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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:
Aug. 21, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Katsuo Saigo, Kobe, JP;

Kenjiro Tsuda, Hirakata, JP;

Hideyuki Ohgose, Shijyonawate, JP;

Hiroaki Shimazaki, Katano, JP;

Inventors:

Katsuo Saigo, Kobe, JP;

Kenjiro Tsuda, Hirakata, JP;

Hideyuki Ohgose, Shijyonawate, JP;

Hiroaki Shimazaki, Katano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/93 (2006.01); H04N 9/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a content management device that enables to reproduce a content with original quality even after the content has been converted to have lower quality to be moved, and further enables to notify a user of information regarding the moved content. The content management device includes: a communication unit connected to a communication pathway and configured to output a copy of recorded content received via a communication pathway for storing on an external medium; a content control unit configured to control the output of the recorded content and disable the reproduction of the recorded content when the copy is output; and a content information output unit configured to output externally attribute information comprising at least reproduction status information.


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