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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Takeshi Kanai, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Kanai, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Data for an electronic book is to be formulated readily. Such data for the electronic book, supplied by a publishing company, is data by variable formats, and hence are converted by an XML converterinto data of the XML format. A data converterconverts the data of the XML format, obtained by conversion by the XML converter, into data of the type that may be distributed to the user, while adding data designed for facilitating the handling as the electronic book. A copyright protection processing unitadds the copyright information to the formulated data and encrypts the data as necessary. A distributing unitholds the data for distribution and distributes the data it holds responsive to a user's request. An apparatus for formulating data for an electronic book is also provided.
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