Hitachi, Ltd.

Hiroya Onimaru

Masayuki Orimo

Hiroshi Koike

Nobuya Okayama

Seiji Ichihara

Kanzen Gotou

Ikuyo Oda

Tazunu Yuhara

The present invention relates to a digital contents selling system for selling digital contents. Identification information of digital contents selected by a customer is received. Personal digital contents are generated by setting identification information for identifying the customer in the selected digital contents as status information for permitting the customer to replay the selected digital contents. The generated digital contents are sold. Thereby, a technique is provided for preventing the illegal use of the sold digital contents.

Method and apparatus for selling digital contents, processing program thereof and recording medium for the program

An automated teller machine provided with a plurality of input means and a corresponding method for conducting transactions using this machine. In the machine, a touch sensor for producing a signal when a user touches a previously registered area with a finger and a character recognition sensor for recognizing characters drawn on another previously registered area are superposed on a display. The sensor to be operated is selected in accordance with input data, the kind of transaction and/or user's preference. Thus, the data can be input in a manner which provides the easiest and most efficient mode of use for the user.

Automated teller machine

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Owariasahi, Japan

Hiroya Onimaru