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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Teppei Yokota, Chiba, JP;
Nobuyuki Kihara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Teppei Yokota, Chiba, JP;
Nobuyuki Kihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An editing apparatus wherein the editing of content is controlled according to its supply source. Identification information for identifying a content supply source is recorded in a recording medium in correspondence with the content supplied from the content supply source and recorded in the recording medium. When editing of the content is requested by a user, the identification information corresponding to that contend is checked. According to the content supply source identified by the identification information, the editing of the content is enabled or disabled.