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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2007
Takahiro Araki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihisa Iriyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a medium drive apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus for performing recording and reproduction on and from a recording medium in accordance with a request from the information processing apparatus, which may include an inputting and outputting section configured to record and reproduce data on and from a recording medium, and a control section configured to execute a first operation process as a reproduction only mode, a second operation process as a recording and reproduction mode, an authentication process with the information processing apparatus, and a mode changing process of changing the operation mode from the reproduction only mode to the recording and reproduction mode in response to success in the authentication by the authentication process thereby to control the recording operation and the reproduction operation of the inputting and outputting section.