Method, apparatus, and recording medium for recording multimedia content
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorThomas Schmidt-Uhlig
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method, an apparatus, and a recording medium for recording multimedia content, which allow a controlled access to the multimedia content. According to the invention, the recording medium for recording multimedia content has a content limitation indicator for indicating which multimedia content is allowed to be recorded on the recording medium, which specifies an age rating for the multimedia content. A recording apparatus compares the multimedia content to be recorded with the limitations specified by the content limitation indicator prior to recording the multimedia content on the recording medium.
Claims10
A method for recording a multimedia content item, on a non-transitory, removable recording medium, the method comprising:
- retrieving a content limitation indicator specifying an age rating from the non-transitory, removable recording medium;
- retrieving an age rating associated with the multimedia content item;
- comparing the retrieved age rating associated with the multimedia content item with the retrieved content limitation indicator on the non-transitory, removable recording medium;
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- recording the multimedia content item on the non-transitory, removable recording medium if the retrieved age rating associated with the multimedia content item fulfills limitations specified by the content limitation indicator.
An apparatus for recording a multimedia content item on a non-transitory, removable recording medium, having:
- a verification unit configured:
- to retrieve a content limitation indicator specifying an age rating from the non-transitory, removable recording medium;
- to retrieve an age rating associated with the multimedia content item;
- and
- to compare the retrieved age rating associated with the multimedia content item with the retrieved content limitation indicator;
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- a recording device configured to record the multimedia content item on the non-transitory, removable recording medium if the retrieved age rating associated with the multimedia content item fulfills limitations specified by the content limitation indicator.
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