Recording medium having content identification section

• US 6,452,874 B1
• Filed: 08/30/2000
• Issued: 09/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Otsuka, Satoshi, Marukawa, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, TAN X
• Application Number:
  US09/651,896
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 369/14, 369/275.3, 369/53.41, 369/77.2, 369/77.1, 369/33, 369/32, 369/275.2, 705/53, 705/52, 705/17, 705/28, 705/1
• US Class Current: 369/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• 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 20/00724 wherein a prepaid credit balance is registered on the recording medium
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/0302 Auxiliary features
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information

Abstract

A recording medium is disclosed which is removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by the information providing apparatus. The recording medium includes a recording medium main body and a content identification section including content identification information detectable by the information providing apparatus, which indicates a kind of content information downloaded by the information providing apparatus.

Claims

1. A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising:

a recording medium main body;

a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus; and

an address indicator for indicating a specific position address on the recording medium for recording the downloaded content information.

2. A recording medium according to claim 1, further comprising a recording medium receptacle for housing said recording medium main body, wherein said content identification section is provided on said recording medium receptacle.

3. A recording medium according to claim 2, wherein said content identification section is formed on said receptacle as a switch adapted to select one of plural kinds of contents.

4. A recording medium according to claim 3, wherein said switch is user selectable.

5. A recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said content identification section is recorded as an information signal in said recording medium main body.

7. A recording medium according to claim 1, further comprising output means for outputting content information recorded in said recording medium as information detectable by a user.

8. A recording medium according to claim 7, wherein said output means is display means for displaying an image based on said content information.

9. A recording medium according to claim 1, further comprising use state identification information section including use state identification information indicating one of a personal use and an unspecified user'"'"'s use.

10. A recording medium according to claim 9, wherein said use state identification information section is recorded as an information signal in said recording medium main body.

6. A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising:

a recording medium main body including a reproduction only region and a recordable region; and

a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus, wherein said content identification section is recorded as an information signal in said reproduction only region of said recording medium main body.

11. A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising:

a recording medium main body including a reproduction only region and a recordable region;

a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus; and

a use state identification information section including use state identification information indicating one of a personal use and an unspecified user'"'"'s use, wherein said use state identification information section is recorded as an information signal in said reproduction only region of said recording medium main body.