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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
Applicant:
Toru Miyazaki, Fukaya, JP;
Inventor:
Toru Miyazaki, Fukaya, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the receiver of the invention includes an output unit to output program data to a recording appliance so as to record a copyright-protected service, a first copyright protective mechanism and a second copyright protective mechanism to protect copyright. The receiver further includes a system manager to detect whether or not a copyright protective mechanism of a recording appliance connected to the output unit is present and switch over between the first and second copyright protective mechanisms in accordance with the detection result to output the program data to the output unit.