Sony Corporation

Sony Disc & Digital Solutions Inc.

Sony Disc & Digital Solution Inc.

Yoriaki Kanada

Yoichiro Sako

Shunsuke Furukawa

Akiya Saito

Tatsuya Inokuchi

Koichi Nakajima

Kaoru Kijima

Akiko Inoue

Yoshinobu Usui

Etsuo Shibasaki

Toru Aida

Takashi Kihara

Tatsushi Sano

Toshihiko Senno

Yoshiro Miyoshi

Tomihiro Nakagawa

Takao Ihashi

Takashi Yamanishi

Shinichi Fujita

Akie Sugiyama

Takumi Kanasashi

Unique identification information is prerecorded on a disc. The identification information is registered to a server along with user's license when he or she buys the disc. When an terminal unit reproduces data from the disc, identification information is read and transmitted to the server through the Internet. The server creates a key that controls to reproduce data from the disc in accordance with the license identified by the identification information and transmits the key to the terminal unit along with the user's license information for the disc. The terminal unit controls to reproduce contents of the disc in accordance with key and license information transmitted from the server. The license for each disc is managed in accordance with the identification information. Thus, different services can be provided for individual discs.

Information service method, information service unit, recording or reproducing controlling method, and recording and/or reproducing unit

A server includes a memory that stores unique identification information of an optical disc that stores at least one content data. The server also includes a receiver that receives user account information and the unique identification information from a user terminal. A processor performs an authentication of the user terminal for a transfer of the at least one content data based on a reception by the server of the unique identification information and the user account information from the user terminal. Further, the processor associates the user account information with the unique identification information upon a determination that the unique identification information has not previously been registered by the server based on the reception of the user account information and the unique identification information. A transmitter sends an authentication result to authorize the transfer of the at least one content data, in response to the authentication of the user terminal.

Content data providing server, content data providing system and method, and terminal unit

A recording medium including at least a lead-in region, a recording region in which information is recorded, and a lead-out region. In this configuration, medium information including medium identification information and relevant information is recorded in at least any one of the lead-in region, the recording region, and the lead-out region.

Recording medium, recording method, information transmission method, terminal device, and server device

An administrative system receives unique ID information of disk from an orderer for ordering manufacture of the disks and provides the unique ID information for a disk maker. The maker stores on the disk unique attribute information of the disk including identification information for the disk maker side. The administrative system obtains normal recording information generated if normal recording is carried out when recording on the disk the unique attribute information of the disk. Alternatively, the administrative system obtains abnormal recording information generated if abnormal recording is carried out. Disk administrative information, for example, number of pieces of the disks delivered from the factory, is generated from the obtained normal and abnormal recording information.

Method and system for administering storage medium

A recording medium is applicable to information service system for receiving and transmitting information when a terminal device on the user's side accesses an administrative server, which is a server device, using a communication line such as the Internet. This recording medium () comprises a lead-in region (), a data recording region () positioned on an outer region than the lead-in region, and a lead-out region () positioned on an outer region than the data-recording region. In at least any one of these regions (), (), and (), multiple pieces of identification information are recorded.

Recording medium, recording method, recording device, reproduction device, data transmission method, and server device

Recording medium, recording method, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, data transmission method, and server device

First, an ID added disc is loaded. A disc ID is read from the disc at step S. The disc ID matches a hardware ID of hardware that can use software recorded on the disc. If the disc ID has not been read from the disc, an error process is performed. At step S, a hardware ID of hardware connected to a personal computer is obtained. At step S, it is determined whether or not both the IDs match. When the determined result represents that they match, at step S, an application starts. When the determined result at step Srepresents that they do not match, at step S, an error message is displayed on a display of the personal computer.

Data recording medium, program starting method, and program

On a CD-R, a UID that is unique identification information is pre-recorded. When the CD-R is loaded into an information terminal unit, the UID is read and transmitted to a management server through the Internet. The management server determines whether predetermined data can be recorded onto the CD-R in accordance with the received UID. For example, when the UID is valid, contents data is downloaded from the management server to the information terminal unit and recorded onto the CD-R. In addition, for example, when the UID is valid, a notification that represents that contents data is permitted to be copied or moved is transmitted from the management server to the information terminal unit. As a result, contents data recorded on another recording medium can be copied or moved to the CD-R.

Data recording medium, data recording method, data processing device, data distribution method, data distribution device, data transmission method, data transmission device, data distribution system, and data communication system

A method for controlling access to data of a disc, comprising the steps of determining whether or not information intrinsic to a writable disc has been detected from data that had been read from the disc; when the determined result represents that information intrinsic to a writable disc has been detected, determining that the disc is a writable disc and at least restricting a regular operation of the disc; and when the determined result represents that information intrinsic to a writable disc has not been detected, determining that the disc is not a writable disc and executing a regular operation of the disc.

Method for controlling access to disc data and method for indentifying disc

Data is arranged to one block obtained after a CIRC process so that a predetermined data pattern is recorded into a predetermined portion on a disc. By tracing back an encoding step of a Cross-Interleave Reed-Solomon Code (CIRC), a layout of recording data of one block before the CIRC process for allowing the predetermined data pattern to be recorded into the predetermined portion is obtained. An error correcting process of a CD-ROM mode 1 is executed. If a position of a parity coincides with data for forming the predetermined data pattern, a value of user data of an encoding sequence to form the parity is changed. After error correction encoding of a CD-ROM is executed, encoding of the CIRC is executed to the recording data of one block.

Data recording method and device

A recording medium including at least a lead-in region, a recording region in which information is recorded, and a lead-out region. In this configuration, medium identification information that includes user identification information accessible by the user is recorded in at least any one of the lead-in region, the recording region, and the lead-out region.

Recording medium, information transmission method, terminal, server, and recording method

A processing method is disclosed. When a recording medium on which at least one program has been recorded is loaded, a program for a user registration is started. Identification information unique to the recording medium is read therefrom. The identification information that has been read and user's information that has been obtained are correlatively stored. After they have been stored, the program data is read from the recording medium.

Registration method and program

The present invention is relative with a method for recording further data on a recording medium on which there re pre-recorded data obtained on modulating M-bit data to N-bit data, where M&#x3c;N. The further recorded data are recorded by changing a certain bit or bits of the N-bit data, with the remaining portion of the bits of the N-bit data being fixed.

Data recording method recorder and data reproducing method and device

A recording method for converting m-bit data into n-bit (where n&#x3e;m) bit data whose run length is restricted and recoding the converted data on a recording medium, the recording method comprising the steps of when at least preceded data is data containing a special data pattern, lightening the restriction of the run length; and recording data so that the cumulative value of DC components per unit time increase when the data is reproduced in the state that the run length is restricted.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoriaki Kanada