Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Indusrial

Mitsuhiro Inoue

Masayuki Kozuka

Hideki Matsushima

Shunji Harada

Ryuichi Okamoto

Yasushi Uesaka

Kenji Tagawa

Teruto Hirota

Masaya Miyazaki

Tomoyuki Nonomura

Taihei Yugawa

Akio Higashi

Masanori Nakanishi

Masataka Minami

Katsumi Tokuda

Tohru Nakahara

Masahiro Oho

Motoji Ohmori

Masaya Yamamoto

Yoshihisa Fukushima

Natsume Matsuzaki

Makoto Tatebayashi

Kaoru Yokota

Masao Nonaka

Kouji Miura

Hiroki Murakami

Mitsuhiko Serikawa

Takuji Hiramoto

Koichiro Endo

Kazunori Tsukamoto

Yoshinori Maeji

Shoichi Aoyama

Noboru Hirata

Yukako Ohtani

Phil Cooke

Mark Rogers

Yasutaka Yamada

Gary McGill

Paul Fletcher

The medicine packing machine is equipped with a loading unit that is capable of receiving and delivering vials retrieved from a stocker, and a supplying unit that is capable of delivering the vials from the loading unit in an upright position. A control unit is also disposed between the loading unit and the supplying unit. As a result of the presence of the control unit, the transfer of vials received by the loading unit is controlled by the control unit in such a manner that the vials are not ejected towards the supplying unit. The vials are also controlled so as to be in an upright position once loaded into the loading unit. As a result of these actions, the vials received by the loading unit are reliably delivered to the supplying unit without being ejected or jamming at unanticipated locations.

Upright vial discharge unit

A CD on which only music information specified by the CD-DA is recorded, or a CD on which both music information specified by the CD-DA and music information to be recorded on a CD-ROM are recorded is mounted upon an information processing terminal. When the CD on which only music information specified by the CD-DA is recorded is mounted, the information processing terminal acquires, from a directory server, an ISRC number that identifies the music information recorded on the CD, and distribution server location information that identifies a content distribution server. The information processing terminal acquires content that is the music information compressed according to the MP3 and encrypted, from the content distribution server identified by the acquired distribution server location information, and the decryption key. The information processing terminal then decrypts the acquired content using the acquired decryption key and reproduces music.

Digital data distribution system with switching unit, online acquisition unit, and conversion unit for converting from first to second format

An image processing apparatus enables image data to be handled easily after photography. A server apparatus patterns images and controls information in correspondence with user identifiers. A digital camera photographs a subject, obtains a pattern image and a piece of control information from the server apparatus, and judges whether a portion of the image data obtained by photography matches the obtained pattern image. If a matching portion exists, then the digital camera operates in accordance with an operation instruction included in the piece of control information. If the operation instruction is mosaic processing, then the digital camera performs mosaic processing to the matching portion. If the operation instruction is image replacement, then the digital camera replaces the matching portion with a predetermined image or performs CG processing on the matching portion. If the operation instruction is frame deletion, then the digital camera deletes the image data.

Image processing apparatus

A distribution serverdistributes a content via a network, and a KIOSK terminalreceives the content via the network and records the content in an SD memory cardA customer devicereceives a content via the SD memory cardchecks out the content and records a copy on a recording medium. SD-Audio playerstoreceive a copy of the content and play back the copy. Here, the KIOSK terminalrecords a Usage Rule that certifies the right to control recording of content on the SD memory cardMove Control Information showing the number of times that moving of rights is permitted is set in the Usage Rule.

Distribution system, semiconductor memory card, receiving apparatus, computer-readable recording medium and receiving method

A unit-to-unit data exchange system preventing an unfair exchange without increasing communications cost or a load on a server. A unit () exchanges data with a unit (). An exchange completion data keeping device keeps exchange completion data that is necessary for each unit (and) to reproduce the obtained data after the data exchange is completed. The exchange completion data keeping device transmits the exchange completion data obtained from the unit () to the unit () and transmits the exchange completion data obtained from the unit () to the unit () only when the unit () and the unit (1) have successfully received data of interest.

Unit-to-unit data exchange system, and unit, exchange completion data keeping device and program for use in the same

The present invention provides a rights management terminal that can securely send and receive usage information while preventing spoofing and protecting user's privacy. The rights management terminal manages a copyright of a content using a license that includes a usage rule of the content, and includes: a first public key certificate management unit which manages, as a set, a first public key certificate that includes identification information for uniquely identifying at least one of the rights management terminal and a user using the terminal, and a first private key paired with a first public key included in the first public key certificate; a second public key certificate management unit which manages, as a set, a second public key certificate that does not include the identification information, and a second private key paired with a second public key included in the second public key certificate; a selection processing unit that selects, as a set, one of the following: the first public key certificate and the first private key; and the second public key certificate and the second private key; and an authentication processing unit that executes authentication for communicating with a server apparatus, using the public key and the private key that are selected as a set by the selection processing unit.

