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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Tomohiro Koyata, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Konno, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Koyata, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Konno, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a digital signal processing apparatus, a digital signal processing method, an information center, and a data delivery system capable of judging reliably whether digital signals such as music data recorded on a storage medium have been legally purchased by a customer from a legitimate vendor so that only when the digital signals are judged to be legitimately purchased data will a new service be offered to the customer.