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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Hiroshi Sugaya, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Sugaya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A broadcast receiver is provided which can prevent recording of uncopyable contents without failing to record copyable contents. A copy information detecting unit () detects copy control information attached to contents. A discriminating unit () discriminates the copyability or uncopyability. The contents recorded in a user-unreadable recording unit () is transferred to a user-readable recording unit () only if copyable.