JP2002318728A - Information processor, information processing method, recording medium and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transfer edited additional information in the case of checkout. SOLUTION: A music file storage part 68-1 stores additional information 70 for (original) PC for transfer and additional information 71 for PC editing for editing, which is prepared by copying the additional information 70 for PC. A GUI part 61 displays the additional information 71 for PC editing on a display. Thus, a user can edit the additional information. In the case of checkout, a transfer processing part 63 transfers the additional information 71 for PC editing to a portable device 5-1 together with a music file 69.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus and method capable of transferring edited additional information at checkout. recoding media,
And the program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the spread of digital technology, various data such as music data and image data have been digitally recorded or reproduced on a recording medium.

[0003] For copyright protection, the number of times the data is reproduced or the period during which the data can be used may be limited based on the right information corresponding to the data.

[0004] Further, a user can purchase various data such as music data and image data at a terminal device or the like provided at a store of a store, and record and use the personal computer. According to the corresponding rights information, the data purchased at the store or the like can be moved either indefinitely or only once, and after the move, only check-out or check-in is permitted. You.

[0005] By the way, various additional information is attached to purchased data (hereinafter referred to as contents).
The additional information includes, for example, character strings such as titles and artist names, jacket images, lyrics, video clips, and the like.

[0006] The user can display the additional information attached to the content on a display of a personal computer or the like, and easily edit the additional information.

[0007]

However, when transferring contents stored in a personal computer to a portable device, there is a risk that additional information edited by a user may be distributed. There was a problem that content could not be provided with security.

Therefore, it is possible to prohibit the transfer of the edited additional information. For example, a user selects a favorite content, checks it out to a portable device or the like, and carries the portable device to use. In such a case, it is not possible to display the additional information created according to the user's preference, which is inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is an object of the present invention to transfer edited additional information at the time of check-out.

[0010]

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a first recording means for recording contents, and a second recording means for recording first editable additional information relating to contents.
Recording means, display control means for controlling the display of the first additional information recorded in the second recording means, and editing means for editing the first additional information whose display is controlled by the display control means When a check-out of the content is instructed by an operation of the user, the first content edited in the second recording device and edited by the editing device together with the content recorded in the first recording device. Transfer control means for controlling the transfer of the additional information to another information processing apparatus.

[0011] A generating means for generating the first additional information by copying the non-editable second additional information may be further provided.

The second recording means can record the second additional information in addition to the first additional information.

According to the information processing method of the present invention, a first recording control processing step for controlling recording of a content and a second recording control processing step for controlling recording of editable additional information relating to the content.
A recording control processing step, a display control processing step for controlling display of additional information whose recording is controlled by the processing of the second recording control processing step, and an additional display whose display is controlled by the processing of the display control processing step. When a check-out of the content is instructed by an operation of the user and an editing step of editing information, together with the content whose recording is controlled by the processing of the first recording control processing step, the second recording control processing step is performed. And a transfer control processing step of controlling transfer of the additional information edited by the editing processing step to another information processing apparatus, the recording of which is controlled by the processing.

The program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention includes a first recording control processing step for controlling recording of the content and a second recording control processing for controlling recording of editable additional information relating to the content. Step, a display control processing step for controlling display of additional information whose recording is controlled by the processing of the second recording control processing step, and editing of the additional information whose display is controlled by the processing of the display control processing step When the editing step and the check-out of the content are instructed by the user's operation, the recording is controlled by the processing of the second recording control processing step together with the content whose recording is controlled by the processing of the first recording control processing step. The transfer of the controlled additional information edited by the processing of the editing processing step to another information processing apparatus is controlled. Characterized in that it comprises a transfer control processing step for.

[0015] A program according to the present invention comprises a first recording control processing step for controlling recording of content, a second recording control processing step for controlling recording of editable additional information relating to the content, and a second recording. A display control processing step of controlling display of additional information whose recording is controlled by the processing of the control processing step; an editing step of editing additional information whose display is controlled by the processing of the display control processing step; When a check-out of the content is instructed by the operation, an editing process in which the recording is controlled by the process of the second recording control process step together with the content whose recording is controlled by the process of the first recording control process step A transfer control processing step for controlling the transfer of the additional information edited by the step processing to another information processing apparatus. Characterized in that to execute the door to the computer.

In the information processing apparatus, method, and program according to the present invention, content is recorded, editable additional information relating to the content is recorded, display of the recorded additional information is controlled, and display is controlled. When the additional information is edited and a check-out of the content is instructed by a user operation, the transfer of the edited additional information to another information processing device together with the recorded content is controlled.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a content data management system according to the present invention. The personal computer 1 is connected to a network 2 including a local area network or the Internet. The personal computer 1 is an EMD (Ele
ctronic Music Distribution) server 3
Alternatively, musical tone data (hereinafter, referred to as content) read from a CD (Compact Disc) may be recorded as it is, or a predetermined encoding method (for example, ATRAC3 (Ad
vanced Transform Acoustic Coding (trademark)) and encrypted by an encryption method such as DES (Data Encryption Standard) and recorded.

The personal computer 1 records right information data indicating usage conditions of the content in plain text or corresponding to the content recorded in an encrypted form.

The rights information data is, for example, the number of portable devices (Portable Devices (PDs)) that can simultaneously use the contents corresponding to the rights information data (so-called PDs that can be checked out).
Number). Even when the number of contents indicated by the data of the right information is checked out, the personal computer 1 can reproduce the contents.

Here, the checkout means, for example, of the content, data related to the content, and data of the right information of the content recorded in the personal computer 1, the content and the data related to the content. Is copied to the portable device 5, and the check-in means that the content recorded on the portable device 5 and checked out from the personal computer 1 is returned to the personal computer 1. Then, the content and data related to the content recorded on the portable device 5 are erased.

Alternatively, the data of the right information indicates that the content can be copied. When the content is copied to the portable devices 5-1 to 5-3,
The personal computer 1 can reproduce the recorded content. Content portable device 5-1
The number of times that data can be stored in 5 to 5-3 may be limited. In this case, the number of times that copying can be performed does not increase.

Alternatively, the data of the rights information indicates that the content can be copied without any limitation (that is, there is no use condition). When the content is copied to the portable devices 5-1 to 5-3, the personal computer 1 can reproduce the recorded content.

Alternatively, the data of the right information indicates that the content can be moved to another personal computer (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as “move”). After the content is moved to the portable devices 5-1 to 5-3 (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as “move-out”), the content recorded in the personal computer 1 cannot be used (the content is deleted or the right Information is changed and can no longer be used).

Here, the move-out is different from the check-out described above. For example, all the content, data related to the content, and data of the right information of the content recorded on the personal computer 1 are all stored in the personal computer 1. The move-in means moving to the portable device 5, and “move-in” moves all the content, data related to the content, and data of the right information of the content recorded on the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1. Means that.

Alternatively, the right information indicates that only check-out or check-in is permitted after the content is moved from the recording medium to the personal computer 1. In this way, importing only once is defined as import. Memory cards 9-1 to 9
-4 to the personal computer 1, for example, the portable device 5-
Checking out to 1 to 5-3 is allowed, but other personal computers or memory cards 9
Moving from -1 to 9-4 is not allowed.

The personal computer 1 stores the encrypted and recorded contents together with data (eg, song titles or reproduction conditions) related to the contents in US
Via a B (Universal Serial Bus) cable, the portable device 5-1 is connected and stored in the portable device 5-1. In response to the storage in the portable device 5-1, the rights information corresponding to the stored content is stored. Update the data (hereinafter referred to as checkout). More specifically, when checking out, the number of times the data of the right information corresponding to the content recorded by the personal computer 1 can be checked out is reduced by one. If the number of checkouts is 0,
The corresponding content cannot be checked out.

Similarly, the personal computer 1 causes the portable device 5-2 or 5-3 connected to the portable device 5-2 or 5-3 to store the encrypted and recorded content together with data relating to the content via a USB cable. With the portable device 5-2 or 5-3
, The data of the right information corresponding to the stored content is updated.

The personal computer 1 is connected to a USB
The portable device 5-1 deletes (or disables) the content checked out by the personal computer 1 to the connected portable device 5-1 via the cable, and corresponds to the deleted content. The right information data to be updated is updated (hereinafter referred to as check-in). More specifically, when checking in, the number of times data can be checked out, which is described in the right information of the corresponding content recorded by the personal computer 1, is increased by one.

Similarly, the personal computer 1 is connected to a US
The content checked out by the personal computer 1 to the connected portable device 5-2 or 5-3 via the B cable is transferred to the portable device 5
-2 or 5-3 (or make it unusable), and update the data of the rights information corresponding to the deleted content.

The personal computer 1 includes a portable device 5-1 (not shown).
I cannot check in content that has been checked out to. Similarly, the personal computer 1 is connected to another personal computer by the portable device 5-2 or 5
-3 cannot check in content that has been checked out. That is, the devices that can check in are uniquely determined.

In response to a request from the personal computer 1, the EMD server 3 transmits the content to the personal computer 1 via the network 2 together with data (for example, a song title or reproduction restriction) and right information related to the content. Supply. The EMD server 3 supplies only the additional information to the personal computer 1 via the network 2 in response to the request from the personal computer 1.

The contents supplied by the EMD server 3 are encoded by a predetermined encoding method and are also encrypted by a predetermined encryption method. The EMD server 3 supplies the personal computer 1 with a key for decrypting the content.

