KR20220089318A - Information center, terminal apparatus, dubbing system and dubbing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information center, a terminal device, a dubbing system, and a dubbing method. The dubbing system is
It consists of each terminal device owned and an information center common to the terminal device. music software, etc.
Data is a terminal for which dubbing permission has been granted by the information center from a recording medium such as a compact disc installed in the terminal device.
It can be dubbed to another recording medium such as a hard disk drive used in the device. That is, before dubbing, the terminal device
With these licenses and paid services, they generally communicate with the clearinghouse to obtain other information related to the recording medium.
do So the main function of the clearinghouse is to authenticate users who require permission to dub data.
will be. A request for such permission made by the user may be rejected based on the authentication result.

Description

Dubbing system and dubbing method through a terminal device {Information center, terminal apparatus, dubbing system and dubbing method}

The present invention is based on the result of authentication of the operation executed by the information center through the connection of the terminal device to the information center.

Recognizing permission to perform dubbing information operation from a recording medium loaded in a terminal device to another recording medium

It relates to an information center, a terminal device, a dubbing system and a dubbing method that can determine

Various audio/visual devices owned by users are widely distributed, and in general, music software and video software are provided for users to personally enjoy.

For example, software can be downloaded from disc recording media such as CD (Compact Disc: Trademark) and MD (Mini Disk: Trademark).

A user who owns an audio system that can play can purchase the desired CD or MD, or

Aha records the song on an MD, a type of recording medium on which software can be recorded, so that the disc of its own original

make a big

However, as a new kind of audio-visual device different from the conventional one, an audio data file and a video data file

A recording/reproducing apparatus that generally uses a recording medium having a large storage capacity such as a hard disk for storing work

is being developed

For example, music recorded on a package medium owned by the user is

dubbed on the same recording medium. By using a recording medium having a large storage capacity, such as a hard disk,

All pieces of music recorded on a plurality of recording media such as CDs owned by the user can be loaded into the recording/reproducing system.

For example, a hard disk having a storage capacity in the range of 3 to 4G bytes has a storage capacity of 640M bytes.

It can be used for accommodating about 5 pieces of music recorded on CDs. In addition, each MD is 140M bytes

Since it has a storage capacity of up to one MD, the same hard disk can be used to accommodate songs recorded on about 25 MDs.

can be used

When the user wants to play a specific software such as a song, the user can select a CD or

There is no need to specifically expect other recording media. Instead, the user just specifies the tune to speak,

The recording/reproducing apparatus reads out and reproduces music from the hard disk. Such recording/playback devices are such as CDs.

It is very convenient for users who own a large number of recording media. In addition, if the user is installed in the recording/playback device,

There is also no need to replace the disk in use with another one, so the user can immediately feel the user's mood at the time.

You can enjoy the music selected according to your condition.

Information such as music data is copied from a recording medium such as a hard disk used in the main recording/reproducing device, or

It is also possible to provide a portable recording/reproducing apparatus capable of being transmitted. In the following description, a portable recording/playback field

A device can also be simply thought of as a portable device for the sake of simplicity. Then that day the user wants to hear

To play the copied music later by selecting it from among multiple songs stored in the main recording/playback device

can be copied to a portable recording/reproducing device for A hard disk or flash memory is used as the recording medium.

In the case of a portable recording/playback device that uses

Information such as music data can be copied immediately. In this way, the user can change according to the mood and condition of the day.

For example, select a piece of music and copy it from the main recording/playback device to a portable recording/playback device, and

It makes it possible to enjoy music pieces reproduced by the recording/reproducing apparatus. CD player and MD player

In the case of a conventional portable recording/reproducing apparatus, for example, a user may select a CD containing many pieces of music that the user wants to listen to that day.

Or you have to carry multiple CDs or MDs with the device if it is spread across the MD. new

On the other hand, the portable recording/reproducing apparatus eliminates this inconvenience.

Thus, the user can use such a recording/reproducing apparatus as a personal music server. More specifically, the

By using the main recording/playback device and the portable recording/playback device respectively, users can

You can enjoy the software immediately.

On the other hand, the user is usually given by the user as an exercise of protection of the copyright owned by the author who created the data.

A dubbing fee may be paid for an operation for copying data from a recording medium such as a CD to an existing hard disk.

There is a need.

In particular, hard drives used in recording/playback devices rotate at a higher rotational speed than normal speed playback in a short time.

Since data is read from a recording medium such as a CD installed in a recording/reproducing apparatus having a CD recorded on the disk,

If such dubbing is not restricted, the function of so-called high-speed dubbing can easily

can be used

In order to solve the above-described problem, the recording/reproducing apparatus is connected to the information center by communication means such as a telephone line.

means that the dubbing operation is carried out only when it is connected to the

it hasn't been

An information center is a database that stores data-related media such as CDs sold or displayed in the market.

s is installed. More specifically, the database is stored in media such as lyricists, composers and performers.

Includes information about the person involved in creating the recorded work, information on copyright, and information on dubbing fees

do.

When a user dubs a CD using the recording/playback device, the recording/playback device sends information

enable communication with the In addition, information such as identification of the CD to be dubbed is also transmitted to the information center.

The information center executes processing such as user authentication. When all requirements are satisfied, the dubbing permission is issued to the recording/playback device.

comes down

Upon receiving permission, the recording/reproducing apparatus performs dubbing. Then, the information center is responsible for the dubbed CD

The database is checked for information on Yuja and dubbing fee, and the user pays the dubbing fee to the copyright holder.

ask to pay In general, for example, clearinghouses are established between clearinghouses and copyright owners in advance.

According to the contract, the dubbing fee is paid to the copyright holder and money is withdrawn from the user's bank account.

It goes without saying that the dubbing fee can be made free of charge at the request of the copyright holder. In such a system, dubbing that prohibits copying can be prevented, and a personal music server can be shared with ordinary users.

It can benefit all copyright holders.

However, in the information center, for the media such as CD sold worldwide, the dubbing fee and copyright

It is necessary to build a database that stores information about the person. In fact, ever sold already

It is practically impossible to store all the information about a very large number of media that have and will be sold in the future.

Therefore, it is possible that the information about the CD dubbed by the user is not stored in the database of the information center.

It is common.

In this case, a problem arises that the information center cannot perform appropriate processing for the copyright holder.

In addition, it is possible to reduce the number of discs found as unregistered in the database in the dubbing operation.

A means of providing a database as efficiently as possible is also required.

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides the following effects.

First, in the operation of dubbing data from a medium such as a CD to an internal storage means used in the terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus

obtains permission to dub data from the clearinghouse, and identifies the medium subject to the dubbing operation.

Send the information to the information center. After that, the clearinghouse makes a judgment on whether to permit or prohibit the dubbing operation.

In order to do this, after performing processing for confirming the user of the terminal device and other processing based on the identification information, the determination

The result is sent to the terminal device. If the judgment result is permission, the terminal device performs the dubbing operation. half

, if the determination result is prohibition, the terminal device stops the dubbing operation. As a result, related parties such as copyright

While avoiding dubbing operations that infringe on rights, it is possible to allow users to use the terminal device as a personal server.

All.

As part of a series of operations related to dubbing, the information center collects the CD identified by the identification information received from the terminal device.

Search the disk registration database for detailed information about the recording medium to be dubbed, such as

Determines whether the body is registered or not. If the recording medium to be dubbed is not registered in the database,

The information center requests the terminal device to transmit information on the recording medium. Thereafter, to be requested by the clearinghouse

When the information on the recording medium to be dubbed, transmitted by the terminal device, is unregistered disk management data in the information center,

stored in the base.

That is, when the terminal device attempts to dub data from an unregistered recording medium such as a CD, the information center displays the recording medium to be dubbed.

Stores information on unregistered disk management database. The stored information is then sold for rights

It can be used when entering into a contract with the right holder for settlement or appropriate accounting-processing. That is, at that time

Even if the dubbing operation cannot be performed for an unregistered recording medium such as a CD, it is possible to perform appropriate processing thereafter.

Therefore, it is possible to cope with the problem of handling unregistered recording media.

In addition, the unregistered disk management database contains information about dubbing performed on an unregistered recording medium such as a CD by the terminal device.

It can be used as a source of history information. For example, the frequency of use of various media such as CDs in the terminal device,

Other data may be obtained from the unregistered disk management database. Therefore, unregistered disk management

The information stored in the database can be used to effectively update the disk registration database.

All. Specifically, an unregistered recording medium that is frequently dubbed can be registered in the disc registration database.

have. As a result, the possibility of designating an unregistered recording medium such as a CD in the dubbing operation can be reduced. in reverse

In other words, media that are rarely dubbed are not registered in the disc registration database or are not registered in the disc registration database.

It is possible to provide a dubbing system that is deleted from the database.

Further, the information center makes a decision as to whether to permit or prohibit high-speed dubbing in the terminal device, but

is always allowed to perform normal speed dubbing. That is, in the case of normal speed dubbing, the terminal device communicates with the information center.

There is no need to do communication. Therefore, for the normal use of the terminal device and the CD, i.e. only personally

A fee is charged to the user for dubbing information such as music from a CD using a terminal device for enjoyment.

We can provide an unclaimed dubbing system. In such systems, personal use of terminal devices and CDs

does not indiscriminately limit On the other hand, it effectively suppresses high-speed dubbing, which may help with the production of pirated versions.

will be limited

In addition, when a decision to permit or prohibit high-speed dubbing of a recording medium such as a CD, the recording medium

There is also provided a dubbing system that is not performed based on whether or not it is registered in the music registration database.

That is, it is also possible to provide a dubbing system in which high-speed dubbing can be performed even on an unregistered recording medium.

In the dubbing system according to the present invention, with respect to a recording medium such as a CD that is not registered in the disk registration database,

is not permitted for high-speed dubbing. In this dubbing system, high-speed dubbing is limited to the disc registration database.

It is permitted only for recording media such as CDs registered in the ISE.

The information center provides a service that provides various information on recording media to be dubbed, such as CDs, to users of terminal devices.

can be provided, and thus a dubbing system having a high added value can be realized. using such a system

When it is done, the user can receive various types of information.

When the upload control means mounted on the terminal device transmits information on the recording medium to be dubbed to the information center,

A message is displayed on the display means, so it has the effect of notifying the user of the current operating state of the terminal device.

to provide.

The information on the recording medium to be dubbed, transmitted to the information center by the upload control means, includes control information of the recording medium or

All or all of the data recorded on the recording medium, the date and time of the dubbing operation, and information about the user performing the dubbing operation

include some of them Accordingly, control information for identifying a recording medium to be dubbed, such as a CD, and

Information and dubbing date and time can be stored in the information center's unregistered disk management database. other information

Among them, this information is convenient for accounting-processing at a later time.

What can be dubbed is a recording medium on which audio data is recorded, or, strictly speaking, recorded on such a medium.

It is a recording medium containing audio data. Therefore, the terminal device can be used as a so-called personal music server.

Therefore, it is possible to realize an excellent system used by users to enjoy music.

It is an object of the present invention to pre-store a plurality of pieces of information unique to a recording medium, and transmit the information by the terminal device.

A specific record mounted on a terminal device connected to the information center based on information unique to the specific recording medium

An information center for authenticating the appropriate use of a medium to the information center, wherein the information center records each

storage means for pre-storing the unique information;

receiving means for receiving information unique to the specific recording medium, and the receiving means from the terminal device

The information specific to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device, which is received in advance, is stored in the storage means

Comparing means for comparing the information unique to each of the recorded media stored therein;

When it is found that the unique information on the specific recording medium does not exist in the storage means, the

It is to provide an information center comprising control means for controlling the processing performed by the horse apparatus.

Another object of the present invention is to store a plurality of pieces of unique information in a recording medium in advance from the information center.

To obtain permission to dub data recorded on a specific recording medium mounted on a horse device to another recording medium

A terminal device for executing processing, wherein the terminal device stores information unique to each of the recording media in advance.

Transmission for transmitting information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device to the information center to the information center

means; and the information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device and the information from the information center.

Receiving means for receiving a result of comparison of information unique to each of the recording media previously recorded in the information center;

The comparison result received by the means includes the unique information in the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device.

