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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Mitsutoshi Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsutoshi Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method to protect uniquely extended metadata by others, while maintaining compatibility of metadata. An information processing apparatus determines if items included in entered metadata are defined in advance, and reproduces only items that are included in the metadata and determined as defined in advance, and rewrites or transfers the entered metadata when the metadata is rewritten or transferred.