A WWW (World Wide Web) server 4 responds to a request from the personal computer 1 via the network 2 to read data (for example, CD album name or CD sales) corresponding to the content read CD. (Eg, a company) and data corresponding to the content read from the CD (eg, a song title or a composer name) are supplied to the personal computer 1. The WWW server 4 supplies only the additional information to the personal computer 1 via the network 2 in response to the request from the personal computer 1.

The portable device 5-1 stores the content (ie, the content supplied from the personal computer 1).
The content that has been checked out or the content that has been moved out) is stored together with data related to the content (for example, a song title or rights information). The portable device 5-1 reproduces the stored content based on the data related to the content, and outputs the content to headphones (not shown) or the like.

For example, when an attempt is made to reproduce more than the number of times of reproduction described in the right information stored as data related to the content, the portable device 5
-1 stops the reproduction of the corresponding content. Further, for example, when an attempt is made to play back after the playback time limit described in the right information stored as data related to the content, the portable device 5-1 stops playing back the corresponding content.

The user can remove the portable device 5-1 storing the content from the personal computer 1, carry it around, play back the stored content, and listen to music corresponding to the content using headphones or the like. .

Like the portable device 5-1, the portable device 5-2 or 5-3 stores the content supplied from the personal computer 1 together with the data relating to the content. The portable device 5-2 or 5-3 reproduces the stored content based on the data related to the content, and outputs the content to headphones (not shown). The user can remove the portable device 5-2 or 5-3 storing the content from the personal computer 1, carry it around, play back the stored content, and listen to music or the like corresponding to the content using headphones or the like. it can.

The memory card 9-1 is inserted into a terminal device 6 provided at a store or the like of a store, and a content purchased by a user operating the terminal device 6 is used to store corresponding content such as right information and additional information. Is stored together with the data. That is, the terminal device 6 receives the content distributed from the EMD server 3, data including right information and additional information related to the content, and stores the content in the inserted memory card 9-1. The predetermined content stored in the memory card 9-1 is based on the data of the right information.
Imports (ie, only one move) are allowed.

Memory card 9-1 storing contents
Is installed in a slot of the personal computer 1. The personal computer 1 imports (moves in) the content stored in the attached memory card 9-1. The personal computer 1 generates data of rights information corresponding to the imported content and permitting only check-out or check-in, and stores the generated data of rights information. The content imported to the personal computer 1 is stored in the portable devices 5-1 to 5 based on the right information.
-3 is permitted to be checked out, or check-in is permitted from the portable devices 5-1 to 5-3.

The memory card 9-2 is inserted into the mobile phone 7, and the content purchased by the user operating the mobile phone 7 (for example, via a mobile phone line,
(Downloaded content) is stored together with the corresponding right information data. The predetermined content stored in the memory card 9-2 is based on the data of the right information.
Import is allowed.

Memory card 9-2 storing contents
Is installed in a slot of the personal computer 1. The personal computer 1 imports the content stored in the attached memory card 9-2. The personal computer 1 generates data of rights information corresponding to the imported content and permitting only check-out or check-in, and stores the generated data of rights information.

The memory card 9-3 has a PDA (Personal Digital
gital assistant) 8 and stores the content purchased from the EMD server 3 via the network 2 together with the corresponding rights information data by operating the PDA 8 by the user. Import of the predetermined content stored in the memory card 9-3 is permitted based on the data of the right information.

Memory card 9-3 storing contents
Is installed in a slot of the personal computer 1. The personal computer 1 imports the content stored in the attached memory card 9-3. The personal computer 1 generates data of rights information corresponding to the imported content and permitting only check-out or check-in, and stores the generated data of rights information.

The memory card 9-4 is inserted into a portable device 5-4 with a recording function (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a portable device 5-4), and a user operates the portable device 5-4 to record. The content is stored together with the correspondingly generated right information data. The content stored in the memory card 9-4 is
Import is permitted based on the rights information data.

Memory card 9-4 storing contents
Is installed in a slot of the personal computer 1. The personal computer 1 imports the content stored in the attached memory card 9-4. The personal computer 1 generates data of rights information corresponding to the imported content and permitting only check-out or check-in, and stores the generated data of rights information.

Hereinafter, the portable devices 5-1 to 5-
When it is not necessary to distinguish the 4 individually, it is simply referred to as a portable device 5. Hereinafter, the memory cards 9-1 to 9
When it is not necessary to distinguish -4 individually, it is simply referred to as a memory card 9.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the personal computer 1.

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11
Various application programs (for example, an application program called a so-called jukebox) for realizing the functions described later, and an operating system (OS)
stem) is actually executed. ROM (Read Only Memory) 12
Generally stores fixed data of a program used by the CPU 11 and parameters for calculation. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 13 stores programs used in the execution of the CPU 11 and parameters that change as appropriate in the execution. CPU 11 to RAM 13
Are interconnected by a host bus 14 composed of a CPU bus and the like.

The host bus 14 is connected to a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect / Interfac
e) It is connected to an external bus 16 such as a bus.

The keyboard 18 is operated by the user when inputting various commands to the CPU 11. Mouse 19
Is operated by the user when pointing or selecting a point on the screen of the display 20. Display 2
0 indicates LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or CRT (Catho
de Ray Tube) and displays various information as text or images. An HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 21 drives a hard disk and records or reproduces a program or information executed by the CPU 11 on the hard disk.

The drive 22 reads data or a program recorded on the mounted magnetic disk 41, optical disk 42 (including CD), magneto-optical disk 43, or semiconductor memory 44, and reads the data or program. Interface 17, external bus 16,
The data is supplied to the RAM 15 connected via the bridge 15 and the host bus 14.

The portable device 5-1 is connected to the USB port 23-1 via a USB cable. The USB port 23-1 includes data (for example, contents or commands of the portable device 5-1, etc.) supplied from the CPU 11, the RAM 13, or the HDD 21 via the host bus 14, the bridge 15, the external bus 16, and the interface 17. ) Is output to the portable device 5-1 or data stored in the portable device 5-1 is supplied to the HDD 21, the CPU 11, or the RAM 13 via the interface 17 to the host bus 14.

The portable device 5-2 is connected to the USB port 23-2 via a USB cable, and the portable device 5-3 is connected to the USB port 23-3 via a USB cable. The USB port 23-2 or 23-3 is connected to the CPU 11, the RA, similarly to the USB port 23-1.
M13 or data supplied from the HDD 21 (for example,
Content or portable device 5-2 or 5-
3 command etc.) to the portable device 5-2.
Or the data stored in the portable device 5-2 or 5-3, respectively.
21 and supply them to the CPU 11 or the RAM 13, respectively.

The speaker 24 outputs a predetermined sound corresponding to the content based on the sound signal supplied from the interface 17.

The keyboard 18 to the speaker 24
Is connected to the interface 17, and the interface 17 is connected to the CPU 11 via the external bus 16, the bridge 15, and the host bus 14.

The communication unit 25 is connected to the network 2, stores data (for example, a content transmission request) supplied from the CPU 11 or the HDD 21 in a packet of a predetermined format, and While transmitting, the data (for example, content) stored in the received packet via the network 2 is transmitted.
Output to CPU11, RAM13, or HDD21.

The memory card interface 26 reads the contents and the corresponding right information data stored in the memory card 9 from the memory card 9 inserted in the slot of the
U11, RAM13, or HDD21, and C
The data supplied from the PU 11, the RAM 13, or the HDD 21 is stored in the memory card 9.

The communication unit 25 and the memory card interface 26 are connected to the CPU 11 via the external bus 16, bridge 15, and host bus 14.

Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish the USB ports 23-1 to 23-3 individually, the USB ports
Called.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functions of the personal computer 1 realized by the CPU 11 executing the content management program.

GUI (Graphical User Interface) unit 61
Supplies the song name corresponding to the content desired by the user or the file name of the file in which the content is stored to the song management unit 64 in response to the operation of the keyboard 18 or the mouse 19 by the user, Requests registration of data corresponding to the content in the database 67.

The GUI unit 61 stores data corresponding to contents from the database 67 via the music management unit 64, for example, data such as a music ID, a music title, or an artist name, additional information of the contents, and a right information storage unit. 6
Get data such as song title or rights information from 5
An icon corresponding to text such as an ID, a song name, or an artist name, and right information is displayed on the display 20. The GUI unit 61 also responds to a user request,
The additional information of the content is displayed on the display 20.

When the reproduction of the content is requested by the user's operation, the GUI unit 61 supplies the music ID corresponding to the content requested to be reproduced to the content management processing unit 62 and controls the reproduction of the content. Request to the processing unit 62.

When a transfer (check-out, copy, move, etc.) of a content is requested by a user's operation, the GUI unit 61 supplies a song ID corresponding to the requested content to the transfer processing unit 63. At the same time, it requests the transfer processing unit 63 to transfer the content.

When the import of the content is requested by the user's operation, the GUI unit 61 supplies the media content ID corresponding to the content requested to be imported to the transfer processing unit 63, and also performs the transfer process of the content import. Request to section 63.

The GUI unit 61 sends the portable device 5-1 to 5-3 or the memory card 9 from the transfer processing unit 63.
Data corresponding to the content stored in the e.g., media content ID, song name, or artist name, and data such as rights information are obtained, and converted to text data such as the song name or artist name, and data of rights information. The corresponding icon is displayed on the display 20.

