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EP0898278A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Data transmitting and receiving system

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1998-08-07
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-08-07
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Abstract

Abstract The invention provides a transmitting and receiving system wherein a data file produced by a user can be uploaded into a server and the updated data file is downloaded to another user. The transmitting and receiving system provides a place where general users can lay works thereof open and can sell the works.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiraku Inoue

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-10 02:15
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/32; G11B27/327; G11B27/329; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/16; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2525

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 157 words
A data transmitting and receiving system for connection to an information center and for transmitting and receiving data to and from said information center, comprising: loading means into which a recording medium on which content data produced by a user are recorded can be loaded; playback means for playing back the content data produced by the user and stored on the recording medium; transmission means for transmitting the content data played back by said playback means and management information regarding the content data; selection means for selecting desired data from a large capacity storage in said information center; reception means for receiving the desired data selected by said selection means and the management information of the desired data transmitted thereto from said information center; and recording means for recording the data and the management information received by said reception means and recording the received data and management information onto the recording medium loaded in said loading means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 36 words
A data transmitting and receiving system according to claim 1, wherein the content data transmitted from said transmission means to said information center is at least one of compressed audio data, text data and image data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 33 words
A data transmitting and receiving system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the management information trasmitted from said transmission means to said information center is counter value information for the content data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 39 words
A data transmitting and receiving system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the management information transmitted from said transmission means to said information center is identification information for identification of a data type of the content data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 38 words
A data transmitting and receiving system according to any preceding claim, wherein the management information transmitted from said transmission means to said information center is authentication information for identification of a person who has produced the content data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 35 words
A data transmitting and receiving system according to any preceding claim, wherein the management information transmitted from said transmission means to said information center is a name of a person who produced the content data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 15 words
A data transmitting and receiving system according to any preceding claim connected an information center.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 116 words
An information center for having at least one terminal equipment connected thereto for communicating data with said terminal equipment, comprising: memory means for storing a plurality of content data therein; transmission means for adding, to that one of the content data stored in said memory means which is selected by said terminal equipment side, management information for the one content data and transmitting the resulting data to said terminal equipment; and reception means for receiving content data and management information regarding the content data produced on and transmitted from said terminal equipment side; and wherein the content data are arranged based on the management information received by said reception means and stored into said memory means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 15 words
An information center according to claim 8 having at least one terminal equipment connected thereto.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 26 words
An information center according to claim 8 connected to at least a data transmitting and receiving system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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