When it indicates that it does not match one of the information unique to each of the recording media previously recorded in the information center

a first for controlling the transmitting means to transmit more detailed information about the terminal device to the information center

It is to provide a terminal device including a fishing means.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dubbing system having a terminal device and an information center, wherein the information center includes a recording medium.

storage means for storing in advance a plurality of pieces of information unique to each

a first receiving means for receiving information unique to a specific recording medium loaded on the

The storage means for storing the information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device received by the new means

a comparison means for comparing the information unique to each of the recording media previously stored in the

The unique information on the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device and the recording medium stored in advance in the information center

and first transmitting means for transmitting the result of comparison of each unique information, while the terminal device

Copy means for copying information recorded on a specific recording medium loaded in the device to another recording medium;

second transmitting means for transmitting information unique to the specific recording medium loaded onto the information center to the information center;

The unique information and pre-recorded information from the information center to the information center on the specific recording medium

a second receiving means for receiving the result of comparison of information unique to the recording medium, and the second receiving means

The information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device with the result of the comparison is stored in the information center

If it indicates that it does not match one of the information unique to each recording medium previously recorded in the

An object of the present invention is to provide a dubbing system including control means for controlling the copy operation executed by the means.

Another object of the present invention is to store a plurality of pieces of unique information in a recording medium in advance from an information center to a terminal device.

A process for obtaining permission to dub data recorded on a specific recording medium loaded on the device to another medium.

In the dubbing method for executing, information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device is transmitted to the information sensor.

A transmitting step of transmitting the information to a computer, and the unique information and the information on the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device

A comparison step of comparing information unique to each of the recording media previously recorded in Baocenter, and the comparison in the comparison step

The information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device as a result of the output is transmitted to the information center in advance.

When it indicates that the stored recording medium does not match any one of the unique information, it is stored in the terminal device.

A control step of prohibiting the operation of dubbing the data recorded on the written specific recording medium to the other medium.

It is to provide an established dubbing method.

The following is an embodiment of realizing the dubbing system and dubbing method provided by the present invention.

A portable type that can be connected to the information center 1, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, and the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 constituting the new system

A description of the device 50 . The description of the present invention is given in the following order.

1. Overview of Information and Communication System

2. General appearance of recording/playback devices and portable devices

3. Internal structure of recording/reproducing device

4. Internal configuration of portable devices

5. File transfer processing

6. File storage organization of recording/playback device

7. The database of the clearinghouse

8. First example of high-speed dubbing

9. Second example of high-speed dubbing

10. Normal Normal Speed Dubbing

1 is a diagram showing the appearance of an information communication system provided by the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the information and communication system is basically a recording/recording system used at home by general users.

An information center functioning as an information service device that provides information related to the use of the recording device 10 and the recording/reproducing device 10 .

It includes (1).

The information center 1 and the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 can exchange various types of information through the communication line 3 . Communication line (3)

ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) or communications designed specifically for telephone lines or systems

It is generally implemented by public communication networks such as networks. The type of network is not particularly limited.

On the other hand, through the satellite communication network using the communication satellite (4) and the parabolic antenna (5) installed in each home (2)

Information is exchanged between the computer 1 and the recording/reproducing apparatus 10.

The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 for general users will be described in detail later. The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 includes CDs and MDs.

A function of driving the package medium, a function of receiving data from another device, a function of receiving data from another device,

In addition to functions such as a function of receiving data, as shown in Fig. 3, a large

It has an internal data file storage unit having a storage capacity. The recording/playback device 10 includes a CD, CD-ROM, CD Text,

Various data such as audio and video data reproduced from media purchased by the user such as MD and data from other devices

The received various data can be stored as a file.

Therefore, the user generally imports data from a file used to store information such as a piece of music.

can be played with So, for example, a user who has multiple CDs can

All pieces of music can be stored in the data file storage unit of the recording/reproducing device 10 as one file, i.e., dubbed, and the

The hassle of selecting a CD containing the next desired music and installing the selected CD in the recording/playback device 10

Without this, you can create any desired music by simply naming the file that stores the desired music.

can play

For this recording/reproducing apparatus 10, the information center 1 issues a dubbing permission for a fee or free of charge, or various information

can provide

As will be described in detail later, the user uses the music recorded on a recording medium such as a CD in the recording/reproducing device 10 .

When storing in a data file storage unit such as a hard disk, for example, the information center 1 communicates with the recording/reproducing device 10

Information on a recording medium such as a CD to be dubbed is stored without issuing permission to perform the dubbing operation through the scene.

It is transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and provided to the user.

It records data such as music stored in a data file storage unit such as a hard disk used in the recording/reproducing device 10.

Information about the file includes text data such as the title of the song, the artist's name, lyrics, and the background image and art of the song.

Image data such as the artist's image, the address of the artist's Internet homepage, or URL (Uniform Resource

Locator), including information about copyright and information about individuals related to the song, such as lyricists, composers and producers

do. For example, in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, these information received from the information center 1 are converted into the information and the information.

A file for recording the described music is stored in association with each other. Then, the recording/reproducing apparatus 1 outputs the information

various operations of the information indicating

transmitted to the living device 10 . These files are a bonus to the output of the operation of dubbing music from a recording medium such as a CD.

It can be added as a track. Apart from the dubbing operation, these files are different from so-called packet media such as CDs.

It can be used to build the system of mae Yong.

As will be described later, the information center 1 uses the recording/reproducing device 1 and the accounting processing operation of the dubbing operation to

The database used to execute the processing permitting or prohibiting the dubbing operation performed by

Pay attention to what is

This embodiment also provides a portable recording/reproducing apparatus 50 connectable to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 . technology ahead

As such, this portable recording/reproducing apparatus 50 is hereinafter simply referred to as a portable apparatus for the sake of simplicity.

As will be described in detail later, the portable device 50 is a hard disk drive or flash memory shown in FIG.

It has an internal data file storage unit, such as. The data file storage unit defines a file for recording audio data, etc.

It is used to store beams.

In the portable device (50) connected to the recording/reproducing device, the files stored in the recording/reproducing device (10) are stored in the portable device (50)

It is copied or transmitted to the data file storage used in . The files stored in the portable device 50 are recorded/played

Not to mention that it can be copied or sent back to the datafile storage used in the device 10.

Copy any file stored in the recording/playback device 10 to the data file storage unit used in the portable device 50, or

By sending, the user can play the file from the portable device (950). In general, portable devices (50)

is used externally. In this case, the file that the user wants to listen to that day is stored in the recording/playback device 10 in advance.

It is copied or transmitted to the data file storage unit used in the mold device 500 and can be enjoyed outside.

2. General appearance of recording/playback devices and portable devices

2 is a diagram showing the general appearance of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the portable apparatus 50. As shown in FIG. stand here

Being drunk is common. In other words, it recognizes the appearance of various devices and actions performed by the user.

The structure of the user interface for displaying information to the user and the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the portable apparatus 50 are mutually exclusive

There are variations in various aspects such as how they are connected.

As shown in Fig. 2, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is a type of so-called cassette-type recorder/player having a radio.

Since the eggplant is designed as a device, it is generally suitable for a user to use at home. of course

The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 may be designed as a component type device.

The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 has various operators used by users to perform various operations. energy

An operator is generally installed on the front panel of the lock/playback device 10, and the operator uses operation keys, operation buttons and so-called

It includes a rotary press-type key called a jog dial.

The member that generates an output to the user is a speaker 35 that outputs a playback audio signal and displays various information.

includes a display unit 24 . The display unit 24 is generally made of a liquid crystal panel.

In addition, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 performs a reproduction operation, dubbing data from a CD-type disk to an internal hard disk to be described later.

It has a CD inserting unit 17 into which the user's CD-type disc is inserted into the device 10 to execute processing such as operation.

Examples of CD-type disks are audio CDs, CD-ROMs, and CD-Text.

In addition, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 performs a reproduction operation, a recording operation, and dubbing data from an MD type disk to an internal hard disk.

It has an MD inserting unit 17 into which the user's MD disk is inserted into the device 10 in order to execute processing such as operation.

An example of the MD type disk is audio MD and MD data.

In addition, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is provided with various terminals ta for connection with other devices. terminal (ta)

is a member for connecting microphones and headphones, and for connecting devices such as audiovisual devices and personal computers.

It includes a line connection terminal, an optical digital connection terminal, and an interface connector for

In addition to the above-described operation keys ka, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 serves as operation input means operated by the user.

It also has a keyboard 90 and a record commander 91 .

The keyboard 90 is usually connected to one of the terminals ta provided for the keyboard 90 . have an infrared transmitter

In the case of a keyboard, information on an operation performed by the user is output by the keyboard 90 and

Infrared is transmitted to the light receiver 20 used in the tooth 10 in a wireless manner.

In general, the remote commander 91 is executed by the user and connected to the receiver 20 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 .

Outputs information transmitted by infrared wireless method.

Controls the operation performed by the user and output by the keyboard 90 and the remote commander 91 using the wireless method

Radio waves can be used instead of infrared as a carrier for information.

In addition, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is a PCMCIA (Personal Computer) equipped with a PCMCIA card to exchange data.

Memory Cars International Association) is installed.

The portable device 50 is a small and compact device suitable for use by a user as a portable device.

The portable device 50 includes various operators (Kb) such as operation keys operated by the user to perform various operations.

have A jog dial not shown in the drawings may also be installed.

The member for generating output to the user includes a speaker 68 for outputting a playback audio signal and a device for displaying various information.

and a display unit 57 . The display unit 57 is generally made of a liquid crystal panel. In addition, by external sources

A microphone 65 is installed to record the generated voice.

In addition, the portable device 50 is provided with various terminals tb for connecting the devices to each other. The terminal (tb) is

A member for connecting a microphone and headphones, connecting devices such as audiovisual devices and personal computers

It includes a line connection terminal, an optical digital connection terminal and an interface connector for

In general, a user listens to music such as a piece of music generated as an audio reproduction signal by the speaker 68 of the portable device 50 .

listen Alternatively, the user may use the headphones 92 connected to one of the terminals tb used to connect the headphones 92.

listen to music through

By connecting the portable device 50 to the recording/reproducing device 10, each

Species can communicate data. Data includes audio data used in communication processing of actual file data and

Contains actual file data such as control data.

In this embodiment, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is provided with a mounting portion MT having a connector 27 . Mounting part (MT)

In the portable device 50 placed on the , the organs 10 and 50 are all connected to each other. The portable device 50

When placed on the mounting unit MT, the connector 60 installed on the bottom of the portable device 50 is the connector 27 used for the mounting unit MT.

It is placed in a state coupled to the , and data is communicated through the connectors 60 and 27. By adopting a line connection method using a communication cable or a wireless connection method using a communication means such as infrared rays,

It can be connected to the lock/playback device 10 .

3. Internal structure of recording/reproducing device

Next, a general internal structure of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 .

The panel operation unit 20 of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 has a rotary press type operator. These operators are shown in FIG.

Various operators Ka, that is, various operators installed on the top surface of the cabinet of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 . in Figure 2

The indicated touch panel operator may also be installed in the display unit 24 . Such a touch panel operator is a display unit (24)

This is achieved by displaying the operation keys on the screen and providing a touch detection mechanism for the displayed operation keys. Kyung Lee

Right, the touch panel operator can be considered as a member of the panel operation unit 20 shown in FIG. 3 .

When the panel operation unit 20 is operated, one operation signal for executing various operations of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is generated.

Then, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 operates according to the generated operation signal.

In order for the user to easily know the name of the song or artist with respect to the recorded audio information,

A keyboard 90 and a record commander 91 are installed. Alternatively, the keyboard 90 is connected to a USB (Universal Serial Bus)

By connecting to the terminal ta6 , this input is inputted through the keyboard 90 . In detail,

The input signal generated by the keyboard 90 is supplied to the USB driver through the USB terminal ta6.

It is transmitted to the constituent elements in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10. The various terminals ta1 to ta7 shown in FIG. 3 are shown in FIG.

terminal (ta).

Infrared generated by the remote commander 91 and the keyboard 90 having an infrared transmitter to display an operation signal

The wire is an electrical signal supplied to the infrared interface driver 22 and transmitted to the constituent elements in the recording/reproducing device 10.

Photoelectric conversion is carried out in the converted photoreceiver 21 .