The content management processing section 62 includes a GUI section 61
When the playback of the content is requested from the
Then, a music ID corresponding to the content requested to be reproduced is supplied, and a file name corresponding to the content is requested. When the content management processing unit 62 acquires the file name from the music management unit 64, the music file storage unit 68-1
Alternatively, the content is obtained from 68-2 via the database 67, the file search unit 66, and the music management unit 64.

The content management processing section 62 converts the acquired content into a PC (Protected Content) plug-in 73-
1 or 73-2.

The PC plug-in 73-1 or 73-2 is
When unencrypted content is supplied from the content management processing unit 62, the encoded content is decoded, and the audio data is output to the audio output unit 74-1 or 7-7.
4-2. When the encrypted content is supplied from the content management processing unit 62, the PC plug-in 73-1 or 73-2 decrypts the encrypted content into plain text and converts the encoded content into plain text. The audio data is decoded and the audio data is output to the audio output unit 7
4-1 or 74-2. The audio output unit 74-1 or 74-2 generates an audio signal based on the audio data, and causes the speaker 24 to output audio.

The PC plug-in 73-1 or 73-
2, when the content is supplied from the content management processing unit 62, the optimization destination file type supplied with the content is received, and the content is optimized. As the content optimization, for example, data conversion processing, rights information conversion processing, watermark detection processing of a predetermined method, and the like are performed.

The user can additionally install the PC plug-in on the personal computer 1.

Hereinafter, when there is no need to individually distinguish the PC plug-in 73-1 or the PC plug-in 73-2, it is simply referred to as the PC plug-in 73.

When the transfer of the content is requested by the GUI unit 61, the transfer processing unit 63 supplies the song ID corresponding to the content requested to be transferred to the song management unit 64, and stores the file name corresponding to the content. Request. When acquiring the file name from the song management unit 64, the transfer processing unit 63 reads the file name from the song file storage unit 68-1 or 68-2.
The content corresponding to the file name is obtained via the database 67, the file search unit 66, and the music management unit 64. The transfer processing unit 63 supplies the acquired content to the PD plug-ins 75-1 to 75-3, respectively. The transfer processing unit 63 also converts the data of the additional information corresponding to the content into the PD plug-ins 75-1 to 75
-3 respectively.

When the import of content is requested from the GUI unit 61, the transfer processing unit 63 supplies the media content ID corresponding to the content requested to be imported to the memory card plug-in 79, and Request to import content. The transfer processing unit 63 includes the memory card plug-in 7
9, the content to be imported is acquired together with the corresponding right information data or additional information data. The transfer processing unit 63 supplies the imported content to the music management unit 64 together with the data of the right information or the data of the additional information.

When a transfer (move-in) of the content to the personal computer 1 is requested from the GUI unit 61, the transfer processing unit 63 supplies a media content ID corresponding to the requested content to the memory card plug-in 79. At the same time, a request is made to move the content corresponding to the media content ID. Transfer processing unit 63
Acquires the content to be moved from the memory card plug-in 79 together with the data of the corresponding right information or the data of the additional information. The transfer processing unit 63 supplies the content to be moved to the music management unit 64 together with the data of the right information or the data of the additional information.

When transferring the content to the portable device 5-1, the PD plug-in 75-1 mutually authenticates with the portable device 5-1. When the mutual authentication has not been performed, the PD plug-in 75-1 transmits the portable device 5-
1 do not transfer content.

The PD plug-in 75-1 includes the transfer processing unit 63
When the encrypted content is supplied from, the content is supplied to the portable device 5-1 together with the data related to the content. When the unencrypted content is supplied from the transfer processing unit 63, the PD plug-in 75-1 encrypts the content,
The encrypted content is supplied to the portable device 5-1 together with the data related to the content.

The mutual authentication process may be executed when the portable device 5-1 is connected to the personal computer 1.

The PD plug-in 75-2 or 75-3 is
Portable device 5 as well as PD plug-in 75-1
When transferring the content to -2 or 5-3, mutual authentication is performed with the portable device 5-2 or 5-3, respectively. When not mutually authenticated, PD plug-in 75-2
Or 75-3 is the portable device 5-2 or 5
-3 is not transferred.

The PD plug-in 75-2 or 75-3 is
When the encrypted content is supplied from the transfer processing unit 63, the content is supplied to the portable device 5-2 or 5-3 together with the data related to the content. PD plug-in 75-2 or 75-3
When the unencrypted content is supplied from the transfer processing unit 63, the content is encrypted and the encrypted content is supplied to the portable device 5-2 or 5-3 together with the data related to the content. .

The mutual authentication process may be executed when the portable device 5-2 or 5-3 is connected to the personal computer 1, respectively.

The user can further install the PD plug-in on the personal computer 1.

Hereinafter, the PD plug-ins 75-1 to 75-3
Are simply referred to as PD plug-ins 75 when it is not necessary to distinguish them individually.

The memory card plug-in 79, when requested to import contents from the transfer processing unit 63,
The content corresponding to the media content ID is read from the memory card 9 together with the corresponding right information data or additional information data. The memory card plug-in 79 supplies the read content to the transfer processing unit 63 together with the data of the right information or the data of the additional information.

When a transfer of the content is requested from the transfer processing section 63, the memory card plug-in 79 reads the content corresponding to the media content ID from the memory card 9 together with the corresponding rights information data or additional information data. . Memory card plug-in 79
Supplies the read content to the transfer processing unit 63 together with the data of the right information or the data of the additional information.

The song management unit 64 stores the title of the song corresponding to the content in the database 67 via the file search unit 66.
Data such as a file name corresponding to the content is recorded, and a song name or a file name is read from the database 67. When receiving the song name or the file name from the GUI unit 61, the song management unit 64 causes the database 67 to add a record, and records the song name or the file name as an item of the record.

When the data of the right information or the data of the additional information is supplied from the transfer processing section 63 together with the imported content from the transfer processing section 63, the music management section 64 corresponds to the content in the database 67 via the file search section 66. Data such as a song name and a file name corresponding to the content are recorded, and data of the content and the additional information are recorded in the song file storage unit 68-1 or 68-2. The music management unit 64 generates new rights information data based on the rights information supplied corresponding to the content to be imported, and causes the rights information storage unit 65 to record the generated data. At this time, the data of the right information generated in the music management unit 64 records that only check-in or check-out is permitted.

When the data of the right information or the data of the additional information is supplied together with the content to be moved from the transfer processing unit 63, the music management unit 64
6, data such as a song name corresponding to the content and a file name corresponding to the content are recorded in the database 67, and the data of the content and the additional information are recorded in the song file storage unit 68-1 or 68-2. The music management section 64 causes the right information storage section 65 to record the data of the supplied right information corresponding to the content to be imported.

The music management section 64 reads all the music names and music IDs recorded in the database 67 in response to the request from the GUI section 61 and supplies them to the GUI section 61.

The music management section 64 includes the content management processing section 6
When the song ID is supplied from 2, the file name corresponding to the song ID is read from the database 67, and the read file name is supplied to the content management processing unit 62. When the song ID is supplied from the transfer processing unit 63, the song management unit 64
The file name corresponding to the song ID is read from the database 67, and the read file name is supplied to the transfer processing unit 63.

The file search section 66 responds to the request from the music management section 64 based on the file name obtained from the database 67 and stores the music file corresponding to the file name from the music file storage section 68-1 or 68-2. 69 (where the content is stored). The file search unit 66
The music file 69 read from the music file storage unit 68-1 or 68-2 is supplied to the music management unit 64, or the file name of the music file 69 is changed and the music file 69 whose file name is changed is managed. To the unit 64.

[0093] The music management section 64 stores the music file 6 containing the content supplied from the file search section 66.
9 is supplied to the content management processing section 62 or the transfer processing section 63.

The right information storage section 65 is an SDMI (Secure Dig).
It stores rights information corresponding to a file conforming to the standard defined in the
Store and manage. When receiving the song ID from the song management unit 64, the right information storage unit 65 searches for one piece of right information corresponding to the song ID, and stores the searched right information in the song management unit 64.
To supply.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the right information stored in the right information storage section 65. As shown in the figure, the right information storage unit 65 stores, for example, the content ID, the number of remaining reproductions, the number of remaining checkouts, the reproduction start date and time,
Alternatively, the reproduction end date and time are stored. The right information stored in the right information storage unit 65 is stored in the music file storage unit 6.
It corresponds to one file stored in 8-1 or 68-2.

Music file storage section 68-1 or 68-2
Is composed of, for example, a header and contents as musical sound data.

Returning to the description of FIG. The database 67
It is stored in the HDD 21 and records data related to content, for example, a song ID, a song name, a file name, or other attributes.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data recorded by the database 67. As shown in the figure, the database 67 stores, for example, a song ID, a song name, an artist name,
Song file name storage location, PD additional information storage location, PC
The storage location of additional information for PC and the storage location of additional information for PC editing are recorded. Of the additional information, frequently used song titles and artist names may be stored in the database 67 and their values may be quickly retrieved.

The song ID is an identifier that uniquely corresponds to one song in a recording medium of the personal computer 1, for example, the HDD 21, and has a unique value for each song. The song name indicates the name of the song. Artist names include song singer, lyricist,
Or indicate a composer.

