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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Junichi Tsukamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 (2010.12); H04L 9/00 (2005.12); H04L 9/32 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for transferring from a broadcaster to a receiver a limited reproduction right in data. A signal indicating the limited reproduction right is transmitted by the broadcaster and stored by the receiver with the data. The receiver reproduces and processes the data as a function of this signal.