Data may be transmitted via the infrared interface driver 22 or the USB driver 23 .

The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 includes a RAM 13, a ROM 14, and a flash that are generally used in a typical structure of a personal computer.

The memory 14 is used. The CPU 11 controls the overall operation of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 .

File data and control data are exchanged between blocks constituting the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 via a bus B1.

The ROM 12 contains data executed by the user on the panel operation unit 20, the keyboard 90, and the remote commander 91, among other data.

Storing a program for controlling the operation of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 according to an input signal generated as a result of the operation

is used for

The RAM 13 and the flash memory 14 are a storage area for temporarily storing data in the process of executing a program and a task

used as a cross. Also, the ROM 12 is used to store a program loader in advance. frog

The RAM loader may be executed to load the program itself into the flash memory 14 .

When a CD-type optical disc such as an audio CD, CD-ROM or CD text is mounted in the aforementioned CD inserting unit 17, the optical disc

The information recorded on the disk can be read out by the optical pickup at a high speed such as 1x speed, 16x speed, or 32x speed.

An MD-type optical disk or magneto-optical tape such as audio MD or MD data is passed through the above-mentioned MD insertion unit 18 .

When mounted on an MD driver, information recorded on the mounted optical disc can be read by an optical pickup.

I or information can be written to the mounted optical disc.

In this embodiment, the CD driver 17 and the MD driver 18 are provided as described above. However, one of them

Only one can be provided instead of both, or other magneto-optical disks or other types of disks known as MO disks.

A driver for a medium for recording information such as an optical disk, or a magnetic disk or memory card may be provided.

Well, of course.

As internal means of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 for storing a large amount of data, a hard disk is normally used.

Data is recorded or rewritten from the hard disk by the hard disk driver 15, which is simply referred to as HDD hereinafter.

can be born For example, data such as audio information read from the CD-ROM driver 17 or the MD driver 18

The data may be stored in the HDD 15 in units of files. HDD 15 as a unit in which one piece of music is referred to as a file hereinafter

is stored in

The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 adopts the ATRAC2 (Adaptive Transform Acoutic Coding 2) technology to obtain audio data

Compressed and encoded audio data by employing the encoder 28 and the ATRAC2 technology for compressing and encoding

A decoder 29 is used to decompress and decode inversely.

By being controlled by the CPU 11, the encoder 28 and the decoder 29 execute compression/encoding and decompression/decoding, respectively.

do.

Moreover, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 also includes a buffer memory unit 16 for temporarily storing the audio data to be processed.

use. Data is read out from the buffer memory unit 16 under control executed by the CPU 11 or

is written to the buffer memory unit 16 .

Considering the operation of storing the audio data read out from the disk by the CD-ROM drive 17 in the HDD 15,

All. In this case, in the processing before storing the audio data read out from the disk in the HDD 15,

The audio data is temporarily stored in the buffer memory unit 16, and compressed and compressed on the data by the adoption of ATRAC2 technology.

It is supplied to the encoder 28 which executes the encoding. The audio data compressed and encoded by the encoder 28 is

It is temporarily stored again in the buffer memory unit 16 before being stored in the HDD 15 as station compressed and encoded audio information.

In this example, audio data is encoded by the adoption of ATRAC2 technology before being stored in the HDD 15, as described above.

It is susceptible to compression and encoding by the coder 28 . However, reading from a driver such as the CD-ROM driver 17

The data may also be stored in the HDD 15 without compression and encoding.

The encoder 28 compresses and compresses data read from a recording medium mounted on a driver such as a CD-ROM driver 17 .

not only can encode, but also be supplied by a microphone connected to the microphone terminal ta3 by the amplifier 32.

The audio signal or supplied by another device such as a CD player connected to the line input terminal ta2 and the compression

And it is also possible to input and encode the audio signal as digital data by the A/D converter 31 before encoding.

Moreover, the encoder 28 also processes the data by the adoption of optical digital technology IEC958 (International

Electrotechnical Commission 958) encoder 30, such as a CD player connected to the optical digital terminal (ta4)

It is possible to compress and encode the data supplied to it by the auxiliary device.

As described above, the data input by the external device and processed by the encoder 28 is also stored in the HDD 15.

can be saved as work.

As described above, the ATRAC2 (trademark) technology is used as the compression/encoding algorithm of the encoder 28.

is chosen However, of course, any encoding algorithm that compresses information may be used. for example

Cotton, ATRAC (trademark), MPEG (Moving Picture Coding Experts Group), PASC (Precision Adaptive Sub-band)

Coding), Twin VQ (Transform Domain Weighted Interleave Vector Quantization: Trademark), RealAudio (Trademark)

Alternatively, LiquidAudio (trademark) may also be employed.

The modem 19 used in the recording/playback device 10 is an external device such as the Internet, TEL network, cable TV or wireless communication network.

connected to a communication terminal ta5 for use as an interface having a communication line 3 implemented by a network;

All.

Data such as a request signal, a user ID mounted on the CD-ROM driver 17, user information, and accounting processing information

It is transmitted to the remote server by the modem (19).

The server capable of communicating with the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 through the communication line 3 of the external network is based on the user ID.

An authentication process, an accounting process for a user, and a music add-on with the information on the medium used as a key

It performs various kinds of processing, such as processing to find a database for beams. music supplement information

It includes the title of the song, the name of the artist, the name of the composer, the name of the lyricist, and the jacket image requested by the user.

and transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 according to a request made by the user. In this example, the server

transmits additional information related to music to the recording/reproducing device 10 . However, the tune required by the user

Of course, the beam can also be downloaded directly from an external network. In the media information supplied by the user

In addition to the transmitted music information for music, a bonus track of a predetermined medium can also be obtained through distribution.

Audio information stored in the HDD 15 can be decompressed and decoded by the decoder 29 , and by the D/A converter 33 .

It is output to the speaker 15 as a reproduction signal. Alternatively, the playback signal is to be output to the headphones connected to the headphone terminal ta1.

can

In this example, the decoder 29 performs decompression and decoding based on ATRAC2 technology. However, any

The decompression/decoding algorithm is also the compression/encoding algorithm adopted by the encoder 28 above the decompression/decoding algorithm.

Of course, it can be adopted as long as it follows the cycle.

Moreover, compression/encoding and decompression/decoding can also be performed using the hardware of the encoder 28 and decoder 29 .

Instead, it may be executed by the execution of software by the CPU 11 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the display unit 24 controls and controls files of information such as audio data stored in the HDD 15 .

It is provided as an interface used by the user to make adjustments. The display unit 24 is a display

It is driven to display information by the driver 25 .

On the display unit 24, necessary characters, symbols, icons and other kinds of information are controlled by the CPU 11

is displayed under

In addition, what is displayed on the display unit 24 is a folder of jacket images or audio files, that is, audio data such as music.

This file is used to record data. The jacket image or folder displayed on the display unit 24 is a mouse or a pen.

Alternatively, it may be operated by using the user's finger, that is, a pointing device or the panel manipulation unit 20 . For example,

An operation for playing the displayed audio file designated by the user may be executed.

Furthermore, by using the one shown on the display unit 24, it also deletes the selected audio file,

It is possible to execute a control operation such as copying and transmitting data to an external device displayed as the portable device 50 .

Optionally, the display unit 24 provides a table of contents (TOC) information of the recording medium mounted on the CD-ROM driver 17 .

WWW (world wide internet) on the internet, which is based on information and can also function as a general internet browser.

Represents html (hyper text markup language) text as related information obtained as a result of web site search

may be designed to display graphics.

The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 includes an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 1394 interface 37 and

IRD (Integrated Receiver/Decoder) of satellite broadcasting connected to terminal ta7 by IEEE1394 driver 36, MD player

Layers, DVD players, and DV (Digital Video) players can be shared by various types of devices and systems.

It is configured to input urgent audio information.

As another additional facility, PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card) wired to the PCMCIA driver 38

International Association) slot 39 is provided. The PCMCIA card installed on the PCMCIA slot 39 is an external storage device or various peripheral devices such as other media drivers, modems, terminal adapters and capture boards.

allow the extension of

As shown in Fig. 2, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 also includes a connector 27 for connecting the portable apparatus 50 thereto.

have Using the connector 27 inserted in the state coupled to the connector 60 of the portable device 50, the CPU 11

can communicate various types of data with the portable device 50 by the interface driver 26 . example

For example, an audio file stored in the HDD 15 may be transmitted to the portable device 50 .

Each of the CD-ROM drivers 17 and the MD drivers 18 mounted on the multiple

Information on songs and the like is stored on the HDD 15 by a dubbing technique known as normal speed dubbing and a dubbing technique called high speed dubbing.

can be dubbed into

In high-speed dubbing, data is read from a recording medium such as a CD by rotating it at a high rotation speed at a high transfer rate.

In, the data is processed by the encoder 28 and other devices before being stored on the HDD 15, and in a very short

Allow dubbing to be completed in the air. Therefore, high-speed dubbing is convenient for dubbing many CDs.

it is technology

On the other hand, in normal speed dubbing, data is transferred to CD and

While being read from the same recording medium, the data is easy to perform predetermined processing before being stored in the HDD 15.

All.

In the case of normal speed dubbing, the time it takes to perform the dubbing operation is the normal operation time for reproducing information such as music.

, the user can enjoy the software such as music played while dubbing the software.

4. Internal structure of portable device

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable device 50. As shown in FIG.

By inserting the connectors 27 and 60 in the engaged state, the recording/reproducing device 10 is electrically connected to the portable device 50 .

do. In this state, the interface driver 26 used in the recording/reproducing device 10 is connected to the interface of the portable device 50 .

connected to the face driver 59 and allowing data to be communicated between the recording/playback device 10 and the portable device 50

All.

The portable device 50 has an operator such as a push-type and rotary-type key used as the panel operation portion 56 . in other words,

Various operators kb are shown in FIG. 2 corresponding to the panel operation unit 56 . A word used as the panel operation unit (56)

When a certain operator kb is operated, an operation signal requesting an operation to be executed by the portable device 50 is

It is outputted by the panel operation unit 56 to the control bus B2. And, the portable device 50 is requested by the operation signal.

execute the action

Like the recording/reproducing device 10, the portable device 50 is normally used in a general configuration of a pulsed computer.

RAM 53 and ROM 52 are used. The CPU 51 controls the overall operation of the portable device 50 . file data

and control data are exchanged between the blocks constituting the portable device 50 by a bus B2.

The ROM 52 contains an operation scene generated as a result of an operation performed by the user on the panel operation unit 56 among other data.

It is used to store a program for controlling the operation of the portable device 50 according to a call. RAM 53 is a pro

It is used as a storage area to temporarily store data and tasks while executing a program. record/record

A flash memory may also be built-in like the device 10, and the configuration of the bus is not limited to the bus B2.

is of course

As an internal means of the portable device 50 for storing a lot of data, a hard disk is normally used. day

The data can be written to the hard disk by a hard disk driver 54, which is hereinafter referred to as an HDD for simplicity.

or can be played from a hard disk. For example, data transmitted from the recording/reproducing device 10 is

It can be stored in the file part in the HDD 54. That is, the music is stored in the HDD 54 as a file portion referred to hereinafter as a file.

it is stored Of course, a memory device such as a flash memory may be used instead of the HDD.

Like the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, the portable apparatus 50 is an engine that performs compression and encoding by the adoption of ATRAC2 technology.

It has a coder 61 and a decoder 62 that performs decompression and decoding by adoption of ATRAC2 technology.

The encoder (61) while the decoder (62) executes decompression and decoding under the control executed by the CPU (51).

performs compression and encoding.

A buffer memory 55 is provided for temporarily storing the processed audio data. The data is sent to the CPU 51

It is read from the buffer memory unit 55 and written to the buffer memory unit 55 under the control executed by the

Based on the ATRAC2 technology, compression and encoding are not performed, and the HDD 54 is

Consider an operation for storing audio data stored in the recording/reproducing device 10 in . In this case, HDD 54

In the processing before storing the audio data in the audio data, the audio data is temporarily stored in the buffer memory unit 55,

It is supplied to the encoder 61 which performs compression and encoding on the data by the adoption of ATRAC2 technology.

The audio data compressed and encoded by the encoder 28 is finally stored in the HDD 54 as compressed and encoded audio information.