The storage location of the music file name is music file 6
9 is a path indicating the storage location of the additional information for PD, and the storage location of the additional information for PD is a path indicating the storage location of the additional information 72 for PD.
The storage location of the PC additional information is a path indicating the storage location of the PC additional information 70, and the storage location of the PC editing additional information is
This path indicates the storage location of the PC editing additional information 71.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the song title is "Song-A" and the artist name is "4" corresponding to the song ID of "1".
hero "and the storage location of the song file name is" C: \ Root \ So
ng-A \ track.omg ", the storage location of additional information for PD is" C: \ Root \ Song-A \ msainf.msf ", and the storage location of additional information for PC is" C: \ Root \ Song-A \ PKG00001 "and the PC
The storage location of the additional information for editing is "C: \ Root \ Song-A \ PKG0000
11-edit "is recorded.

Also, in the case of the example shown in FIG.
The song name is "Song-B", the artist name is "4 hero", and the storage location of the song file name is "C: \ R
oot \ Song-B \ track.omg ", the storage location of the additional information for PD is" C: \ Root \ Song-B \ msainf.msf ", and the storage location of the additional information for PC is" C: \ Root \ Song-B \ PKG00001 '' and the storage location of additional information for PC editing is `` C: \ Root \ Song-B \ P
KG000011-edit "is recorded.

Furthermore, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 5, the song name is "Song-C", the artist name is "Unknown", and the storage location of the song file name is corresponding to the song ID of 3. "C: \ Root \ Song-B \ track.omg", the storage location of the additional information for PD is "C: \ Root \ Song-C \ msainf.msf", and P
The storage location of additional information for C is "C: \ Root \ Song-C \ PKG00001"
And the storage location of the additional information for PC editing is "C: \ Root \ Song
-C \ PKG000011-edit "is recorded.

Returning to the description of FIG. The music file storage unit 68-1 is composed of an external storage device (not shown) such as the HDD 21 or a removable disk device, and includes a music file 69, PC additional information 70, and PC editing additional information 7
1 and files such as the additional information 72 for PD.

The music file 69 is a file containing musical sound data (so-called contents) of the music. Song file 6
9 includes a header and a path of additional information (information indicating a storage location of the additional information) in addition to the musical sound data.

The PC additional information 70 is additional information relating to music managed by the personal computer 1. Therefore, the PC additional information 70 is a highly scalable format (eg, XML (Extensible Markup L) that is optimized so that the personal computer 1 can easily read the information.
anguage). This PC additional information 70 is read-only and is not changed.

At the time of move-in, when content is supplied from the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75, the transfer processing unit 63 reads the additional information for PC recorded in the portable device 5 and reads it from the music management unit. 64, and stored (recorded) in the music file storage unit 68-1. Hereinafter, the PC additional information read from the portable device 5 is stored in the music file storage unit 68-1.
In order to distinguish it from the additional information 70 for PC, the additional information for PC 77 is described.

Also, at the time of move-out, the transfer processing unit 63
Are stored in the song management unit 64 and in the song file storage unit 68-1 based on the song ID supplied from the GUI unit 61.
The PC additional information 70 is read and transferred to the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75.

[0109] The PC editing additional information 71 is additional information relating to music managed by the personal computer 1. Therefore, the PC editing additional information 71 is described in a highly expandable format (for example, XML language) optimized so that the personal computer 1 can easily read the information. The PC editing additional information 71 is readable and writable, and is appropriately changed by the user.

At the time of move-in, when content is supplied from the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75, the transfer processing unit 63 reads the PC additional information 77 recorded on the portable device 5 and makes a backup copy thereof. (Copy) to create the PC editing additional information 71. The transfer processing unit 63 stores the created PC editing additional information 7
1 to the music management unit 64 and the music file storage unit 68-1.
To be stored.

Also, at the time of move-out, the transfer processing unit 63
Are stored in the song management unit 64 and in the song file storage unit 68-1 based on the song ID supplied from the GUI unit 61.
The PC editing additional information 71 is read out and discarded (deleted).

Further, at the time of check-out, the transfer processing section 63 performs the following based on the music ID supplied from the GUI section 61.
The music management unit 64 reads the PC editing additional information 71 stored in the music file storage unit 68-1,
The data is transferred to the portable device 5 via the plug-in 75.

The PD additional information 72 is additional information relating to music managed by the portable device 5, and is stored as it is in the music file storage unit 68-1.

At the time of move-in, when content is supplied from the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75, the transfer processing unit 63 reads the additional information for PD recorded on the portable device 5, and reads it from the music management unit. 64, and stored (recorded) in the music file storage unit 68-1. Hereinafter, the additional information for PD read from the portable device 5 is stored in the music file storage unit 68-1.
In order to distinguish it from the additional information 72 for PD, the additional information for PD 78 is described.

Also, at the time of move-out, the transfer processing unit 63
Are stored in the song management unit 64 and in the song file storage unit 68-1 based on the song ID supplied from the GUI unit 61.
The PD additional information 72 is read out and transferred to the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75.

There are contents recorded in the music file storage section 68-1 having rights information and contents not having rights information. The music file storage unit 68-1
One or more files corresponding to one song can be stored. The music file storage unit 68-1 corresponds to, for example, one drive letter. Music file storage unit 68-
The drive letter corresponding to 1 may be changed.

Since the music file storage section 68-2 has the same configuration as the music file storage section 68-1, its description is omitted.

Hereinafter, the music file storage section 68-1 or 6
When it is not necessary to distinguish 8-2 individually, it is simply referred to as a music file storage unit 68.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the data structure of the music file storage unit 68. As shown in the figure, the song file storage unit 68 is composed of, for example, a directory having a name of “C: \ Root”, and in a lower hierarchy, for example, “Song- There is a directory having a name of “A” and a directory having a name of “Song-B” storing music B. "C: \ Root", "Song-A"
Or, if "@" follows "Song-B", it indicates that the directory has a lower hierarchy.

The directory having the name “Song-A” contains a song file named “track.omg” and “msa
inf.msf ", the PD additional information 72," PKG00
Directory with the name "001" and "PKG00001-ed"
A directory having the name "it" is stored.

A music file named “track.omg” is composed of a header, music data, and an additional information path. Here, the additional information path is PC additional information 7
0 is indicated by a relative path. That is, "tr
The music file named “ack.omg” is linked to a directory having the name “PKG00001” by an additional information path.

In the lower hierarchy of the directory having the name “PKG00001”, there is a PC named “package.xml”.
A description file of the additional information for editing 71, an image file named "Image.jpg", and a lyrics file named "Lyrics.txt" are stored.

The description file of the PC editing additional information 71 named "package.xml" describes a title, an artist name, a genre name, an image path, a lyrics path, and other information. . Here, the image path indicates the storage location of the image file named “Image.jpg”, and the lyrics path indicates the storage location of the lyrics file named “Lyrics.txt” Is shown.
The image file named “Image.jpg” is image data such as a jacket, and the lyrics file named “Lyrics.txt” is the lyrics (text) of the song.
It is.

Returning to the description of FIG. The portable device 5-1 includes a music file 76, additional information 77 for PC,
And additional information 78 for PD are recorded.

The music file 76 is a file containing music data of the music. The music file 76 includes a header, a path for additional information, and the like in addition to the musical sound data.

[0126] The PC additional information 77 is additional information relating to music managed by the personal computer 1, and is recorded in the portable device 5 as it is.

[0127] The PD additional information 78 is additional information relating to music managed by the portable device 5-1. Therefore, the PD additional information 78 is described in a simple format so that the portable device 5-1 can easily read the information.

At the time of check-in, the transfer processing unit 63
Based on the music ID supplied from the unit 61, the PD additional information 78 recorded in the portable device 5 is read out via the PD plug-in 78 and discarded (deleted).
Note that the transfer processing unit 63 reads out the PD additional information 78
May be supplied to the music management unit 64 to overwrite the additional information for PD 72 stored in the music storage unit 68-1.

The portable device 5-2 and 5-3 store the music file 7 in the same manner as the portable device 5-1.
6, additional information 77 for PC and additional information 78 for PD are recorded.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the data structure of the portable device 5. As shown in the figure, the portable device 5 manages music files, for example.
There is a directory having a name of “HIFI” and a directory having a name of “PACKAGES” storing the additional information 77 for PC. In addition, "HIFI" or "PACKAGE
If "@" follows "S", it indicates that the directory has a lower hierarchy.

The directory “HIFI” contains “PBLIST.M”.
The management information of the music file 76 named “SF”, “A3
A song file of song A named “D00001.MSA” and a song file of song B named “A3D00002.MSA” are stored.

The music file named “A3D00001.MSA” is composed of a header, PD additional information 78, an additional information path, and music data (music A).
Similarly, the song file named "SA" has a header, PD
, Additional information 78, an additional information path, and music data (music B). Here, the additional information path indicates the storage location of the PC additional information 77 by an absolute path. That is, the song file named “A3D00001.MSA”
The additional information path is linked to a directory having a name “PKG00001” in a lower hierarchy of the directory having a name “PACKAGES”.

[0133] In the lower hierarchy of the directory having the name "PACKAGES", a directory for storing the PC additional information of the song A having the name "PKG00001", and "PKG00001"
There is a directory for storing the PC additional information of the song B having the name "2".

The directory of “PKG00001” contains “pack”
A description file of the PC additional information 77 named "age.xml", an image file named "Image.jpg", and a lyrics file named "Lyrics.txt" are stored. I have.

The description file of the PC additional information 77 named “package.xml” describes a title, an artist name, a genre name, an image path, a lyrics path, and other information. Here, the image path is
The storage location of the image file named "Image.jpg" is shown, and the lyrics path is the storage location of the lyrics file named "Lyrics.txt". "Im
The image file named “age.jpg” is image data such as a jacket, and the lyrics file named “Image.jpg” is the lyrics (text) of the song.