Rights management terminal, server apparatus and usage information collection system

A group management server in a group information management system includes: a group member terminal list storage unit for storing a group member terminal list; and a secure communication unit for establishing a secure communication channel with a plurality of terminal apparatuses and communicating with each of the terminal apparatuses via the communication channel. Each terminal apparatus includes a tamper-resistant module. The tamper-resistant module includes: a group information storage unit for storing group information securely; a deletion unit for securely executing deletion, which is processing that affects the group member terminal list, of the group information stored in the group information storage unit; and a secure communication unit for establishing a secure communication channel with the secure communication unit and transmitting a complete deletion notification message via the communication channel.

Information management system having a common management server for establishing secure communication among groups formed out of a plurality of terminals

A content using system is composed of a content importing apparatus and at least one content using apparatus. The content importing apparatus includes a content ID generating unit that generates a content ID, and a content key information encryption converting unit that converts the encryption of content key information by using an encryption key ('network key') that is shared in advance on the network. The content using apparatus includes a content key information decrypting unit that decrypts the content key information, whose encryption has been converted, by using the network key, a moved content list storing unit for storing a moved content list (MCL) in which the content IDs of contents that have been written onto a storage medium are written, and a moved content list managing unit that judges whether the writing of a content is permitted or prohibited based on the MCL.

Content using system

A right management server manages usage of a content on a parent terminal and a child terminal. The right management server includes content usage right database that stores right information indicating a usage rule of a content for each terminal ID or user ID, and a parental control information management unit that acquires, from the parent terminal or the parent user, parental control information that is an instruction to put a restriction on usage of a content on the child terminal or by a child user, and stores the parental control information in a parental control information database. The right management server also includes a license ticket generation unit that acquires a license ticket issuance request from the child terminal or the child user, generates a license ticket that is information for permitting usage of the content on the child terminal or by the child user, under a usage rule with a restriction indicated by the parental control information which is held in the parental control information management unit, and sends the license ticket to the child terminal or the child user.

License management server, license management system and usage restriction method

A distribution serverdistributes a content via a network, and a KIOSK terminalreceives the content via the network and records the content in an SD memory card. A customer devicereceives a content via the SD memory card, checks out the content and records a copy on a recording medium. SD-Audio playerstoreceive a copy of the content and play back the copy. Here, the KIOSK terminalrecords a Usage Rule that certifies the right to control recording of content on the SD memory card. Move Control Information showing the number of times that moving of rights is permitted is set in the Usage Rule.

A data recording and reproduction apparatus is provided with a stream attribute decision means for deciding whether an audio data stream supplied from an outside source is compressed or not. A compression ID flag having a value according to the result of the compression decision is attached to the audio data stream, and the flag-attached audio data stream is written in a stream storage unit. Therefore, a watermark can be inserted in a compressed audio data stream after reading the compressed audio data stream from the stream storage unit, whereby the time required for writing the compressed audio data stream in the stream storage unit is reduced, and the quality of analog audio data obtained by reproducing the compressed audio data stream is prevented from being degraded.

Data recording and reproduction apparatus

A semiconductor memory card which allows consumers to access and purchase content while protecting the copyright of the content. The memory card has a unique media ID assigned thereto and includes a secure data area and a non-secure data area. The secure are is accessible by an apparatus whose authenticity is verified, and the non-secure area is accessible by the apparatus regardless of such verification. The secure area stores a first encrypted content which is generated by encrypting a first content key by using the media ID, and the non-secure data area stores trial data and purchase data which can be decrypted. The trial data includes a first content which is encrypted by using the first content key, and the purchase data includes a second content which is encrypted by using a second content key. The purchase data can be decrypted when fee processing is performed.

Semiconductor memory card that records contents for trial and purchase, recording apparatus, reproducing apparatus, and sales method

A data copying system of the present invention includes a data copying apparatus for copying data recorded on a first recording medium to a second recording medium. The data copying apparatus includes: a data read section for reading out the data from the first recording medium; a data modification control section for controlling modification of the data in accordance with modification control information, the modification control information being provided for controlling the modification of the data; and a data write section for writing an output of the data modification control section to the second recording medium. The modification control information includes a copying permission flag indicating whether the copying of the data permitted, a quality control flag for controlling a quality of modified data which is obtained by modifying the data, and a billing control flag for controlling billing for the copying of the data. The data modification control section determines whether billing is required for the copying of the data in accordance with the billing control flag. When the billing is required, the data modification control section controls the modification of the data in accordance with the copying permission flag and the quality control flag, after confirming that the billing has been done by the billing apparatus. When the billing is not required, the data modification control section controls the modification of the data in accordance with the copying permission flag and the quality control flag, without confirming that the billing has been done by the billing apparatus.

Data copying system, data copying apparatus, data copying method, and recording medium

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Mitsuhiro Inoue