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US 2010/0146283 A1Published application
Entertainment device
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
InventorsEmmanuel James Poitier, Richard Eliot Bates
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Abstract
An entertainment device comprises communication means operable to receive media data from a media data source, storage means operable to store the received media data, in which the storage means limits the duration of access to the media data which was received from the media data source.
Claims21
An entertainment device, comprising:
- a communication arrangement operable to receive media data from a media data source;
- and a storage arrangement operable to store the received media data;
- in which:
- the communication arrangement is operable to receive, from a signature data source, signature data that relates to usage rights of the media data;
- and the storage arrangement is operable to limit the duration of access to the media data which was received from the media data source in dependence upon the signature data received from the signature data source.
2 more elements
A method of data storage by an entertainment device, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a communication link with a media data source;
- receiving media data from the media data source;
- receiving, from a signature data source, signature data that relates to usage rights of the media data;
- storing received media data;
- and
- limiting the duration of access to the media data which was received from the media data source in dependence upon the signature data received from the signature data source.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.