Next, the import of contents will be described with reference to FIG.

The memory card 9-1 is connected to the EMD server 3, the terminal device 6, or the portable device 5 with a recording function.
4 and the contents permitted to be imported (moved only once) are stored.

When the content permitted to be imported is imported from the memory card 9-1 to the personal computer 1, the content imported to the personal computer 1 is checked out to, for example, the portable device 5-1 and checked. After being out, it is permitted to check in from the portable device 5-1. However, transfer of the content imported to the personal computer 1 to the memory card 9-2 is not permitted. Of course, movement to another memory card 9 is not permitted. That is, the content stored in the memory card 9-1 is permitted to be moved only once, and when the content is imported from the memory card 9-1 to the personal computer 1 (moved once),
Thereafter, only check-in or check-out is allowed.

Next, the movement of contents will be described with reference to FIG.

The memory card 9-1 is connected to the EMD server 3, the terminal device 6, or the portable device 5 with a recording function.
4 and the contents permitted to be moved are stored. Since the content permitted to be moved only once (that is, imported) has been described above with reference to FIG. 4, the content permitted to be moved two or more times will be described here.

When the content permitted to be moved two or more times is moved from the memory card 9-1 to the personal computer 1, the portable device 5-1 checks the content moved to the personal computer 1, for example. Out and check out,
Check-in from the portable device 5-1 is permitted.

For the content moved to the personal computer 1, the movement to the memory card 9-2 is permitted. Further, the movement of the content moved to the memory card 9-2 to the personal computer 1 is permitted.

However, when the content is moved from the personal computer 1 to the memory card 9-3 after being checked out to the portable device 5-1, the content stored in the portable device 5-1 is deleted from the personal computer 1. Check-in to 1 is not allowed.

FIG. 10 shows a GUI unit when a jukebox application program to which the present invention is applied is loaded into the RAM 13 and executed, and a user attempts to check in, check out, move in, or move out content. 61 is the display 20
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a window displayed on the window.

The GUI section 61 includes a field 101 for displaying a song name corresponding to the content stored in the personal computer 1 on the display 20, a song name corresponding to the content stored in the portable device 5, and the like. Field 10 for displaying
2. Display a window including a check-in button 103-1, a check-out button 103-2, a move-in button 104-1, and a move-out button 104-2. The window shown in FIG. 10 further displays a player operation unit 105 and a tab group 106.

The check-in button 103-1 is operated when checking in the content corresponding to the predetermined music title selected in the field 102 into the personal computer 1, and the check-out button 103-2 is selected in the field 101. This operation is performed when the content corresponding to the predetermined music title is checked out to the portable device 5.

For example, the user operates the keyboard 18 or the mouse 19 to select a predetermined song name in the field 101, and then presses the checkout button 103-2 to transfer the song from the personal computer 1 to the portable device 5. You can check out the content. After selecting a predetermined song name in the field 102, the user selects the check-in button 103-1.
By pressing, the content can be checked in from the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1. As a matter of course, it is needless to say that it is determined whether the selected content is permitted to be checked out or checked in.

As described above, besides the user selecting a predetermined music title in the field 101 and pressing the check-out button 103-2 to operate, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the user drags (moves) a predetermined song title in the field 101 to the field 102 while selecting it with the cursor 111, and drops the content therefrom, thereby checking out the content from the personal computer 1 to the portable device 5. can do. Similarly, while the user selects a predetermined music title in the field 102 with the cursor 111, the user
By dragging to 1 and dropping there,
The content can be checked in from the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1.

The move-in button 104-1 is operated when moving the content corresponding to the predetermined song name selected in the field 102 into the personal computer 1, and the move-out button 104-2 is selected in the field 101. This operation is performed when a content corresponding to a predetermined music title is moved out to the portable device 5.

[0150] For example, the user can move the content from the personal computer 1 to the portable device 5 by selecting a predetermined song name in the field 101 and then pressing the move-out 104-2. Further, the user can move the content from the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1 by selecting a predetermined song name in the field 102 and then pressing the move-in button 104-1. Not surprisingly, the selected content
It goes without saying that a determination is made as to whether move-out or move-in is permitted.

As described above, in addition to operating the user by selecting a predetermined song name in the field 101 and pressing the move-out button 104-2, for example, as shown in FIG. The user can move a content from the personal computer 1 to the portable device 5 by selecting a predetermined song name in the field 101 with the cursor 111 and dragging the selected song name to the field 102 while holding down the shift key. it can. In addition, the user sets the field 10
By dragging the predetermined song title to the field 101 while selecting it with the cursor 111 in step 2 and dropping it there, the content can be moved from the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1.

As described above, when the content is checked out or moved out by the drag-and-drop operation, the transfer method of the check-out or move-out is designated depending on whether or not the shift key is pressed at the time of dropping. .

The player operation section 105 is composed of various operation buttons used when the user reproduces content data imported or moved to the jukebox application program. The tab group 106 includes tabs named “CD” (hereinafter simply referred to as “CD” tabs and the same applies to other tabs), “Import” tab, “Playlist” tab, “Check-in / out” Tab, an “apparatus / media” tab, and an “internet” tab. In this case,
The fields 101 and 102 are displayed when the user selects the “check in / out” tab.

The “CD” tab is attached to the drive 22
This is selected when the content data recorded on the CD is to be reproduced. The “import” tab is selected when content data that is not registered as content data managed by the jukebox application program among the content data recorded on the HDD 21 is registered in the playlist. The “Playlist” tab is selected when, for example, playing back content data registered in a playlist, collecting desired content data, and editing a favorite content data group. The “check-in / out” tab is selected when content data is checked in from an external device such as the portable device 5 or checked out to the portable device 5. The “Internet” tab is selected when connecting to the network 2 or the like and downloading desired content.

In the window shown in FIG. 10, for example, the user uses the keyboard 18 or the mouse 19 to input a song name “walk for two” from a plurality of song names displayed in the field 102. Selected,
When the move-in button 104-1 is pressed, the transfer processing unit 63 transfers the content supplied from the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75 to the database 67 via the music management unit 64 and the file search unit 66. (Move-in) processing is started. At this time, the GUI unit 61
Causes the display 20 to display a dialog box 111 as shown in FIG. 11, for example.

In the dialog box 111 shown in FIG. 11, a suspend button 112 is displayed together with a message such as "Transfer process is in progress. Do not remove the external device / media (it causes a failure)".

As a result, the user can know that the selected content is being transferred (move-in), and if the user wants to interrupt the transfer of the content, the user selects the interrupt button 112 to execute the process. Can be interrupted.

When the transfer (move-in) of the content by the transfer processing unit 63 is completed, the GUI unit 61 updates the window as shown in FIG. 12, for example. That is, in the field 101, the title of the song that has just been moved in, "walk for two", is displayed, and from the field 102, the title of "walk for two" is deleted.

For example, when the user selects the song name of “walk for two” just moved in and selects the “property” item in the “file” item of the player unit 102, the GUI unit 61 causes the display 20 to display a property screen as shown in FIG. 13, for example.

As shown in FIG. 13, on the property screen, a tab 121 named “Song Information”, a tab 122 named “Additional Information”, and a name “File Information” are displayed. The attached tab 123 and the like are arranged.

When the tab 121 named "Song Information" is activated, the GUI section 61 displays the title, artist name, genre name, album track name, performance time, registration date and time, and copyright information. , And usage conditions are displayed.

The user can change the title, the artist name, the genre name, the track name of the album or the like among the music information shown in FIG. 13 by operating the keyboard 18 or the mouse 19.

When the tab 122 named "additional information" is activated, the GUI unit 61 adds a jacket image or a thumbnail image, for example, as shown in FIG. Button 131, a delete button 132 selected when deleting a recorded jacket image or a thumbnail image, a lyrics edit button 133 selected when editing lyrics, and a Lynx notes edit Button 134, an open button 135 that is selected when accessing a website that provides additional information of the song, and a URL (Uniform) that accesses the website that provides additional information. Resource
Add button 13 selected when adding Locator)
6. Display a change button 137 selected when changing the recorded URL, a delete button 138 selected when deleting the recorded URL, and the like.

For example, when the user selects the lyrics editing button 133 on the property screen shown in FIG. 14, the GUI unit 61 causes the display 20 to display a lyrics editing screen as shown in FIG. 15, for example.

Thus, the user can operate the keyboard 18 on the lyrics editing screen shown in FIG. 15 to edit the lyrics as desired.

For example, when the user selects the edit line button 134 on the property screen shown in FIG. 14, the GUI unit 61 causes the display 20 to display the edit line screen as shown in FIG. 16, for example. .

As a result, the user operates the keyboard 18 on the LINEA NOTES editing screen shown in FIG.
You can edit Linnaut's to your liking.

As described above, when the user edits lyrics or line notes, the GUI 61
Displays a property screen as shown in FIG. 17, for example. That is, the GUI unit 61 displays a return button 151 for returning the lyrics and the linear notes to the original lyrics and linear notes because the lyrics and the linear notes have been rewritten based on the editing work by the user.

Thus, if the user deletes the edited additional information by mistake, the user can easily restore the original additional information by selecting the return button 151.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in order with reference to flowcharts.

First, content distribution processing will be described.

