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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Hidetaka Adachi, Minato-ku, JP;
Takeshi Sakuma, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Hidetaka Adachi, Minato-ku, JP;
Takeshi Sakuma, Minato-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control section limits the number of times of reproduction of content that is reproduced on a display unit. Thereby, a decrease in value of downloaded content is prevented, and a predetermined condition is provided when the number of times of reproduction of the content is counted up. Thus, the creator of the content is protected against disadvantages, while the user can keep enjoying the reproduction of the content.