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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
Yusuke Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program which make it possible for persons at remote places to enjoy simultaneous playback of various contents while promoting the protection of the copyright or the privacy. A copyright authentication sectiondecides, based on copyright restriction information added to a content and license information stored in a license storage section, whether or not utilization of the content is permitted. An accounting processing sectionis controlled in response to a result of the decision so that it cooperates with an authentication server to perform an accounting process. A privacy authentication sectiondecides, based on privacy restriction information added to the content and privacy information, whether or not utilization of the content is permitted. A permission request processing sectionis controlled in response to a result of the decision so that it performs a communication process with a communication apparatus, which has a privacy management right in the content. The present invention can be applied to a communication system which supports remote place communication between users.