The EMD server 3 is, for example, a network 2
When the content is distributed to the portable device 5 via the PC, a PC readable by the personal computer 1
And the PD additional information 78 that can be read by the portable device 5. EM
The D server 3 describes the additional information for PC 77 in a format having high expandability, describes the additional information for PD 78 in a simple format, and adds and distributes them to the content.

The downloaded additional information for PC 77 is
It is recorded on the portable device 5 as it is. Meanwhile, PD
After the additional information 78 is recorded on the portable device 5, the additional information 78 can be displayed on a display (not shown) based on an operation by the user.

When the content recorded on the portable device 5 is moved into the personal computer 1, for example, the PC additional information 77 and the PD additional information 78 are transferred to the personal computer 1 together with the content. The transferred PD additional information 78 is recorded as it is as the PD additional information 72 on the personal computer 1. On the other hand, after the PC additional information 77 is recorded on the personal computer 1 as the PC additional information 70, it can be displayed on the display 20 based on a user operation.

As described above, the EMD server 3 provides the PC additional information that can be displayed on the personal computer 1 and
The PD additional information that can be displayed on the portable device 5 is added to the content and distributed. As a result, the personal computer 1 and the portable device 5 transmit the additional information described in a format that can be read by themselves.
Each can be displayed as needed.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 18, a description will be given of a process of transferring content and additional information when the content is moved from the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1 (including import).

When the user selects a song name to be moved in from the field 102 of the window shown in FIG. 10 and presses the move-in button 104-1, in step S1, the transfer processing section 63 executes the pre-move-in process. Perform authentication. The move-in pre-processing authentication performed here is
For example, whether the content corresponding to the selected song title is a content that can be moved in, whether it is legitimate content that is not falsified, or whether the portable device 5 of the communication destination is a legitimate communication destination Is a process for determining whether or not the

If the authentication is successful, in step S2, the transfer processing section 63 transfers the music file 76 recorded on the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1
Convert to copy. Specifically, the transfer processing unit 63
A music file 76 recorded on the portable device 5 via the plug-in 75 (for example, as shown in FIG. 7,
"A3D00001.MS" in the directory named "HIFI"
A), and reads and converts and copies the read music file 76 to the music management unit 64,
The music file is stored as a music file 69 in the music file storage unit 68 via the file search unit 66 and the database 67.

At step S3, the transfer processing section 63
Acquires the additional information path from the music file 76 recorded in the portable device 5. Specifically, the transfer processing unit 63 converts the music file 76 (in this case, the music file named “A3D00001.MSA”) recorded in the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75 Included additional information path (storage location of additional information 77 for PC)
To get.

At step S4, the transfer processing section 63
Reads the PC additional information 77 from the additional information path acquired in the process of step S3, and causes the personal computer 1 to copy the information. Specifically, the transfer processing unit 63
However, via the PD plug-in 75, the portable device 5
PC additional information 77 recorded in the
In the directory named "PKG00001" in the directory named "PACKAGES"
The read additional information 77 for PC is copied, and the music management unit 6
4. Via the file search unit 66 and the database 67, the music file storage unit 68 is stored as PC additional information 70.

In step S5, the transfer processing section 63
Backs up the PD additional information 78 recorded in the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1. More specifically, the transfer processing unit 63 sets the PD plug-in 75
Through the PD, additional information 78 for the PD (in this case, the PD file included in the music file named “A3D00001.MSA”) in the directory for managing the music file 76 recorded on the portable device 5. The additional information 78) is read out, a backup copy of the read PD additional information 78 is made, and the PD additional information 72 is stored in the music file storage unit 68 via the music management unit 64, the file search unit 66, and the database 67. To be stored.

In step S6, the transfer processing section 63
Is a song file 69 on the personal computer 1,
Set (write) the additional information path. Specifically, the transfer processing unit 63 stores the music file 69 stored (copied) in the music file storage unit 68 in the process of step S2 in the music file storage unit 68 in the music file storage unit 68 in the process of step S4.
An additional information path indicating the storage location of the additional information 70 is set.

In step S7, the transfer processing section 63
Is a music file 69 and additional information (PC additional information 70
And whether or not the writing of the PD additional information 72) was successful, that is, whether or not the music file 69 and the additional information were correctly stored in the music file storage unit 68. If it is determined that the process has succeeded, the process proceeds to step S8, and post-move-in processing authentication is performed. The post-move-in process authentication performed here is, for example, a process of determining whether or not the content has been correctly moved into the song file storage unit 68 of the database 67 and whether or not there is a missing file.

At step S9, the transfer processing section 63
Is connected to the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75.
The above additional information 77 for PC (in this case, “PA
Delete the directory with the name "PKG00001" in the directory with the name "CKAGES".

At step S10, the transfer processing section 63
Is connected to the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75.
The upper song file 76 (in this case, the song file named “A3D00001.MSA” in the directory named “HIFI”) is deleted.

When the move-in of the content is normally completed by the processing of steps S1 to S10,
The GUI unit 61 displays the song title corresponding to the moved-in content in the field 101 of the window shown in FIG. 10 and deletes the song title from the field 102.

When the user selects, for example, the song name of the moved-in content and selects the “property” item in the “file” item of the player unit 102,
In step S11, the GUI unit 61 causes the display 20 to display the additional information for PC 70. As a result, the property screen as shown in FIG.
Will be displayed.

In step S7, the writing of the music file 69 and the additional information has not been successful, ie,
When it is determined that the music file 69 and the additional information are not correctly stored in the music file storage unit 68, the process proceeds to step S12, and the transfer processing unit 63 executes the processing of the music file copied to the music file storage unit 68 in step S2. File 69
In step S13, the PC additional information 70 copied to the music file storage unit 68 in the processing of step S4 is deleted. Further, in step S14, a backup copy is made to the music file storage unit 68 in the processing of step S5. The added PD additional information 72 is deleted, and the process ends.

As described above, when the content recorded in the portable device 5 is moved into the personal computer 1, the music file and the additional information of the content are copied to the personal computer 1 first, and the music file and the additional information are written. When it is determined that (copying) is successful, the music file and the additional information on the portable device 5 are deleted, so that the content and the additional information can be transferred without losing data.

Further, the PC additional information described in a highly scalable format and the PD additional information described in a simple format are distributed together with the content from the EMD server 3.
The PC additional information 70 can be displayed, and the portable device 5 can display the PD additional information 78.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 19, a description will be given of the transfer processing of the content and the additional information when the content is moved out from the personal computer 1 to the portable device 5.

When the user selects a song name to be moved out from the field 101 of the window shown in FIG. 10 and presses the move-out button 104-2, in step S31, the transfer processing section 63 executes the move-out operation. Perform preprocessing authentication. The pre-move-out processing authentication performed here is, for example, whether the content corresponding to the selected song name is a content that can be moved out, whether the content is legitimate content that is not falsified, or And whether the portable device 5 of the communication destination is a valid communication destination.

If the authentication is successful, the transfer processing section 63 converts and copies the music file 69 stored in the music file storage section 68 of the database 67 to the portable device 5 in step S32. Specifically, the transfer processing unit 63 stores the music file 69 (for example, “track.omg” in the directory having the name “Song-A” shown in FIG. (Named song file) and reads the read song file 6
9 is converted and copied and recorded as a music file 76 on the portable device 5 via the PD plug-in 75.

At step S33, the transfer processing section 63
Is a music file 69 (in this case, “track.om”) stored in a music file storage section 68 of the database 67.
The additional information path (the storage location of the PC additional information 70) included in the music file named “g”) is acquired.

At step S34, the transfer processing section 63
Reads the PC additional information 70 from the additional information path acquired in the process of step S33, and causes the portable device 5 to copy the additional information. Specifically, the transfer processing unit 63 stores the PC additional information 7 stored in the music file storage unit 68.
0 (in this case, the directory having the name “PKG00001” in the directory having the name “Song-A” shown in FIG. 6), copy the read additional information 70 for PC, and The portable device 5 is recorded as the PC additional information 77 via the plug-in 75.

At step S35, the transfer processing section 63
Is the PD additional information 72 stored in the song file storage unit 68 (in this case, the name is “msainf.msf” in the directory named “Song-A” shown in FIG. 6). The read PD additional information 72) is read, and the read PD
Is embedded in the music file 76 copied to the portable device 5 in the process of step S32.
That is, for example, the additional information for PD 78 is embedded in the music file named "A3D00001.MSA" in the directory having the name "HIFI" shown in FIG.

At step S36, the transfer processing section 63
Is stored in the music file 76 recorded (copied) on the portable device 5 in the process of step S32, in step S34.
The additional information path indicating the storage location of the PC additional information 77 recorded in the portable device 5 in the processing of (1) is set.

At step S37, the transfer processing section 63
Is a music file 76 and additional information (PC additional information 77
Then, it is determined whether or not the writing of the PD additional information 78) was successful. If it is determined that the writing of the music file 76 and the additional information was successful, the process proceeds to step S38, and post-move-out processing authentication is performed. The post-move-out processing authentication performed here is performed, for example, on the portable device 5.
This processing is performed to determine whether the content has been correctly moved out or whether there are any missing files.

At step S39, the transfer processing section 63
Is the PC additional information 70 stored in the music file storage unit 68 of the database 67 (in this case, “PKG00001” in the directory named “Song-A” shown in FIG. 6).
Directory whose name is).

At step S40, the transfer processing section 63
Is the PD additional information 72 stored in the song file storage unit 63 (in this case, the name is given as “msainf.msf” in the directory having the name “Song-A” shown in FIG. 6).
The PD additional information 72) is deleted.

