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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Satoshi Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Marukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information providing system includes a loading section in which a recording medium is removably loaded, a content identification information detecting portion for detecting content identification information of the recording medium loaded in the loading section, and a housing section for housing a plurality of recording media in which content information indicated by the content identification information is recorded in advance. An ejecting device ejects a recording medium in which the content information coincident with the content information set by the setting means is recorded. The system also includes a detector for detecting whether or not the remaining number of recording media housed in the housing section and having a particular content information is a minimum threshold value. A replenishing mechanism replenishes the housing section with the recording media of the kind detected by the detector to be at the minimum value.