Electronic device, data usage method, and recording medium
AssigneeRoland Corporation
InventorsHiroshi Okamura, Akihiro Nagata, Tokio Takahashi, Yusuke Miyama, Ichiro Yazawa
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Abstract
An electronic device and a data usage method are provided. An electronic musical instrument confirms whether respective sound data stored in a timbre memory or a wave memory can be used or cannot be used based on management information acquired from a server. A sound data determined to be usable in the management information is validated so that it can be used for loading or writing. On the other hand, a sound data determined to be unusable in the management information is invalidated so that it cannot be used.
Claims18
An electronic device connected to a server which stores, for each user, management information related to allowability of use of data of a subscription type permitted to be used within a predetermined period, the electronic device comprising:
- a data storage means which stores the data;
- a confirmation means which confirms, with the server, management information of a user of the electronic device;
- and
- a permission means which permits using, in the electronic device, data deemed usable in the management information confirmed by the confirmation means, among data of the subscription type stored in the data storage means.
A data usage method executed in an electronic device connected to a server which stores, for each user, management information related to allowability of use of data of a subscription type permitted to be used within a predetermined period, the data usage method comprising:
- confirming, with the server, management information of a user of the electronic device;
- and
- permitting using, in the electronic device, data deemed usable in the confirmed management information, among data of the subscription type stored in the electronic device.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium, storing an electronic device program causing a computer to execute a usage processing of data of a subscription type permitted to be used within a predetermined period, wherein the computer comprises a storage part and is connected to a server which stores, for each user, management information related to allowability of use of the data, the electronic device program causing the computer to:
- operate the storage part as a data storage means which stores the data;
- confirm, with the server, management information of the user;
- permit using data deemed usable in the confirmed management information, among data of the subscription type stored in the data storage means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.