It is temporarily stored again in the buffer memory unit 55 before being stored in a logical manner.

In this embodiment, data such as audio files for which compression and encoding are performed based on ATRAC2 technology are

It is of course stored in the HDD 15 used in the recording/playback device 10, and thus, in the same way as the music recorded on the HDD 15.

The audio data file storing data is copied from the HDD 15 to the HDD 54 by the interface driver 59 or

is transmitted, processing by the encoder 61 is not required. However, based on ATRAC2 technology,

Audio data for which compression and encoding are not executed can be read from a recording medium mounted on a driver such as a CD-ROM driver 17 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, and the HDD ( 54) directly

can be saved. Such audio data is processed before storing the audio data in the HDD 54.

It is easy to be compressed and encoded by the encoder 61 .

In this example, audio data is encoded by adoption of ATRAC2 technology before being stored in HDD 54, as described above.

It is easy to compress and encode by further 61. However, compression and encoding are performed based on ATRAC2 technology.

Unused data can also be stored in the HDD 54 because it is not subject to compression and encoding.

The member for supplying audio data to the encoder 61 used for performing compression and encoding on the data is an inter

In addition to the face driver 59, a headphone terminal (tb1), a microphone terminal (tb3), a line input terminal (tb2) and an optical digital

It includes a terminal tb3. Each terminal tb1 to tb4 shown in Fig. 4 corresponds to one of the terminals tb shown in Fig. 2

do.

The encoder 61 is an audio signal supplied by a microphone connected to the microphone terminal tb3 by the amplifier 65 or

Compresses and encodes an audio signal supplied by another device such as a CD player supplied to the line input terminal tb2

can do. These audio signals are converted into digital data by an A/D converter before compression and encoding.

Furthermore, the encoder 61 is also optically operated by the IEC958 encoder 63 which processes data by the adoption of optical digital technology.

Compresses and encodes data supplied to it by an external device such as a CD player connected to the digital terminal tb4

can do.

As described above, data generated by an external device and processed by the encoder 61 is also stored in the HDD 54.

It can be stored as a unit.

As described above, ATRAC2 (trademark) technology is adopted as the compression/encoding algorithm of the encoder 61 . But,

Any encoding algorithm capable of compressing the information may be used. For example, ATRAC, MPEG, PASC,

A technique known as Twin VQ, RealAudio or LipuidAudio may also be employed.

The audio information stored in the HDD 54 can be decompressed and decoded by the decoder 62, and is augmented with the D/A converter 66.

The aeration 67 is output to the speaker 68 as a reproduction signal. Alternatively, the playback signal is connected to the headphone terminal tb1.

It can be output to headphones.

In this example, the decoder 62 performs decompression and decoding based on ATRAC2 technology. any decompression/

The decoding algorithm is a decompression/decoding algorithm as long as the compression/encoding algorithm adopted by the encoder 61 is

can be adopted.

Moreover, compression/encoding and decompression/decoding are also performed instead of using the hardware of encoder 61 and decoder 62 .

It can be executed by the execution of hardware by the CPU 51 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the display unit 57 controls and controls files of information such as audio data stored in the HDD 54 .

It is provided as an interface used by the user to make adjustments. The display unit 57 is connected to the display driver 58 .

driven to display information.

On the display unit 57, necessary characters, symbols, icons and other kinds of information are controlled by the CPU 51

displayed below.

Also, what is displayed on the display unit 57 is audio data such as a jacket image or an audio file, that is, a piece of music.

A folder for each file used for recording. The jacket image or pole displayed on the display unit 57

No longer operate by using a mouse, pen, or user's hand corresponding to the pointing device for the operation panel unit 20 .

can be For example, the displayed audio file specified by the user from the HDD 54 to the speaker 35

You can execute an action to play the .

Furthermore, by using the one that appears on the display unit 57, it is possible to delete the selected audio file stored on the HDD 54.

And, it is possible to execute control of operations such as copying or transmitting data to other devices such as the recording/reproducing device 10.

have.

As described above in FIG. 2 , in the portable device 50 mounted on the mounting unit MT of the recording/reproducing device 10 , the portable device

The device 50 can exchange data with the recording/reproducing device 10 . However, contactless interfaces such as IrDA interfaces

A pace may also be adopted between the recording/reproducing device 10 and the portable device 50 .

Moreover, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 also has a charging current supply not shown in the drawing. the charging current

The supply is used to supply charging current to the portable device 50 mounted on the mounting unit MT of the recording/reproducing device 10 .

do. The charging current supply unit supplies the charging current to the rechargeable battery used as the operating power of the portable device (50).

It can be designed in a hurry configuration.

5. File transfer processing

The files stored in the recording/playback device 10 and the portable device 50 with the above-described configuration are transmitted to the recording/playback device 10 and

Each of the portable devices 50 may be copied or transmitted.

In detail, the files stored in the HDD 15 used in the recording/playback device 10 are those used in the portable device 50 .

It may be copied or transferred to the HDD 54 . On the other hand, the file stored in the HDD 54 used in the portable device 50 is

It can be copied or transferred to the HDD 15 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 .

The operation for copying a file from the source HDD to the destination HDD is

It should be noted that this results in the same file. That is, the file can be reproduced from the recording/reproducing device 10 or the portable device 50 . Meanwhile, an operation for transferring a file from the source HDD to the destination HDD

makes it impossible to play the file from the source HDD, so the file no longer exists on the source HDD.

make sure not to

In this embodiment, audio files can be transferred between HDD 15 and HDD 54, respectively.

Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 , a designated file stored in the HDD 15 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 will be described.

It is an explanation of the processing for transferring work to the HDD 54 used in the portable device 50 . The processing is performed by the CPU 11

year is executed

As shown in the figure, in the flowchart, the CPU 11 determines that the portable device 50 is used for the recording/reproducing device 10.

It starts with a step (F101) of searching whether or not it is inserted into the attachment (MT). Alternatively, the connector 27 and

The signal exchanged between the connectors 60 is inserted into the mounting unit MT used by the portable device 50 for the recording/reproducing device 10.

can be searched to determine whether or not

When it is determined that the portable apparatus 50 is connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, the processing of the flow is performed by the user

Execution of a program to transmit an audio file including music from the playback device 10 to the portable device 50

Proceeds to step F102 to form a judgment as to whether or not to request.

To be more specific, first, the user generally points to the desired audio file by means of a pointing device.

By specifying, an audio file is selected among those of the folders displayed on the display unit 24. and user

When a command is input to transmit the selected file from the recording/reproducing device 10 to the portable device 50,

A process for transferring the selected file from the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 to the portable apparatus 50 is executed.

The result of the judgment formed in step F102 is that the user includes music from the recording/reproducing device 10 to the portable device 50.

indicates a request for execution of a program for transmitting an audio file, the processing of the flow

proceeds to step F103 where the size of the audio file is found.

Then, the flow continues to step F104 in which the size of the free area is found in the HDD 54 used in the portable device 50 .

The processing of is compared with the size of the audio file to be transmitted to the portable device 50 .

The size of the free area in the HDD 54 is normally obtained by communicating with the CPU 51 . However, the CPU 11

It is also possible to provide a configuration that allows direct access to the HDD 54 . In this configuration, the HDD 54 is

The creation and files stored therein are controlled by the CPU 11 . Accordingly, the CPU 11 determines the size of the free area in the HDD 54 .

gear can be obtained.

Since the size of the free area in the HDD 54 is small, the free area for accumulating the converted audio files is large enough.

If not, the sequence of processing proceeds to step f105 where the same file is deleted from HDD 54 . to delete files

The processing is executed by the CPU 11 via the CPU 51 or directly executed by the CPU 11 itself.

In general, each audio file that is not frequently required to be reproduced by the user is in the ascending order of the required reproduction operation coefficient.

It is the subject of deletion from the HDD 54 starting with a file having the minimum number of requested playback operations. Alternatively,

Each audio file having relatively old recorded data has the least recent record date in the order of the previous record date.

It is the subject of deletion from the HDD 54 that begins with a file with . 1 file is deleted without permission by the user.

When deleted dynamically, files that are important to the user will be within the realm of a significant possibility of deletion.

To solve this problem, the user is asked to confirm that the file can really be deleted before deleting the file.

A warning message is displayed on the display unit 24 and the display unit 57 to ask questions.

On the other hand, the result of the determination formed in step F104 is the audio wave for transmitting the size of the free area to the HDD 54.

In the event that it indicates that it is large enough to coordinate work, the processing of the flow

Continues to step F106. Further, the processing of the flow is performed after the processing executed in step F105 is performed.

Continues to step F106. For the sake of detail, the audio file is interfaced to be recorded on the HDD 54 .

are transferred from HDD 15 to HDD 54 via drives 26 and 59 .

And, the processing of the flow is an audio wave to be transmitted because the playback prohibition flag indicates that the operation is a file transfer.

The process proceeds to step F107, which is set to one. That is, the audio file is still physically stored in the recording/playback device 10 .

Even if it exists on the HDD 15, it can no longer be reproduced. The transferred audio file is also from the HDD 15

It should be noted that in fact it can be deleted.

Since the playback prohibition flag is set in step F107, the audio file is physically transferred to the recording/reproducing device 10

It indicates that it is transmitted to the portable device 50 . That is, the control is executed and one copy of the audio file is executed.

There may be negligence, and therefore the effect of preventing illegal copying can be obtained.

In addition, since data is transferred between the two media from HDD 15 to HDD 54 with high-speed access,

In general, compression/encoding and decompression/decoding based on ATRAC2 technology are not required, and transmission processing is

allow it to be done Thus, for example, even an audio file representing multiple pieces of music is extremely short.

may be transmitted in a time period.

As described above, by executing the processing shown in Fig. 5, the audio file can be transferred from the HDD 15 to the HDD 54.

can

Accordingly, the above-described processing is performed by the user by the user, and is represented by a file

You want to listen between music, and you want to play the selected music and send it to the portable device 50 for enjoyment.

Allows the user to select the desired music.

It should be noted that in the case of the copy operation, the processing of step F107 is not executed.

Moreover, the processing for transferring files from the HDD 15 to the HDD 54 can be executed by the CPU 51 in the same manner as the processing shown in FIG. However, in this case, the CPU 11 still uses as the main controller.

6. File storage organization of recording/playback device

6 is a diagram showing the general organization of files stored in the HDD 15 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10.

All.

In general, a CD owned by a user is a file for recording various music stored on the CD in each HDD 15.

and mounted on the CD-ROM driver 17.

The processing for recording music on the HDD 15 is executed with the CD used as the medium portion. In this case, the control file is

It is created for each media section, i.e., each CD. Each piece of music is recorded on the HDD 15 as an audio file.

6 shows a plurality of CDs dubbed to the HDD 15 and n CDs having respective control files generated

The control files AL(1) to AL(n) indicate the status of assignment to the CD. Most of the music recorded on the CD is an audio file.

It is stored in the HDD 15 because it is related to the control file for the CD.

Fig. 6 is a file in which the files arranged in columns are dubbed from the CD. For example, the CD related to the control file (AL1)

Each of the plurality of dubbed data representing the music in this case is stored as an audio file (AL1-M1, AL1-M2, AL1-M3, etc.)

All. That is, each of these audio files contains data representing actual music.

As described above, when data is dubbed from a CD, as many audio files as the control file and music dubbed from the CD

The opfile is created on the HDD 15 .

Moreover, in the process for dubbing data from the CD, the user allows the data to be entered or free or

For the charging service, information related to the CD is obtained from the information center (1). The data and information

It is stored in the related information file related to the CD. For example, the related information file (AL1ad) is created for the control file (AL1).

is made

For more detail, the data stored in the related information file (AL(*)ad) is

Text data, picture data such as music images, and artist's photos, artist's Internet

The address of the home page (URL), copyright information, and the

include name.

The control file includes various control files related to one or more audio files related to the control file and related information files.

include information. Control information includes playing, transmitting, copying, or editing related audio files, or related related information.

It is referred to when the same processing as the baud file is to be executed.

For example, the control file AL1 is a CD about the related information file AL1ad and the dubbing data from a recording medium such as control information.

About the entire file group including the resulting audio files (AL1-M1, AL1-M2, AL1-M3, etc.)

