Method and apparatus for information processing, and medium for storing program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsToshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Abstract
In an information processing apparatus and method in which contents such as musical data, distributed via a predetermined network or such a content is divided, it is judged whether a first content has been checked out, it is judged whether a second content has been checked, and the first and second contents are combined together when it is determined that neither the first nor second content has been checked out.
Claims20
An information processor comprising:
- a first judging means for judging whether a first content has been checked out;
- a second judging means for judging whether a second content has been checked out;
- and
- means for combining the first and second contents together when it is determined by the first and second judging means that neither the first nor second content has been checked out.
An information processing method in which first and second contents are combined together, the method comprising:
- a first judging step of judging whether a first content has been checked out;
- and
- a second judging step of judging whether a second content has been checked out;
- and
- a content combining step of combining the first and second contents together when it is determined that neither the first nor second content has been checked out.
A program storage medium having stored therein a computer-readable program, the program stored in the medium comprising:
- a first judging step of judging whether a first content has been checked out;
- and
- a second judging step at which is it judged whether a second content has been checked out;
- and
- a content combining step of combining the first and second contents together when it is determined that neither the first nor second content has been checked out.
An information processor comprising:
- means for judging whether a content has been checked out;
- and
- means for dividing the content when it is determined that the content has not been checked out.
An information processing method comprising invention, steps of:
- judging wether a content has been checked out;
- and
- dividing the content when it is determined that the content has not been checked out.
A program storage means having stored therein a computer-readable program, the program including steps of:
- judging whether a content has been checked out;
- and
- dividing the content when it is determined that the content has not been checked out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.