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Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2005
Applicants:

Yoichiro Sako, Chiba, JP;

Akira Kurihara, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshitomo Osawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Isao Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideo Owa, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yoichiro Sako, Chiba, JP;

Akira Kurihara, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshitomo Osawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Isao Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideo Owa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the data recording apparatus is input, a recording unit for recording at least the encoder ID on an optical disk, and an encoding circuit for, in accordance with the encoder ID, encoding data supplied through a terminal and required to be recorded so that encoded data is, together with the encoder ID, recorded on the optical disk.


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