Contains control information.

7 is a diagram illustrating general control information stored in a control file.

As shown in the figure, the control information is an entire file obtained as a result of dubbing from a recording medium such as a CD.

Contains album information about the group. Album information includes the type of file, the number of files included in the album, and other information about the album.

Two days, size of data, time and date of dubbing, and relevant individuals including lyricists, composers and producers

It consists of including various control information such as name, copyright information, and album ID. Album ID is

It is assigned to each album and is a special identification code for the album representing a recording medium such as a CD.

Moreover, the control information also includes the respective file information (#1 to #m) recorded for the audio file in the filegroup.

All. Each file information is an address indicating the type of the audio file and the recording location of the audio file on the HDD 15

Pointer, data size of audio file, title such as song name indicated by audio file, dubbing time and

date, names of the individuals involved, including lyricists, composers and producers, copyright information, song IDs, and

It consists of including various other types of information, such as a high play-prohibited flag.

In the case of a music file, the song ID is a special identification code for the music recorded in the music file. No play flag

It is the reproduction prohibition flag described in the transfer processing shown in 5.

In addition, the playback information includes related file information, that is, control information used to control the related related information file.

All. The related file information includes the type of the related information file, the number of audio files related to the related information file, and the HDD (15).

Address pointer indicating the recording location of the related information file, the data size of the related information file, the time and date of dubbing,

It consists of the name of the individual concerned, copyright information, and the ID of the related information file.

As described above, the control information stored in the control file is the same as playback, transmission, copying and editing on specific music.

constitutes a recording/reproducing apparatus 10 capable of executing various types of processing. Also included in the relevant information

The picture and text can be output by synchronizing the operation for playing the music.

The detailed items of control information shown in Fig. 7 are general examples at the end, and the organization of the stored file shown in Fig. 6 is

It should also be noted that this is no longer an example. In effect, the organization of the stored files and the writing on the HDD 15

They are suitable for various kinds of processing in order to be performed on audio files containing real data.

Techniques to control can be employed.

Moreover, the audio file storing the music is used to copy the file supplied by the embodiment, and the dynamic image

Various types of data such as data, static image data, text data, and programs such as soft games

It can of course be employed to store actual files containing data. By the actual file, an independent file is intended instead of an associated information file.

7. Database of Information Center

As is clear from the above, the user can insert a CD into the HDD 15 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, such as a CD.

By dubbing data, it is possible to use the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 as a personal music server. to detail

Here, the user can access the personal music server by playing a file arbitrarily selected from the files stored in the HDD 15 in advance.

The file may be transferred to the portable device 50 to be played back later or by using the recording/playback device 10 in the present invention.

However, in this case, music recorded on a recording medium such as a CD sold as a so-called package medium is not limited.

In the case where it can be dubbed to the HDD 15, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is an undesirable author from the viewpoint of copyright protection.

It can be used as a convenient device to promote the production of illegal products such as copyright infringement software copying.

In the present embodiment, the user performs dubbing from a recording medium such as a CD on the HDD 15, particularly high-speed dubbing.

In order to do so, it is required to obtain permission leaked by the clearinghouse (1). Moreover, the embodiment also uses

In accordance with the contact made between the user and the copyright holder or the intention of the copyright holder,

Includes systems installed to require payment of dubbing fees. Moreover, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10

Also, in order for the information center 1 to be dubbed to the user as a charging service or free of charge, it is placed on a recording medium such as a CD.

It is permitted to provide relevant information. When such related information is provided to users as a chargeable service

In this case, the fee for providing information is included in the dubbing fee normally charged to the user.

When the user executes the normal dubbing speed, the dubbing system is configured so that the user can dub from the information center 1

Note that it is required to obtain permission and pay the dubbing fee to the information center (1) as a case of having high-speed dubbing.

should go However, in the case of the present embodiment, the user can freely execute the normal dubbing speed.

That is, the normal dubbing speed, which takes a long time to implement, is personally enjoyed by the user.

Therefore, it is regarded as an operation that does not infringe copyright. Therefore, under normal dubbing speed,

In this case, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 obtains a dubbing permission, and in order to process the dubbing fee executed in the information center 1,

It is not specifically required to establish communication with the information center 1 .

To execute dubbing charge processing and processing for indicating permission to perform high-speed dubbing in the information center 1

In addition, the information center 1 has the information table on the disk classified in the database shown in FIG. 8 and the data shown in FIG.

It is provided as an information table on users classified in the database.

The information table classified in the database shown in FIG. 8 is a packet medium such as CD and MD, which is generally used by users.

contains information on a number of discs sold or provided as The above information includes the dubbing fee for the disc.

include Needless to say, the requested information is recorded on the disk instead of being stored for each disk.

It can be stored in a database for each music.

The disk is used in the description given for the sake of brevity. However, software such as music

Note that discs and other media, such as digital audio tape, are also used as a means of selling

have to neck In fact, the scope of the database includes such disks and other media.

Nevertheless, it is clear that the scope of the database excludes cases where the user does not own the medium itself.

It is worth noting For example, the scope of the database is that software such as music is

It does not include cases where it is sold or provided through the network to cattle. In other words, the data that classifies the disk

The range of the base includes a music album, and music recorded in the album provided as a medium uses the recording/playback device 10 .

You can dub by using it.

The database for classifying disks is reserved for the requested information shown in FIG. 8, that is, in the form of a recording medium such as a CD.

It is used to store information on a number of music albums distributed in the world.

As shown in the figure, the information includes a disc title TI(x) and disc identification information for each disc.

ID(x), related personal information PS(x), accounting processing information FE(x), related information AD(x) and various types of information

It contains other information VX(x).

The disc title TI(x) and disc identification information ID(x) are information requested to confirm the music album. for example

If so, the disc identification information ID(x) is a special code set that personally identifies a music album. In fact, the nose

Depending on some technique, the number normally set for each album or the Table of TOC (TOC) recorded on the CD

Contents) is a unique number for a recording medium such as a CD obtained from information. In general, the TOC information of a CD is

Volumetric run time, number of recorded tracks, run time for each piece of music and the relative start of each piece of music.

It consists of a number of data including time. And, the verification code is unique to the album, and

It is a number obtained as a result of the synthesis of these data by the adoption of the technique. That is, such a number identifies the disk

It can be used as information ID(x). In the case of recording media such as CD-ROM and CD-Text containing recorded ID information

In this case, the ID information can be used as the disc identification information ID(x).

Related personal information PS(x) includes the name of the performer, the name of the composer, the name of the lyricist, and the name of the producer.

same information.

Copyright information CP(x) includes a number of information such as the name of the copyright holder, the name of another right holder such as the publisher, and each

Information on contact with the right holder.

Accounting processing information FE(x) is the amount of dubbing fee in the case of dubbing being free of charge or charging operation, charged dubbing,

and information indicating whether or not the dubbing is during a period in which the dubbing can be executed free of charge in the case of free dubbing.

It is information on payments made to the owner.

Related information AD(x) is disk-related information that can be provided to a user. The disk-related information is described above.

The title and artist of the song not intended to refer to the original disc title, i.e. other data of various kinds.

Includes picture data as well as text data about the disk, such as the name of

Of course, there is no need to store the songs of the actual related information itself in the table of the database. actually related

Instead of the pieces of information, a pointer indicating the location of the pieces of actually related information may be stored instead.

On the other hand, the user registration database shown in FIG. 9 uses this recording/playback device 10 to perform dubbing for a fee.

Used to pre-store information about potential users. For example, purchasing this recording/reproducing apparatus 10

One user mails the completed application form and submits himself/herself to the information center (1) by phone or online communication.

Register. As the registration data, the user is the user's bank account number from which money can be withdrawn by the information center 1

Information necessary for accounting processing such as phone number, user's credit card number, and number to be used as the user's password

It is provided to the information center (1).

More specifically, for each user, the user registration database includes user information (NA(x)) and a user

Identification information (UID(x)), device identification information (SID(x)), accounting processing method information (FH(x)), history information (CR(x)), and each

Contains other species information (UVR(x)).

The user information NA(x) includes several pieces of data, such as a name, an address including the user's nationality and phone number.

The user identification information UID(x) is an ID number assigned to a registered user. This ID number is usually

The password is determined by

The device identification information SID(x) is a unique ID number assigned to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 purchased by the user. In general

, the device identification information SID(x) is a serial number of the recording/reproducing device 10 .

Accounting processing method information (FH(x)) is provided to users used for accounting purposes such as bank account numbers and credit card numbers.

is information about

The history information (CR(x)) contains the disc ID of the CD on which high-speed dubbing was performed by the user and the information on the dubbing time and date.

includes beams

Further, in this embodiment, the information center 1 also controls an uncataloged disk as shown in FIG.

have a database

As described above, the database of registration disks shown in FIG. 8 is a database for many music albums distributed around the world.

It is used to store necessary information. Not all disks can be used by this database.

it's ron

So, the user can use this recording/reproducing apparatus 10 from a disc that is not registered in the database.

In some cases, data is dubbed.

In this embodiment, information on disks not registered in the database shown in Fig. 8 is accounted for

It is registered in the database shown in Fig. 10 to be used later for this purpose.

As shown in Fig. 10, the unregistered disk control database is, for each unregistered disk,

Disk information (DUP(x)), user information (UUP(x)), date/time information (DT(x)) and various other information (XVR(x))

It is used to store dog data.

The disk information DUP(x) is information used to identify an unregistered disk. Generally,

The disc information DUP(x) is a disc ID and TOC information for this disc. The user information UUP(x) indicates that the user is attempting to dub data from an unregistered disc.

it is information In general, user information (UUP(x)) is stored in the user registration database shown in FIG.

User identification information. Of course, this could include the user's name and address.

The date/time information DT(x) is the time and date at which an attempt to dub to an unregistered disc was made.

These various types of information are based on information uploaded from the recording/playback device 10 while attempting dubbing of an unregistered disc.

and stored in the unregistered disk control database.

8. First example of high-speed dubbing

The next step is to dub data from a recording medium such as a CD to another recording medium using the recording/reproducing apparatus 10.

This is a description of the first example of high-speed dubbing performed in the dubbing method provided by this embodiment.

First, the user needs to obtain a dubbing permission from the information center 1 before high-speed dubbing is performed. dubbing

High-speed dubbing can be performed in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 only after this is permitted.

In addition, if the dubbing permission is given, related information can also be basically obtained from the information center 1 . By the way,

Relevant information is provided by the Clearinghouse 1 irrespective of whether or not permission has been granted to perform high-speed dubbing.

can be rolled out

As described above, the user's own disk such as a CD or MD dubbed at high speed on the HDD 15 is the disk of the information center 1 .

It is not necessary to be a disk registered in the registration database, but may be an unregistered disk. this high-speed dubbing

In the first example of , the information center 1 also gives permission to dub data from an unregistered disc.

However, in the case of high-speed dubbing of data from an unregistered disc, the information center 1 requests the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 to upload necessary information to the information center 1, and provides the uploaded information and various other necessary information. in Fig. 10

recorded in the unregistered disk control database.

11 and 12, when the first example of high-speed dubbing is performed between the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the information center 1,

It explains the communication.

11 is a recording medium mounted on the recording/reproducing terminal device 10 showing disk registration data of the information center 1 shown in FIG.

When registered in the base, indicating a transaction between the information center 1 and the recording/reproducing device 10

it's a transition

When a user performs high-speed dubbing of data recorded on a recording medium such as a CD mounted in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 to the HDD 15,

The recording/reproducing apparatus 10 performs a request for connection of a communication line with the information center 1 and high-speed dubbing in the transaction S1.

request permission to do so.

Upon receiving the request in the transaction S1, the information center 1 executes the connection of the requested communication line and receives the user authentication data.

A request for data is transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 in transaction S2.

Upon receiving the request in the transaction S2, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 transmits the requested user authentication data to the transaction S3.

through the information center (1). User authentication data is generally the user's registration number and

It consists of a word and the device ID of the recording/reproducing device 10, which is usually its serial number.

Upon receiving the user authentication data, the information center 1 makes an authentication decision for the user. to explain in detail

Then, the user authentication data is combined with the data stored in the user registration database shown in FIG.

is a user who is legally registered in the database or an unauthenticated user who is trying to abuse the dubbing method.

