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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2005
Yasuharu Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Satomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuharu Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Satomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A content reproduction apparatusincludes: a storage sectionfor storing a source-ID list L and method identification information; a reproduction control method determination sectionfor determining a method to control reproduction of a content on the basis of the method identification information; a first reproducibility determination section, which is used for producing a result of determination as to whether or not a content to be reproduced is reproducible by determining whether or not a source ID attached to the content is a source ID included in the source-ID list L in case the reproduction control method determination sectiondetermines that the method to control reproduction of a content is a first reproduction control method; a second reproducibility determination section, which is used for producing a result of determination as to whether or not a content to be reproduced is reproducible on the basis of usage rule information described in a license issued to the content in case the reproduction control method determination sectiondetermines that the method to control reproduction of a content is a second reproduction control method; and a reproduction execution sectionfor reproducing a content determined as a reproducible content.