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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Takuya Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that processes content data supplied in a format that has at least a metadata region in which metadata of a content is stored, the apparatus including: acquisition means configured to acquire the content data in the aforementioned format and decryption information for decrypting the metadata that is encrypted, the content data containing the encrypted metadata stored in the metadata region; decryption means configured to decrypt the encrypted metadata stored in the metadata region using the decryption information; and supplementary service providing means configured to provide a supplementary service related to the content based on the metadata decrypted by the decryption means.