All.

If the result of the authentication determination is NG (unusable), that is, if it is determined that the user is an unauthenticated user, the communication is terminated.

and processing ends. In other words, in this case, permission for performing high-speed dubbing is not given,

In the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, high-speed dubbing cannot be performed. On the other hand, if the result of the authentication determination is OK, that is, the user

If it is determined that the user is legally registered in the database, the information center 1 returns the OK authentication result.

It is transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 in transaction S4.

Upon receiving the OK authentication result, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 transmits the disc identification information to the information center 1 in the transaction S5.

All. The disc identification information is a device such as a CD installed in the CD-ROM driver 17 or the MD driver 18 for high-speed dubbing.

Information required to identify the lock medium. In general, the disk ID or one TOC data identifies the disk.

used as information. This disk identification information is stored in the disk registration database shown in FIG.

It is identification information (ID(x)).

Upon receiving the disk identification information, the information center 1 registers the disk for the disk identified by the disk identification information.

Searches the database to determine whether a high-speed dubbing disc is registered in this database.

All.

If the disk to be dubbed at high speed is registered in this database, the information center 1 sends this disk through transaction S6.

Notifies the recording/reproducing device 10 that the key is registered, and recording/reproducing the key data in the transaction S7.

send to

The key data practically functions as permission given by the information center 1 to perform high-speed dubbing. record/

The operation program to be executed by the CPU 11 used in the playback device 10 includes the key data received from the information center.

Corresponding local key data is provided. Upon receiving key data from the information center 1, the recording/reproducing device 10

This key data is combined with the local key data of the operating program.

If it is an OK combination result of two key data, that is, a result indicating that the two data agree with each other, it is

Indicates that fast dubbing is actually permitted.

On the other hand, if the result of combining the two data is NG, that is, indicating that the two data do not match each other, or

If the center 1 does not transmit key data or an accident such as communication cutoff occurs, high-speed dubbing cannot be performed.

If the key data is received but the result of combining the two key data is NG, the communication is cut off and the process ends.

On the other hand, if key data is received and the result of combining the two key data is OK indicating that high-speed dubbing is permitted, record/

The playback device 10 transmits the OK combination result to the information center 1 in the transaction S8.

In response to the OK combination result, the information center 1 records/reproduces related information on the disc to be dubbed at high speed in the transaction S9.

to the value 10 .

In addition to the actual high-speed dubbing, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 performs necessary processing on the related information. Specifically

In other words, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 provides related information to the user by displaying the relevant information on the display unit 14, and displays this information

As shown in FIG. 6, it is stored in the HDD 15 as a related information file (AL(x)ad).

When the high-speed dubbing is finished, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 notifies the information center 1 of the end of the processing through the transaction S10.

All.

Upon receiving notification of the end of the processing, the information center 1 performs accounting processing for high-speed dubbing. specifically say

Then, the information center 1 allows the user to request a predetermined dubbing request for the dubbed disc to the legal owner of the disc.

Data processing that requires payment of money and processing such as adding history information to the user registration database are performed.

All.

As described above, upon receiving the disc identification information through the transaction S5, the information center 1 searches the disc registration database for the disc identified by the disc identification information, and the disc to be dubbed at high speed is displayed in this database.

A judgment is made as to whether or not it is registered in . The result of the judgment is that the disc is stored in the disc registration database, etc.

If it is indicated that it is not locked, the communication shown in FIG. 12 occurs between the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the information center 1

do. It goes without saying that the transactions S1 to S5 shown in FIG. 12 are the same as those shown in FIG. 11 .

If the result of the judgment indicates that the disc is not registered in the disc registration database, the information center 1

It notifies the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 that this disk is not registered through the transaction S11. disk, etc.

In addition to this notice indicating that it is not locked, the information center 1 sends an unregistered disc to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10.

Requires you to upload information necessary to identify you.

Upon receipt of a notification indicating that the disk is not registered and the request in transaction S11,

In transaction S12, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 uploads the requested information. Various information can be uploaded.

In general, upload information is data used to identify a disc to be dubbed, such as disc ID and TOC information.

and data such as user information, user identification information, and device identification information. At least, the upload information is

At least information that can be used to identify unregistered discs as music albums and users who use the discs.

Contains information that can be used to identify it. Various other information necessary for the construction of the dubbing method may be added.

of course there is For example, information about titles, related parties and copyrights recorded on CD Text or CD-ROM is uploaded.

It may be included in the load information. In some cases, users may be asked to share information about a disc, such as the disc's title, and

Information about the user himself/herself may be input into the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 . Information entered by such users

may also be included in the upload data.

Then, the clearinghouse 1 preserves the uploaded information received in the transaction S12 in the transaction S13, and

Data is generated and this key data is transmitted.

11, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 records/reproduces key data received from the information center 1

It is combined with the local key data stored in the living device (10). The combination result of OK indicates that high-speed dubbing is permitted.

On the other hand, the combination result of NG indicates that high-speed dubbing is not permitted. In this case, the communication is cut off and processing is terminated.

is finished

When high-speed dubbing is permitted, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 terminates the dubbing through the transaction S14 at the end of the dubbing in the information center 1

to notify

Upon receiving notification of the end of high-speed dubbing, the information center 1 performs necessary processing as following dubbing of unregistered discs.

do As part of the necessary processing, information derived from the archived uploaded data is controlled by unregistered disks.

It is recorded in the database and the disc history information is added to the user registration database shown in FIG.

13 to 15 are diagrams used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 as a first example of high-speed dubbing through the above-described transaction.

It is a flowchart which shows a series of processes performed by CPU11. On the other hand, FIGS. 16 to 18 are

A flowchart showing a series of processing performed by the information center 1 as a first example of high-speed dubbing through a transaction is this

All.

First, referring to Figs. 13 to 15, a series of processing performed by the CPU 11 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is shown in Figs.

explained as

As shown in Fig. 13, the flowchart starts from step F201, where a command requesting dubbing is entered.

In response to the user's operation, the CPU 11 transmits a request for communication connection and a CD mounted in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, etc.

transmits to the information center 1 a request for permission to perform high-speed dubbing on the recording medium of That is, the above-mentioned

A transaction S1 is performed. Then the flow of processing proceeds to step F202, where information in transaction S2

It waits for a request for user authentication data to be transmitted by the center 1 .

Searches the disc registration database for the disc identified by

A judgment is made as to whether or not it is registered in . The result of the judgment is that the disc is stored in the disc registration database, etc.

If it is indicated that it is not locked, the communication shown in FIG. 12 occurs between the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the information center 1

do. It goes without saying that the transactions S1 to S5 shown in FIG. 12 are the same as those shown in FIG. 11 .

If the result of the judgment indicates that the disc is not registered in the disc registration database, the information center 1

It notifies the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 that this disk is not registered through the transaction S11. disk, etc.

In addition to this notice indicating that it is not locked, the information center 1 sends an unregistered disc to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10.

Requires you to upload information necessary to identify you.

Upon receipt of a notification indicating that the disk is not registered and the request in transaction S11,

In transaction S12, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 uploads the requested information. Various information can be uploaded.

In general, upload information is data used to identify a disc to be dubbed, such as disc ID and TOC information.

and data such as user information, user identification information, and device identification information. At least, the upload information is

At least information that can be used to identify unregistered discs as music albums and users who use the discs.

Contains information that can be used to identify it. Various other information necessary for the construction of the dubbing method may be added.

of course there is For example, information about titles, related parties and copyrights recorded on CD Text or CD-ROM is uploaded.

It may be included in the load information. In some cases, users may be asked to share information about a disc, such as the disc's title, and

Information about the user himself/herself may be input into the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 . Information entered by such users

may also be included in the upload data.

Then, the clearinghouse 1 preserves the uploaded information received in the transaction S12 in the transaction S13, and

Data is generated and this key data is transmitted.

11, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 records/reproduces key data received from the information center 1

It is combined with the local key data stored in the living device (10). The combination result of OK indicates that high-speed dubbing is permitted.

On the other hand, the combination result of NG indicates that high-speed dubbing is not permitted. In this case, the communication is cut off and processing is terminated.

is finished

When high-speed dubbing is permitted, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 terminates the dubbing through the transaction S14 at the end of the dubbing in the information center 1

to notify

Upon receiving notification of the end of high-speed dubbing, the information center 1 performs necessary processing as following dubbing of unregistered discs.

do As part of the necessary processing, information derived from the archived uploaded data is controlled by unregistered disks.

It is recorded in the database and the disc history information is added to the user registration database shown in FIG.

13 to 15 are diagrams used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 as a first example of high-speed dubbing through the above-described transaction.

It is a flowchart which shows a series of processes performed by CPU11. On the other hand, FIGS. 16 to 18 are

A flowchart showing a series of processing performed by the information center 1 as a first example of high-speed dubbing through a transaction is this

All.

First, referring to Figs. 13 to 15, a series of processing performed by the CPU 11 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is shown in Figs.

explained as

As shown in Fig. 13, the flowchart starts from step F201, where a command for requesting dubbing is entered.

In response to the user's operation, the CPU 11 transmits a request for communication connection and a CD mounted in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, etc.

transmits to the information center 1 a request for permission to perform high-speed dubbing on the recording medium of That is, the above-mentioned

A transaction S1 is performed. Then the flow of processing proceeds to step F202, where information in transaction S2

It waits for a request for user authentication data to be transmitted by the center 1 .

When the request for user authentication data is received, the flow of processing proceeds to step F203 in transaction S3.

User authentication data is transmitted. When the user authentication data includes the user's password,

The CPU 11 requires the user to input a password before sending the user authentication data.

After the user authentication data is transmitted, the flow of processing proceeds to step F204 where communication is

Waiting for whether or not to be cut off, and then proceeding to step F205 for the OK authentication to be transmitted by the information center 1

Wait for information indicating the result.

As described above with reference to FIG. 11, if the authentication result is NG indicating that high-speed dubbing is not permitted, communication is cut off.

do. In this case, the flow of processing proceeds to step F206 where the NG result of authentication is displayed on the display unit 24,

The user is notified that high-speed dubbing is not permitted, and the process ends.

On the other hand, if the authentication result is OK, the flow advances to step F207, where disk identification information is transmitted. sphere

In other words, the information to be used as a key for searching the disk registration database of the information center 1 is the transaction

It is transmitted at the option S5. An example of the information is all or part of the disc ID or TOC information of the disc.

All. Then, the flow of processing proceeds to step F208 to receive the search result to be transmitted by the information center 1

iron The search result indicates whether desired information is registered in the disk registration database.

When the search result sent by the information center 1 in transaction S6 is received, the flow of processing proceeds to step F209

to examine the search results. The search result indicates that the desired information is registered in the disk registration database.

, the flow of processing proceeds to step F210 shown in FIG. 14 as indicated by the notation 1 shown in FIG. 13 .

do

In step F210, the CPU 11 waits for key data to be transmitted by the information center 1 in the transaction S7.

When the key data is received, the flow of processing proceeds to step F211, where the CPU 11 converts the received key data into the stored program.

It is combined with local key data of a gram or local key data stored in a storage device used in the recording/reproducing device 10 such as the flash memory 14 .

The combination result of NG indicates that high-speed dubbing is not permitted. In this case, the flow of processing goes to step F213.

Proceeding, the NG result is displayed on the display unit 24, and the user is notified that high-speed dubbing is not permitted. and

The flow of processing then advances to step F214, and the processing ends after communication is cut off.

On the other hand, if the result of the combination is OK, the flow of processing proceeds to step F215, and in the transaction S8, the OK result is information

reported to the center (1). Then the flow of processing proceeds to step F216 to be transmitted by the information center 1

Wait for related information.

When the related information is received from the information center 1, the flow of processing proceeds to step F217 to process the related information

do As part of this process, related information is displayed on the display unit 24 and stored in the HDD 15 . related

If the information does not exist in the information center or information related to the disc to be dubbed at high speed may be used in the information center (1).

If there is none, the processing of step F217 is of course not performed.

