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AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Disc & Digital Solutions Inc.
InventorsKaoru KIJIMA, Yoichiro SAKO, Shunsuke FURUKAWA, Yoriaki KANADA, Koichi NAKAJIMA, Akiya SAITO, Etsuo SHIBASAKI, Akiko INOUE
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Unique identification information is prerecorded on a disc. The identification information is registered to a server along with user's license when he or she buys the disc. When an terminal unit reproduces data from the disc, identification information is read and transmitted to the server through the Internet. The server creates a key that controls to reproduce data from the disc in accordance with the license identified by the identification information and transmits the key to the terminal unit along with the user's license information for the disc. The terminal unit controls to reproduce contents of the disc in accordance with key and license information transmitted from the server. The license for each disc is managed in accordance with the identification information. Thus, different services can be provided for individual discs.
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A reproducing apparatus comprising:
A server comprising:
A method for controlling a reproducing apparatus, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program recorded thereon, the computer program configured to perform a method when executed on a reproducing apparatus, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.