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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Hidetoshi Ichioka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hidetoshi Ichioka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/33 (2008.01); H04N 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hard-disk recorder receives a broadcasting content distributed from a satellite broadcasting service system and records it. The satellite broadcasting service system generates degree-of-exposure control data for the broadcasting content, and sends it to the hard-disk recorder through a server system. The hard-disk recorder receives the degree-of-exposure control data, and controls the degree of exposure of the recorded content according to degree-of-exposure designation included in the received degree-of-exposure control data.