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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Eiji Muramatsu, Kiyose, JP;
Kazuo Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Takao Sawabe, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Taniguchi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Akira Imamura, Sayama, JP;
Masahiro Kato, Tokorozawa, JP;
Eiji Muramatsu, Kiyose, JP;
Kazuo Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Takao Sawabe, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Taniguchi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Akira Imamura, Sayama, JP;
Masahiro Kato, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To limit the time capable of reproducing a plurality of contents as a whole recorded on a recording medium. Provided herein are a recording medium on which a plurality of contents and reproduction-enabled time which is a period of time for allowing a user to freely reproduce the plurality of contents as a whole are recorded, a reproduction device having an acquisition unit which acquires the reproduction-enabled time and a reproduction inhibit unit which inhibits the reproduction of each of the contents when the accumulated reproduction time of the plurality of contents as a whole exceeds the acquired reproduction-enabled time during the reproduction of each of the contents.