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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuko Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Inokuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Toriyama, Chiba, JP;
Yoshimasa Utsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Kijima, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kihara, Chiba, JP;
Shunsuke Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuko Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Inokuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Toriyama, Chiba, JP;
Yoshimasa Utsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Kijima, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kihara, Chiba, JP;
Shunsuke Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A method for processing content data includes the steps of, when content data is transmitted from a data provider, adding usage rule information prescribing a rule of usage of the content data to the content data and transmitting the content data with the usage rule information; receiving the transmitted content data; extracting the usage rule information from the received content data; and notifying a user of the content data of the extracted usage information.