Then, the flow of processing advances to step F218, where high-speed dubbing is actually performed. to explain in detail

On the other hand, a recording medium mounted in the CD-ROM driver 17 or the MD driver 18 at a high transfer rate for data representing the music.

is read from and processed by the encoder 28 using components such as the buffer memory 16,

It is stored in the HDD 15 as an audio file (AL(x)-M(*)). The CPU 11 is also associated with the operation of storing the music tune.

It goes without saying that the processing of the related information file AL(x) for storing information can be performed. Processing of related information files (AL(x))

includes creating and saving files. In addition, the process of saving as a related information file (AL(x)ad) is

can be done in stages.

Upon completion of the high-speed dubbing, the flow of processing proceeds from step F219 to step F220, and this completion is completed in transaction S10.

is reported to the information center (1).

On the other hand, the result of the search in step F209 of FIG. 13 indicates that the search result obtained in step F208 is an unregistered disk.

If it appears, that is, if this result indicates that the desired information is not registered in the disk registration database, process

The flow proceeds to step F221 shown in FIG. 15 as indicated by the notation ② shown in FIG. 13 .

In step F221, the CPU 11 receives a message indicating that the disc to be dubbed is an unregistered disc and, accordingly

A message requesting the user to upload information is displayed on the display unit 24 .

Then, the flow of processing proceeds to step F222, and the upload information is transmitted to the information center 1 in transaction S12.

is divine

Next, the flow of processing proceeds to step F223, where the key to be transmitted by the information center 1 in transaction S13 is

wait for eater When the key data is received, the flow of processing proceeds to step F224 where the CPU 11

The received key data is combined with local key data. Then, the flow of processing proceeds to step F225,

Check the consensus result. The combination result of NG indicates that high-speed dubbing is not permitted. In this case, the flow of processing

The process proceeds to step F226, where the NG result is displayed on the display unit 24 so that high-speed dubbing is permitted to the user.

notice that it is not Then, the flow of processing proceeds to step F227, where the communication is cut off and the processing ends.

is finished

On the other hand, if the result of the combination investigated in step F225 is OK, the flow of processing proceeds to step F228 and the actual high-speed

dubbing is done

Of course, the combination result of OK can also be reported to the information center 1 .

In step F228, the same high-speed dubbing processing as in step F218 is performed. When high-speed dubbing is complete,

The flow proceeds from step F229 to step F230 where this completion is reported to the clearinghouse 1 in transaction S14.

Next, the processing performed by the information center 1 is described with reference to the flowcharts shown in Figs.

All.

As shown in Fig. 16, the flowchart starts at step F301, and the information center 1 responds to a request for communication connection and

Whether or not a request for permission to perform high-speed dubbing has been received from the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 in the transaction S1

make a judgment about If the request has been received, the flow of processing proceeds to step F302, where

A communication connection with the lock/playback device 10 is made. Then, the flow of processing proceeds to step F303, where

A request for user authentication data is transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 in transaction S2.

Thereafter, the flow of processing continues to step F304, where the user authentication data transmitted by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is exchanged.

I hope When user authentication data is received, the flow of processing proceeds to step F305 for making an authentication determination.

All. More specifically, the user registration database searches for users identified by user authentication data.

Then, the requested high-speed dubbing data is obtained by combining the searched user-related database information with the user authentication data.

Formed a verdict as to whether or not it is a legitimate dubbing requested by a user legally registered in the database.

All.

The flow of processing continues to step F306 to test the result of the authentication determination. The NG result of the certification judgment is high-speed dubbing.

Indicates that this is not allowed. In this case, the flow of processing is to cut communication before the processing ends.

The process proceeds to step F307.

On the other hand, if the result of the authentication determination tested in step F306 is OK, the flow of processing proceeds to the recording/reproducing field in transaction S4.

The process proceeds to step F308 where an OK confirmation is sent to value 10.

The flow of processing is to wait for the disc identification information transmitted by the recording/reproducing unit 10 in the transaction S5.

The process proceeds to step F309. When disk identification information is received, the flow of processing is determined by the disk registration database.

The process proceeds to the step (F310) of searching for the disk identified by the disk identification information. The flow of processing proceeds to step F311, where it is determined whether or not the disc to be dubbed by the user has been registered in the database based on the search result.

form a judgment on When a disc to be dubbed by a user is registered in the disc registration database, the

The flow proceeds to step F312 shown in FIG. 17 as indicated by the mark ③ in FIG. 16 .

In step F312, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is notified that the disk has been registered through the transaction S6. follow

Therefore, the flow of processing goes to a step (F313) in which key data is generated in the transaction (S7) and transmitted to the recording/reproducing device (10).

proceed

In the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, key data transmitted by the information center 1 is combined with local key data. In general

The local key data is uniquely fixed to the recording/playback device 10 based on the device ID included in the user authentication data.

information, key data by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is generated.

The flow of processing determines whether or not the combination result received from the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 in the transaction S8 is OK.

It continues to the performing step F314. If the combination result is NG, the flow of processing is performed by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10

Proceeds to step F315 of forming a determination as to whether to cut.

When communication is cut off, the processing is ended without performing any further processing.

On the other hand, the result of the judgment formed in step F314 indicates that the combination result received in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is OK.

inside. The flow of processing proceeds from the transaction S9 to the step F316 in which the related information is transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10.

All.

Information related to the disc to be dubbed is obtained as a result of a search in the disc registration database. Usually, the relevant information is

It consists of various types of data.

Accordingly, the flow of processing proceeds to step F317, which is performed by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 in the transaction S10.

It waits for the completion of the fast dubbing or the dubbing completion notification transmitted by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10. Dubbing completion notification

When received, the flow of processing advances to step F318, where data processing for accounting processing is performed. that

The flow of post-processing advances to step F319 to cut off communication before the process ends.

On the other hand, the result of the search performed in step F310 and the result of the determination formed in step F311 are to be dubbed by the user.

When it is indicated that the disk is not registered in the disk registration database, the flow of processing is shown in FIG.

As indicated by ④, it continues to step F320 shown in FIG.

In step F32), the recording/reproducing apparatus is notified through transaction S11 that the disc has not been registered. follow

Therefore, the flow of processing advances to step F321, recording/reproducing according to the notification of the fact that the disc has not been registered.

Waiting for the uploaded information to be sent by the device 10 . When the uploaded information is received, the flow of processing is

It proceeds to step F322 and stores the uploaded information.

And the flow of processing proceeds to step F323 to generate key data, and in transaction S13

It is transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 .

In the recording/reproducing apparatus 10, key data transmitted by the information center 1 is combined with local key data. Combination result

is used to determine whether communication is to be cut off or whether high-speed dubbing is to be performed. Meanwhile,

The flow of processing advances to step F324 to form a determination as to whether the information center 1 will cut off communication.

When communication is cut off, the process ends. On the other hand, if the communication is not cut off, the process proceeds to step F325 and

A decision on whether or not to receive a notification of the end of high-speed dubbing from the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 through the transaction S14

form a bond If the end notification of high-speed dubbing is not received, the flow advances to step F324.

Communication can be cut without performing high-speed dubbing. In this case, the process ends via step F324.

On the other hand, if the end notification of high-speed dubbing is not received through transaction S14, the flow advances to step F326.

and processing according to high-speed dubbing of unregistered discs.

To explain this in detail, the stored uploaded information and other necessary information such as dubbing time and date are unregistered D.

It is registered in the control database. Then, the flow of processing proceeds to step F327 until the processing is terminated.

Before communication is cut off.

As described above, the first example of high-speed dubbing is a number of processing performed by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the information center 1

is done In particular, in the case of high-speed dubbing of unregistered discs, the

The information is newly stored in the unregistered disk control database of the information center 1 .

This means that if a user authenticated by the information center 1, that user can perform high-speed dubbing even on unregistered discs.

it means you can In this case, the information center 1 depends on the information recorded in the unregistered disk control database.

and perform related processing such as accounting processing.

When the rightful owner of an unregistered disc entitled to a dubbing fee is later identified, for example, high-speed dubbing

Users who do this can pay an appropriate fee to the rightful owner.

The unregistered disc control database is not registered in the disc registration database, but high-speed dubbed discs are

data that is displayed is accumulated. Therefore, the information stored in the unregistered disk control database is

It can be used as data to update the registration database.

For example, information on unregistered discs for which high-speed dubbing is frequently requested by users is the disc registration data.

It is considered a priority among candidates to be moved to the database. In this way, the disk registration database is

It is updated with high efficiency according to the needs of the users.

As a result, the dubbing possibility of unregistered discs is lowered, and accounting processing is allowed more efficiently.

The high-speed dubbing is not limited to the first example described above. Diversity of processing system and communication system

can be considered

For example, when high-speed dubbing is not allowed, as described above, communication is

It can be cut by either side of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 . However, dubbing when high-speed dubbing is not allowed

The system can be designed to be always cut by the information center 1 or always cut by the recording/reproducing device 10.

All.

In addition, accounting processing or processing for unregistered discs is performed by the information center 1 after the high-speed dubbing end notification is received.

The solution is performed in transaction (S10) or (S14), respectively. Dubbing without accounting or free dubbing is allowed

In this case, communication may be cut without notice of the end of dubbing.

Moreover, in the case of an unregistered disk, since there is basically no related information on the unregistered disk, the above

Examples do not include communication of relevant information. However, the clearinghouse does not retain relevant information from existing data.

It is also possible to make it ugly. For example, the uploaded information may be related to the artist's name, artist

In the case of including recorded information, information related to the artist may be used as information related to the unregistered disc to be dubbed.

have. In this case, the related information can be transmitted even for an unregistered disk. In this case, the information center 1

The information center 1 is installed so that the related information can be transmitted, and the recording/reproducing device 10 can process the related information.

Of course, it has to be counted.

In addition, in the above example, the related information is transferred by the information center 1 in the transaction S9, that is, a step in which high-speed dubbing is permitted.

is transmitted to the recording/reproducing device 10. That is, the key data transmitted by the information center 1 and

At a point in time after the OK combination result of the local key data of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is recognized by the information center 1, the relevant information is

is sent However, it is not always necessary to provide relevant information depending on whether high-speed dubbing is permitted or prohibited.

is. For example, even if it is later determined that high-speed dubbing is prohibited, the user is the authenticated user.

At a point in time identified as , the related information may be transmitted to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 .

In addition to the above-described configuration, more various modifications may be considered.

9. Second example of high-speed dubbing

The following is a recording medium such as a CD by using the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 in the dubbing system performed according to the present embodiment.

This is a description of the second example of performing high-speed dubbing of data performed by a user from In the second example,

High-speed dubbing of unregistered discs is not permitted.

High-speed dubbing for dubbing data from an unregistered disc is not performed. Instead, the information center 1

Requests that the recording/playback device 10 upload necessary information about the unregistered disc and stores the uploaded information

and other various information is stored in the unregistered disk control database shown in FIG.

The following describes the processing performed between the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the information center 1 when high-speed dubbing is performed in the second example.

It has been described with reference to FIG. 19 .

Transactions S1 to S5 shown in FIG. 19 are the same as those shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 .

After the transactions ( S1 ) to ( S5 ) shown in FIG. 19 are completed, the information center 1 transmits the data received in the transaction ( S5 ).

The disk registration database is searched as a key using the disk identification information, and the

Determine the registration status.

More specifically, the disc to be dubbed or the disc identified by the information is stored in the disc registration database.

When it is determined that the disc is registered in , the subsequent processing is the same as that shown in FIG. Therefore, the following

In the description, repetition of the overlapping description is unnecessary.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the disc to be dubbed is an unregistered disc, in the transaction S21 shown in Fig. 19, the information center 1

transmits information indicating that the disc to be dubbed is an unregistered disc to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 . record/playback

The value 10 is not only a notification of the fact that the disc on which the information is to be dubbed is unregistered information, but also the high speed since it is an unregistered disc.

When uploading a message indicating that dubbing is not permitted and data requiring identification of an unregistered disc

It is interpreted as a request formed by the information center (1) in order to

When the information transmitted in the transaction S21 is transmitted, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 records the information uploaded in the transaction S22.

It is transmitted to the information center (1).

The information center 1 stores the uploaded information transmitted in the transaction S22, and cuts the communication without sending the key data.

do. As a result, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 cannot perform the processing of high-speed dubbing.

20 shows the processing performed by the CPU 11 used in the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 performed by the second example.

