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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seigo Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
Abstract
To prevent fraudulent innumerable copies of a copyrighted digital signal from appearing, a dedicated device driver reads the copyrighted digital signal from a card type recording medium, for example, a copy bit flag is added to the digital signal thus read, the copy bit flag indicating that there exists no digital signal identical to the original digital data, and the digital signal having the copy bit flag added thereto is stored into a hard disc.
Fukushima, Seigo. (2003). Digital signal storing apparatus and method, program recording medium, digital signal recording apparatus and method (U.S. Patent No. 6636690). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6636690
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