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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
Hiroaki Ono, Fujisawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Kano, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Katsuta, JP;
Takao Arai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takaharu Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Amada, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroo Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Keizo Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Kaku, Oiso-machi, JP;
Shinya Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Ono, Fujisawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Kano, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Katsuta, JP;
Takao Arai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takaharu Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Amada, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroo Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Keizo Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Kaku, Oiso-machi, JP;
Shinya Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
FIPA Frohwitter Intellectual Property AG, Gruenwald, DE;
Abstract
An information management apparatus capable of reliable management of distributed information and an information providing system employing the same information management apparatus has a main information reproducing system for reproducing main information recorded in a given recording medium; and a reproduction management system for managing the main information reproducing system for reproducing the main information. A receiver is provided with a unit for recording distributed information and control information limiting the number of main information reproducing cycles on a recording medium, and a main information reproducing system provided with a reproduction disabling function for limiting the reproduction of main information.