When the move-out of the content is normally completed by the processing of steps S31 to S40, the GUI unit 61 stores the song name corresponding to the moved-out content in the field 102 of the window shown in FIG. Is displayed, and the song title is deleted from the field 101.

At step S37, the music file 76
If it is determined that the writing of the additional information has not been successful, the process proceeds to step S41, where the transfer processing unit 63 deletes the music file 76 copied on the portable device 5 in the process of step S32, and in step S42, Then, the PC additional information 77 copied on the portable device 5 in the process of step S34 is deleted, and the process is terminated.

As described above, when the content recorded in the personal computer 1 is moved out to an external device such as the portable device 5, the music file and the additional information of the content are first copied to the portable device 5, and the music file is copied. When it is determined that the writing (copying) of the additional information is successful, the music file and the additional information on the personal computer 1 are deleted, so that the content and the additional information can be transferred without losing the data. be able to.

In the above description, the PC additional information 70 is displayed on the display 20 on the personal computer 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a backup copy of the PC additional information 70 is created, and The additional information 71 for PC editing may be displayed on the display 20.

Next, a description will be given, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 20, of a process of transferring content and additional information when moving content from the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1.

Steps S61 to S70 are performed in steps S1 to S1 of FIG.
0 is the same as that of each of the processes 0, and a description thereof will be omitted.

At step S71, the transfer processing section 63
Reads the PC additional information 70 copied to the music file storage unit 68 of the database 67 in the process of step S64, and makes a backup copy of the PC additional information 70 to create the PC editing additional information 71.

When the move-in of the content is completed normally by the processing of steps S61 to S71, the GUI unit 61 displays the song name corresponding to the moved-in content in the field 101 of the window shown in FIG. At the same time, the song name is deleted from the field 102.

When the user selects, for example, the song name of the moved-in content and selects “property” in the item of “file” of the player unit 102, the GUI unit 61 The editing additional information 71 is displayed on the display 20. As a result, a property screen as shown in FIG.

Steps S73 through S75 correspond to steps S12 through S75 in FIG.
Since the processing is the same as each of the fourteenth processing, the description thereof is omitted.

[0211] By displaying the PC editing additional information 71 on the display 20, the user does not edit the original PC additional information 70. Therefore, even if the user edits the additional information to his / her own liking, at the time of move-out, the PC editing additional information 71 is discarded, and the original PC additional information 70 is transferred, so that the user has customized It is possible to prevent the additional information from being distributed.

[0212] Further, it is possible for a maker that provides the content to prevent the content having unauthorized additional information from being circulated, to distribute the content with confidence, and to expand the market of the music distribution service. Can be.

In the above, transfer of additional information when moving in or moving out content has been described. That is, in the personal computer 1, the PC additional information 70, the PC editing additional information 71,
The additional information 72 for PD is stored, and the additional information 70 for PC or the additional information 71 for PC editing is used for editing the additional information.
Further, when the content is moved out to the portable device 5, the PC additional information 70 recorded on the personal computer 1 is transferred and the PD
The additional information 72 is directly transferred to the portable device 5.

The portable device 5 stores the PC additional information 77 and the PD additional information 78, uses the PD additional information 77 for editing the additional information, and moves the content into the personal computer 1. In this case, the PD additional information 78 recorded (stored) in the portable device 5 is transferred, and the PC additional information 77 is transferred to the personal computer 1 as it is.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 21, a description will be given of the transfer processing of the content and the additional information when the content is checked out from the personal computer 1 to the portable device 5.

When the user selects a song name to be checked out from the field 101 of the window shown in FIG. 10 and presses the check-out button 103-2,
In step S91, the transfer processing unit 63 performs pre-checkout process authentication. The checkout preprocessing authentication performed here is, for example, whether the content corresponding to the selected song name is a content that can be checked out, whether the content is legitimate content that is not falsified, or And whether the portable device 5 of the communication destination is a valid communication destination.

If the authentication is successful, the transfer processing section 63 converts and copies the music file 69 stored in the music file storage section 68 of the database 67 to the portable device 5 in step S92. In step S93, the transfer processing unit 63 acquires the additional information path from the music file 69 stored in the music file storage unit 68 of the database 67.

In step S94, the transfer processing section 63
Reads the PC editing additional information 71 stored in the music file storage unit 68 of the database 67 and causes the portable device 5 to copy it. Specifically, the transfer processing unit 6
3 is the PC editing additional information 71 (in this case, “Song-
Read out the directory with the name “PKG00001-edit” in the directory with the name “A” and download the PD plug-in 7
5 to the portable device 5. As a result, the PC additional information 77 is recorded on the portable device 5.

In step S95, the transfer processing section 63
Creates the PD additional information 72 based on the PC editing additional information 71 read out in step S94, and stores it in the music file 76 copied to the portable device 5 in step S92. Embed. Step S96
In, the transfer processing unit 63 sets an additional information path in the music file 76 on the portable device 5.

In step S97, the transfer processing section 63
Determines whether the writing of the music file 76 and the additional information has succeeded, and if it is determined that the writing of the music file 76 and the additional information has succeeded, the process proceeds to step S98 to perform post-checkout process authentication. The post-checkout post-processing authentication performed here includes, for example, whether or not the content has been correctly checked out on the portable device 5, whether or not there is a missing file, or how to update the number of remaining checkouts. Processing.

In step S97, the music file 76
If it is determined that the writing of the additional information has not been successful, the process proceeds to step S99. Steps S99 and S100 are the same as steps S41 and S42 in FIG. 19, respectively, and a description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, when the content recorded in the personal computer 1 is checked out to an external device such as the portable device 5, a copy of the PC editing additional information 71 edited on the personal computer 1 is added to the PD additional information. Since the information 72 is transferred to the portable device 5 and embedded in the music file 76, the PC additional information 70 or the PC editing additional information 7 displayed on the display 20 of the personal computer 1.
1 and the additional information 78 for PD displayed on a display (not shown) of the portable device 5 can be matched,
The convenience for the user can be improved.

Further, the user can edit the additional information for PD 78 displayed on the portable device 5, and the edited additional information for PD 78 is discarded at the time of check-in. The edited PD additional information 78
Is stored in the music file storage unit 68 of the personal computer 1.
May be overwritten on the additional information for PD stored in.

By the way, some external devices such as the portable device 5 do not have a display function such as the display 20 of the personal computer 1, and it is necessary to transfer the additional information of the content to such an external device. Is wasteful, and it takes time to transfer the content.

Therefore, when the user checks out the content to the portable device 5 having no display function, the transfer of the additional information can be canceled. In this case, for example, the user selects the “setting” item in the “tool” item of the player unit 102 of the window shown in FIG.
Causes the display 20 to display a setting screen as shown in FIG. 22, for example.

As shown in FIG. 22, the setting screen includes
A plurality of tabs are arranged, and the GUI unit 61 determines whether or not to display a message and whether or not to display a button when a tab named “external device / media” is activated. And a check box for setting whether to write additional information or not.

The user can transfer the additional information at the time of check-out by checking the check box 161 for setting whether or not to write the additional information among the check boxes shown in FIG. By unchecking the check box 161
It is possible to prevent additional information from being transferred at checkout.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 23, after setting whether or not to transfer the additional information, the transfer processing of the content and the additional information when the content is checked out from the personal computer 1 to the portable device 5 is performed. Will be described.

Steps S121 and S122
Are the same as the processes in steps S91 and S92 in FIG. 21, respectively, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

At step S123, the transfer processing section 6
3 determines whether or not to transfer the additional information, that is, whether or not the user has checked the check box 161 on the setting screen shown in FIG. 22 as described above. When it is determined that the transfer is performed, the process proceeds to step S124.

[0231] The processes in steps S124 to S127 are the same as the processes in steps S92 to S96 in Fig. 21, and a description thereof will be omitted.

If it is determined in step S123 that the additional information is not to be transferred, that is, if the user has unchecked the check box 161 on the setting screen shown in FIG. 22, the process proceeds to step S128.

Each of the processes in steps S128 to S131 is the same as each of the processes in steps S97 to S100 in FIG. 21, and a description thereof will be omitted.

If it is determined in step S123 that no additional information is to be transferred, step S125 is performed.
Is skipped (that is, since the PC additional information 77 has not been copied), the process ends without performing the process of step S131.

As described above, when the content is checked out to an external device having no display function, the check-out time can be reduced by setting not to transfer the additional information of the content.

Next, referring to the flow chart of FIG. 24, when the user deletes the additional information that has been edited by mistake, the additional information for PC is overwritten with the additional information for PC editing, whereby the original additional information is deleted. Will be described.

If the user accidentally deletes the edited additional information, for example, pressing the return button 151 on the property screen shown in FIG.
At 51, the song management unit 64 stores the song file 69 stored in the song file storage unit 68 of the database 67.
To obtain the additional information path. Specifically, the music management unit 6
4 stores, via the file search unit 66 and the database 67, a song file 69 recorded in the song file storage unit 68 (for example, “track” in a directory having a name “Song-A” shown in FIG. 6). additional information path (PC additional information 70) included in the song file named ".omg"
Storage location).

At step S152, the music management section 64
Acquires the PC additional information 70 (in this case, the directory having the name “PKG00001” in the directory having the name “Song-A”) from the additional information path obtained in the process of step S151. In step S153,
The song management unit 64 stores the old PC editing additional information 71 (in this case, “PKG00001-edit” in the directory having the name “Song-A”) stored in the song file storage unit 68 of the database 67. Get the directory with the name).

