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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2001
Applicants:
Shin Iima, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shin Iima, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a transmission apparatus for transmitting digital content data via a communication medium, comprising attachment means for attaching cost information per unit data volume to the digital content data; and transmission means for transmitting the digital content data attached with the cost information after converting a data format of the digital content data attached with the cost information into a data format suitable to the communication medium.