21 is a flowchart of the processing performed by the information center 1 performed by the second example.

A flowchart showing the process.

Part of the processing of the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 shown in Figs. 13 and 14 for the first example is also performed in the second example.

That is, in the case of an unregistered disc, FIG. 20 shows only the processing starting at display 2 after step F209 shown in FIG. 13.

A flowchart is shown.

Further, a part of the processing of the information center 1 shown in Figs. 16 and 17 for the first example was also carried out in the second example.

All. That is, in FIG. 21, in the case of an unregistered disc, it starts from the display ④ following step F311 shown in FIG.

A flowchart showing only processing is shown.

In the following description, descriptions of the same parts of processing are not repeated.

First, Fig. 20 shows the processing performed by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 after it is determined that the disc to be dubbed is an unregistered disc.

A flowchart showing the process is shown.

In the previous description, in step F208 shown in Fig. 13, the CPU 11 retrieves the search result transmitted by the information center 1

wait The search result indicates whether or not desired information is registered in the disk registration database.

When the search result sent by the information center 1 is received, the flow of processing proceeds to step F209 to retrieve the search result.

check The result of the inspection performed in step F209 is the result of the search waiting in step F208 shown in FIG.

If it is indicated that the disc is not registered, the flow advances to step F250 shown in FIG. In step F250

The CPU 11 displays a message on the display unit 24 to notify the user that the disc to be dubbed is an unregistered disc,

Therefore, high-speed dubbing is not allowed and a request for uploaded information for an unregistered disc is displayed.

The flow of processing proceeds to step F251 in which information is uploaded in transaction S22.

The flow of processing proceeds to step F252 to wait for communication to be cut by the information center 1 . communication

When cut, the process ends.

Similarly, the result of the inspection performed in step F311 is not the same as the result of the search performed in step F311 shown in FIG. 16 .

When indicating that the lock disk is displayed, the information center 1 proceeds to step F350 shown in FIG.

All.

In step F350, the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 recognizes the fact that the dubbed disc is an unregistered disc through the transaction S21.

be notified

The flow of processing advances to step F351 to record/reproduce in accordance with the notification of the fact that the disc to be dubbed is an unregistered disc.

Waiting for upload of data transmitted by device 10 . When the uploaded data is received, the flow of processing is

It proceeds to step F352 and stores the uploaded information.

Then, the flow of processing advances to step F353, where communication with the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is cut off. flow of processing

goes to step F354, and processing for the unregistered disk is executed.

More specifically, in step F354, before the process ends, the stored upload information and other dates, times, etc.

The necessary information of the disk is recorded in the unregistered disk management database.

As described above, the high-speed dubbing of the second example is a process performed by the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 and the information center 1

write is executed In this case, high-speed dubbing of unregistered discs is prohibited. Therefore, in the second example, the

It is suitable for the configuration of a general dubbing system in which high-speed dubbing is not permitted at all.

In addition, when an unregistered disk is detected, information on the unregistered disk is

Since it is stored in the database, subsequent processing of unregistered disks can be easily executed by the information center 1

have.

The information stored in the unregistered disk management database is a source for updating the disk registration database.

Of course, it can be used.

It goes without saying that various processing methods and communication methods can be considered as long as the processing according to the second example is relevant.

For example, even in the case of an unregistered disc for which high-speed dubbing is not permitted, disc-related information is transmitted by the information center 2

If it can be determined, the information sensor 1 transmits the related information to the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 which processes the information.

A dubbing system that is permitted to do so may be provided.

10. Normal Normal Speed Dubbing

Unlike high-speed dubbing, in this embodiment, the user obtains permission from the information center 1 to perform normal-speed dubbing.

no need to get Therefore, in particular, the recording/reproducing apparatus 1 and the information center 1 for permission and accounting-processing

There is no need to communicate

Therefore, when permission to perform high-speed dubbing of a recording medium such as a CD cannot be obtained, for example, the user

It is still permitted to perform normal speed dubbing from the recording medium to the HDD 15. Of course, the user can use the normal speed

When only dubbing is performed, there is no need to register a user in advance in the information center (1), and the communication line (3) is used.

Thus, there is no need to establish a connection with the information center 1 .

However, by setting a communication line in the information center 1 in advance, the related information is transferred from the information center 1 for free or for a fee.

service can be obtained.

That is, the user who purchases the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 defines themselves according to the method in which the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 is used.

By registering with the information center (1), it is possible to determine whether or not to establish a communication line in the information center (1). For example,

It depends on whether there is a plan to carry out high-speed dubbing and whether you wish to receive relevant information from the information center (1).

Based on that, the decision is made. As a result, the user can use the recording/reproducing apparatus 10 with high flexibility.

be able to tolerate In the example described above, if the CD is not registered in the clearinghouse, it is not permitted

High-speed dubbing of data from a CD to a hard disk. However, in addition to high-speed dubbing, normal-speed dubbing may be prohibited.

may be

So far, a typical system configuration and a typical system operation realized by this embodiment have been described.

All. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. It goes without saying that various changes and modifications to the configuration and processing procedure of the device are considered.

Also, this embodiment corresponds to an example of processing for dubbing audio data recorded on a recording medium such as a CD. however

However, in the operation according to the present invention, other dubbing sources such as so-called package media as well as the above-described disk media

Of course, it can also be applied to The present invention provides not only voice data such as music, but also application software,

It can also be applied to systems for dubbing or copying other various data such as game software, video data, etc.

of course there is

In addition, in some cases, the present invention provides not only dubbing of a package medium, but also a server system and the Internet through normal communication.

It can also be applied to dubbing of data transmitted by downloading through .

Claims (28)

A plurality of pieces of information each unique to a recording medium are stored in advance, and the specific record transmitted by the terminal device
Appropriate use of a specific recording medium loaded in a terminal device connected to the information center based on information specific to the medium
In the information center for authenticating the use to the information center,
The information center
a storage means for pre-storing the information unique to each of the recording media;
Receiving information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device transmitted by the terminal device
receiving means;
Unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device received by the receiving means from the terminal device
Comparing means for comparing the information of each with the information unique to the recording medium previously stored in the storage means
class,
The information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device by the comparison means is stored in the storage means.
and control means for controlling the processing executed by the terminal device when it is found that there is no
Information center characterized. The method of claim 1,
The information unique to the recording medium loaded in the terminal device is a table of the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
An information center, characterized in that it is generated from the block-of-content information. The method of claim 1,
The information unique to the recording medium loaded in the terminal device identifies the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
Information center, characterized in that the code. The method of claim 1,
The control means prohibits the operation of copying the information recorded on the recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
Information center, characterized in that it implements the control. The method of claim 1,
The control means performs a high-speed operation of copying information recorded on a recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
An information center, characterized in that it implements a prohibitive control. The method of claim 1,
information characterized in that the control means executes control to obtain more detailed information from the terminal device
center. 7. The method of claim 6,
The more detailed information is at least one table-of-contents of the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
It contains information and information on the date and time of executing the copy operation and information on the user who executes the copy operation.
Information center, characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
The control means generates key data and transmits the key data to the terminal device.
information center. According to claim 8, When the key data generated by the information center (1) does not match the local key data of the terminal device
The control means is a high-speed operation of copying the information recorded on the recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
Information center, characterized in that further executing a control to prohibit. 9. The method of claim 8,
When the key data generated by the information center 1 matches the local key data of the terminal device,
The control means permits a high-speed operation of copying information recorded on a recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
Information center, characterized in that it further executes the applied control. 9. The method of claim 8,
When the key data generated by the information center 1 matches the local key data of the terminal device,
The information center, characterized in that the control means further executes control of the accounting process. A specific information loaded in the terminal device from an information center that stores in advance a plurality of pieces of information unique to each recording medium
A terminal executing processing for obtaining permission to dub data recorded on a recording medium to another recording medium
In the device,
The terminal device
The specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device in an information center that stores each unique information in the recording medium in advance
Transmitting means for transmitting unique information to the information center;
The information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device and the information center from the information center
Receiving means for receiving a result of comparison of information unique to each of the recording media previously recorded in the
The comparison result received by the receiving means is unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
that one piece of information does not match one of the pieces of information unique to each of the recording media previously recorded in the information center;
the transmitting means so as to transmit more detailed information about the terminal device to the information center when
A terminal device comprising a control means for controlling. 13. The method of claim 12,
The information unique to the recording medium loaded in the terminal device is a table of the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
An information center, characterized in that it is generated from the block-of-content information. 13. The method of claim 12,
The information unique to the recording medium loaded in the terminal device identifies the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
A terminal device, characterized in that it is a code. 13. The method of claim 12,
The control means prohibits the operation of copying the information recorded on the recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
A terminal device, characterized in that the control is executed. 13. The method of claim 12,
The control means performs a high-speed operation of copying information recorded on a recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
A terminal device, characterized in that it executes prohibitive control. 13. The method of claim 12,
The more detailed information is at least one table-of-contents of the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
information, information on the date and time of executing the copy operation, and information on the user who executes the copy operation;
A terminal device, characterized in that 13. The method of claim 12,
The receiving means receives key data from the information center and adjusts the key data and the local key of the terminal device.
A terminal device, characterized in that it further has a combination means for summing. 13. The method of claim 12,
When the key data received by the information center does not match the local key data of the terminal device
In this case, the control means is a high-speed operation for copying the information recorded on the recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
A terminal device characterized by further executing a control for prohibiting the operation. 13. The method of claim 12,
When the key data generated by the information center matches the local key data of the terminal device, the
The control means permits a high-speed operation of copying the information recorded on the recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
is a terminal device, characterized in that it further executes the control. In the dubbing system having a terminal device and an information center,
The information center
a storage means for pre-storing a plurality of unique information on the recording medium;
A first number for receiving information unique to a specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device transmitted by the terminal device
new means and
to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device received by the first receiving means from the terminal device
A comparison number for comparing the unique information with the information unique to each of the recording medium stored in advance in the storage means
sweet,
The unique information and the information center are stored on the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device by the comparison means.
and first transmitting means for transmitting the result of comparison of each unique information to a recording medium stored in advance in the
The terminal device
a copying means for copying information recorded on a specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another recording medium;
A second transmitting means for transmitting information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device to the information center
class,
The information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device and the information center from the information center
a second receiving means for receiving the result of comparison of information unique to each of the recording media previously recorded in the
The comparison result received by the second receiving means is stored in the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
that the unique information does not match one of the information unique to each of the recording media previously recorded in the information center
and control means for controlling the copying operation executed by the copying means when indicated.
dubbing system. 22. The method of claim 21,
The information unique to the recording medium loaded in the terminal device is a table of the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
A dubbing system, characterized in that it is generated from the block-of-content information. 22. The method of claim 21,
The information unique to the recording medium loaded in the terminal device identifies the recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
Dubbing system, characterized in that the code. 22. The method of claim 21,
The control means prohibits the operation of copying the information recorded on the recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
A dubbing system, characterized in that the control is executed. 22. The method of claim 21,
The control means performs a high-speed operation of copying information recorded on a recording medium loaded in the terminal device to another medium.
A dubbing system characterized by executing a control to prohibit. A specific recording medium loaded in a terminal device from an information center that pre-stores a plurality of pieces of information unique to each recording medium
A dubbing method for executing a process for obtaining permission to dub data recorded on a screen to another medium, the dubbing method comprising:
A transmitting step of transmitting information unique to the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device to the information center;
The unique information on the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device and a recording medium pre-recorded in the information center
A comparison step of comparing information unique to each body;
The result of the comparison output in the comparison step is stored in the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device.
indicating that the information does not match one of the information unique to each of the recording media previously stored in the information center
dubbing the data recorded on the specific recording medium loaded in the terminal device in the case of the other medium
Dubbing method, characterized in that it consists of a control step for prohibiting. 27. The method of claim 26,
The information unique to the recording medium is generated from table-of-content information of the recording medium.
How to dub. 27. The method of claim 26,
Each of the information unique to the recording medium loaded in the terminal device is recorded on the recording medium previously recorded in the information center.
as verified by the results of the comparison in the comparison step indicating that there is no match with the unique information.
The dubbing system, characterized in that it further comprises the step of storing the information on the specific recording medium in the information center.