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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Sony Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Kuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamichi Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yoshimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Muramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a data processing unit, on which a medium as an information storage apparatus is mounted, which controls reproduction of content stored on the medium, wherein the data processing unit executes host device ID registration processing for outputting a host device ID, which is an identifier of the host device, to the medium and storing the host device ID on the medium, receives the host device ID, which is stored on the medium, from the medium after execution of the host device ID registration processing, executes connection consistency confirmation processing for executing matching processing between the received host ID and the host device ID of the host device, and executes or continues content reproduction under a condition that the matching processing has been established in the connection consistency confirmation processing, or stops the content reproduction if the matching processing has not been established.