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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:
Jul. 31, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Manabu Kii, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Manabu Kii, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system including a management server, a medium issuing apparatus, and a service provider is disclosed. The medium issuing apparatus includes recording means for recording right information and unique identifiers on a package storage medium. The right information denotes services available to the package storage medium, and includes a download authorization bit and an upload authorization bit. The management server includes receiving means for receiving the right information and the identifiers from the package storage medium. The management server also includes storing means for storing the right information corresponding to each of the identifiers and the identifiers in a database. In addition, the management server includes checking means for checking an identifier transmitted from a terminal device by way of the service provider against the identifiers stored in the database.


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