storage means.
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Abstract
An information center, a terminal apparatus, a dubbing system and a dubbing method. Utilize a plurality of terminal apparatuses each owned by a user and an information center common to the terminal apparatuses. Data such as musical software can be dubbed from a recording medium such as a compact disc mounted on the terminal apparatus to other media such as a hard-disc driver employed in the terminal apparatus provided that a dubbing permission is granted by the information center. That is to say, prior to dubbing, the terminal apparatus establishes communication with the information center in order to obtain such a permission and other information related to the recording medium typically as a fee-charging service. The main function of the information center, therefore, is authentication of the user making a request for a permission to dub data. A request for such a permission made by the user may be rejected depending on the result of authentication.
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28 Claims
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1. An information center for storing in advance a plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium and for authenticating proper use of a specific recording medium mounted on a terminal apparatus connected to said information center on the basis of information unique to said specific recording medium transmitted by said terminal apparatus to said information center, said information center comprising:
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storage means for storing in advance said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium;
reception means for receiving said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus transmitted by said terminal apparatus;
comparison means for comparing said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus received by said reception means from said terminal apparatus with said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said storage means; and
control means for controlling processing carried out by said terminal apparatus in case said comparison means finds that said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus does not exist in said storage means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A terminal apparatus for carrying out processing to obtain a permission to dub data recorded on a specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus to other media from an information center for storing in advance a plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium, said terminal apparatus comprising:
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transmission means for transmitting information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus to said information center for storing in advance said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium;
reception means for receiving a result of comparison of said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus with said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said information center from said information center; and
control means for controlling said transmission means to transmit detailed information from said terminal apparatus to said information center in case said result of comparison received by said reception means indicates that said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus does not match any of said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said information center. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A dubbing system having a terminal apparatus and an information center wherein:
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said information center comprises;
storage means for storing in advance a plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium;
first reception means for receiving information unique to a specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus transmitted by said terminal apparatus;
comparison means for comparing said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus received by said first reception means from said terminal apparatus with said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said storage means; and
first transmission means for transmitting a result of comparison of said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus with said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said information center output by said comparison means, wherein said terminal apparatus comprises;
copy means for copying data recorded on said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus to another recording medium;
second transmission means for transmitting said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus to said information center;
second reception means for receiving said result of comparison of said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus with said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said information center from said information center; and
control means for controlling a copy operation carried out by said copy means in case said result of comparison received by said second reception means indicates that said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus does not match any of said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said information center. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A dubbing method for carrying out processing to obtain a permission to dub data recorded on a specific recording medium mounted on a terminal apparatus to other media from an information center for storing in advance a plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium, said dubbing method comprising:
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a transmission step of transmitting information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus to said information center;
a comparison step of comparing said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus with said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said information center; and
a control step of inhibiting an operation to dub data recorded on said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus to other media in case a result of comparison output at said comparison step indicates that said information unique to said specific recording medium mounted on said terminal apparatus does not match any of said plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium stored in advance in said information center. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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Specification