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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2000
Applicants:

Tadao Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Keiji Kanota, Kanagawa, JP;

Junichi Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;

Toyomi Fujino, Kanagawa, JP;

Hajime Yano, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroaki Oishi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tadao Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Keiji Kanota, Kanagawa, JP;

Junichi Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;

Toyomi Fujino, Kanagawa, JP;

Hajime Yano, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroaki Oishi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The broadcast stationprovides the digital contents to be put on the air with the attributive information of the digital contents thereof. The selective information showing the user's taste is set out in the filter unit. The filter unitfilters the attributive information on the basis of the selective information to select the digital contents which suits the user's taste among the digital contents which were put on the air. According to the broadcast station, the user may listen and view the selected digital contents after recording the digital contents in the recording medium, or the user may listen and view the digital contents which suits the user's taste among the digital contents which were put on the air.


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