At step S154, the music management section 64
Deletes the old additional information 71 for PC editing acquired in the process of step S153. In step S155,
The music management unit 64 acquires the information obtained in the process of step S152.
The PC additional information 70 is copied to create new PC editing additional information 71.

In step S155, the music management section 64
Registers (stores) the PC editing additional information 71 created in the process of step S154 in the music file storage unit 68,
The additional information path of the additional information for editing 71 is updated.

As described above, even when the user erroneously deletes the edited additional information, the original additional information can be easily restored by operating the return button 151 shown in FIG. it can. This eliminates the risk of the user intentionally or accidentally editing the additional information, and allows the user to operate the jukebox application program with confidence.

In the above example, when the content is distributed from the EMD server 3, the additional information for PC and the additional information for PD are added to the content and distributed.
The present invention is not limited to this.

That is, for example, the user downloads the content and the additional information distributed from the EMD server 3 to the portable device 5, connects the portable device 5 with the downloaded content and the additional information to the personal computer, and imports it ( In such a case, if additional information is downloaded together with the content, the personal computer 1
In the portable device 5 having a smaller storage capacity than the storage capacity of the HDD 21, the number of writable contents is reduced.

Therefore, the EMD server 3 does not distribute the additional information of the content but provides the additional information.
By distributing a URL for accessing a website established by the EMD server 3 and other servers together with the content, the amount of data stored in the portable device 5 can be reduced.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 25, a process of downloading the content distributed from the EMD server 3 to the portable device 5 and importing (moving in) the content from the portable device 5 to the personal computer 1 will be described. .

[0246] The portable device 5 downloads and records the content distributed from the EMD server 3.
At this time, the portable device 5 records the PC additional information 77 including the URL for accessing the website providing the additional information, together with the content.

When the user performs an operation of moving the content downloaded to the portable device 5 into the personal computer 1, the transfer processing unit 63 determines in step S171 that the PC additional information recorded on the portable device 5 77, and the music file storage unit 6 of the database 67 of the personal computer 1
8 is stored as it is as the additional information 70 for PC.

In step S172, the transfer processing section 6
Reference numeral 3 designates, from the PC additional information 70 stored in the music file storage unit 68 of the database 67 (for example, a directory named “PKG00001” in a directory named “Song-A” in FIG. 6), Read the data named "package.xml". In step S173, the transfer processing unit 63 reads the items included in “package.xml” read in the processing in step S172.

At step S174, the transfer processing section 6
3 indicates that the item read in the process of step S173 is UR
If it is determined whether it is L or not and the read item is not a URL, that is, if it is an image or a lyrics file, the process proceeds to step S175 to read the image or the lyrics file.

If it is determined in step S174 that the read item is a URL, the process proceeds to step S176.
The transfer processing unit 63 activates a web browser, connects to the EMD server 3 or the like via the network 2, and displays a web page specified by the URL on the display 20. The user performs a predetermined operation on the web page displayed on the display 20 to download an image, a lyrics file, or the like.

In step S177, the transfer processing section 6
3 determines whether or not reading of all items has been completed, and if it is determined that reading has not been completed,
Returning to step S173, the above-described processing is repeated. Then, in step S177, when it is determined that reading of all items has been completed, the processing is terminated.

Therefore, the EMD server 3 does not distribute the additional information of the content but provides the additional information.
By distributing information indicating the location of additional information such as a URL for accessing a website established by the EMD server 3 or other servers together with the content, the amount of data stored in the portable device 5 can be reduced.

Further, when downloading additional information using the personal computer 1, no matter how many hours a user connects to a predetermined telephone number between a predetermined time and a predetermined time (for example, from 11:00 pm to 8:00 am), It is possible to access the EMD server 3 using the personal computer 1 and obtain additional information during the service time when the fee is constant. Thus, the user can download additional information of a plurality of contents at once without worrying about the connection time.

Although the content has been described as music data, it may be data such as a moving image, a still image, a numerical value, or a program.

Although the personal computer 1 has been described as importing content from the memory card 9, the content is imported not only from the memory card 9 but also from a recording medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a magneto-optical disk. Is also good.

As shown in FIG. 2, the recording medium for recording the program installed in the computer and made executable by the computer is a magnetic disk 4
1 (including floppy disk), optical disk 42 (CD-R
OM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Vers
atile Disc), magneto-optical disk 43 (MD (Mini-D
isc), a package medium such as a semiconductor memory 44, or a flash ROM or a hard disk in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored. The program is recorded on the recording medium via a network such as a public line network, a local area network or the Internet, or a wired or wireless communication such as a digital satellite broadcast via an interface such as a router or a modem as necessary. This is performed using a medium.

In the present specification, the step of describing a program recorded on a recording medium is not limited to processing performed in chronological order according to the described order, but is not necessarily performed in chronological order. This also includes processing executed in parallel or individually.

In this specification, the system is
It represents the entire device composed of a plurality of devices.

[0259]

According to the information processing apparatus, method, and program of the present invention, a content is recorded, editable additional information relating to the content is recorded, and the display of the recorded additional information is controlled. In the case where the controlled additional information is edited and the user checks the content to be checked out, the transfer of the edited additional information to another information processing device together with the recorded content is controlled. Therefore, at the time of checkout, the edited additional information can be transferred, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a content data management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the personal computer shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functions of the personal computer of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of right information stored in a right information storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data recorded by a database.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of a music file storage unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the portable device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating import.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating movement.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a window displayed on a display.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a dialog box displayed in the window of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a window displayed on a display.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a property screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a property screen of another example.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a lyrics editing screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a linear arts edit screen.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a property screen.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a move-in process.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a move-out process.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a move-in process.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a checkout process.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a setting screen.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating a checkout process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating additional information overwriting processing.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating a download process.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 personal computer, 2 network,
3 EMD server, 4 WWW server, 5-1 to 5-4
Portable device, 6 terminal device, 7 mobile phone, 8 PDA, 9-1 to 9-4 memory card,
11 CPU, 12 ROM, 13 RAM, 21 HD
D, 41 magnetic disk, 42 optical disk, 43
Magneto-optical disk, 44 semiconductor memory, 61 GU
I section, 62 content management processing section, 63 transfer processing section, 64 music management section, 65 right information storage section, 6
6 File search section, 67 database, 68-
1, 68-2 music file storage, 69 music files, 70 PC additional information, 71 PC editing additional information, 72 PD additional information, 73-1 and 73-2 PC
Plug-in, 70-1, 70-2 Audio output unit, 7
5-1 to 75-3 PD plug-in, 76 music files, 77 additional information for PC, 78 additional information for PD,
79 Memory card plug-in, 101, 102 fields, 103-1 Check-in button, 103-2
Checkout button, 104-1 move-in button, 104-2 move-out button, 111 dialog box, 121 to 123 tab, 13
3 Lyrics edit button, 134 Lynnarts edit button, 151 Back button, 161 check box

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Claims (6)

[Claims] A first recording unit for recording content, a second recording unit for recording first editable additional information related to the content, and the second recording unit recorded on the second recording unit. Display control means for controlling the display of the first additional information; and the first control means, the display of which is controlled by the display control means.
Editing means for editing the additional information, and when the content is instructed to be checked out by a user operation, the content is recorded in the second recording means together with the content recorded in the first recording means. Transfer control means for controlling transfer of the first additional information edited by the editing means to another information processing apparatus. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: generating means for copying the non-editable second additional information to generate the first additional information. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second recording unit records the second additional information in addition to the first additional information. 4. A first recording control processing step for controlling recording of the content, a second recording control processing step for controlling the recording of editable additional information relating to the content, and the second recording control processing A display control processing step of controlling display of the additional information whose recording is controlled by the processing of the step; an editing step of editing the additional information whose display is controlled by the processing of the display control processing step; When the check-out of the content is instructed by the operation of (1), the recording is controlled by the processing of the second recording control processing step together with the content whose recording is controlled by the processing of the first recording control processing step. Transfer of the additional information edited by the processing of the editing processing step to another information processing apparatus. The information processing method characterized by comprising a Gosuru transfer control processing step. 5. A first recording control processing step for controlling recording of content, a second recording control processing step for controlling recording of editable additional information related to the content, and the second recording control processing A display control processing step of controlling display of the additional information whose recording is controlled by the processing of the step; an editing step of editing the additional information whose display is controlled by the processing of the display control processing step; When the check-out of the content is instructed by the operation of (1), the recording is controlled by the processing of the second recording control processing step together with the content whose recording is controlled by the processing of the first recording control processing step. Transfer of the additional information edited by the processing of the editing processing step to another information processing apparatus. Recording medium from which a computer readable program is recorded, which comprises a transfer control processing step of Gosuru. 6. A first recording control processing step for controlling recording of content, a second recording control processing step for controlling recording of editable additional information related to the content, and the second recording control processing A display control processing step of controlling display of the additional information whose recording is controlled by the processing of the step; an editing step of editing the additional information whose display is controlled by the processing of the display control processing step; When the check-out of the content is instructed by the operation of (1), the recording is controlled by the processing of the second recording control processing step together with the content whose recording is controlled by the processing of the first recording control processing step. Transfer of the additional information edited by the processing of the editing processing step to another information processing apparatus. Program for executing the transfer control processing step of Gosuru.