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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2002
Applicants:
Munetake Ebihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuji Ishiguro, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Ezura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Sato, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Munetake Ebihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuji Ishiguro, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Ezura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Sato, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a personal computer which increments and thereby restores a lendable number upon receiving a content returned from a portable device, and which confirms the return of the content and increments the lendable number even when the portable device does not have or deletes the content borrowed from the personal computer before returning the content.