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Recording medium having content identification section
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 2000-08-30
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Granted: 2002-09-17
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Expires: 2020-08-30
Abstract
Abstract A recording medium is disclosed which is removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by the information providing apparatus. The recording medium includes a recording medium main body and a content identification section including content identification information detectable by the information providing apparatus, which indicates a kind of content information downloaded by the information providing apparatus.
Inventors
- 👤 Satoshi Otsuka
- 👤 Kazuyuki Marukawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 02:04
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04H; H04H20/00; H04H20/65; H04H20/76; H04H20/82; G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/12; G06Q20/123; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/0014; G07F17/16; H04H60/00; H04H60/27; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/00086; G11B20/0071; G11B20/00724; G11B23/00; G11B23/02; G11B23/03; G11B23/0301; G11B23/0302
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising: a recording medium main body; a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus; and an address indicator for indicating a specific position address on the recording medium for recording the downloaded content information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising: a recording medium main body; a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus; and an address indicator for indicating a specific position address on the recording medium for recording the downloaded content information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A recording medium according to claim 1 , further comprising a recording medium receptacle for housing said recording medium main body, wherein said content identification section is provided on said recording medium receptacle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein said content identification section is formed on said receptacle as a switch adapted to select one of plural kinds of contents.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A recording medium according to claim 3 , wherein said switch is user selectable.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein said content identification section is recorded as an information signal in said recording medium main body.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
94 words
A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising: a recording medium main body including a reproduction only region and a recordable region; and a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus, wherein said content identification section is recorded as an information signal in said reproduction only region of said recording medium main body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
94 words
A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising: a recording medium main body including a reproduction only region and a recordable region; and a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus, wherein said content identification section is recorded as an information signal in said reproduction only region of said recording medium main body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A recording medium according to claim 1 , further comprising output means for outputting content information recorded in said recording medium as information detectable by a user.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A recording medium according to claim 7 , wherein said output means is display means for displaying an image based on said content information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
A recording medium according to claim 1 , further comprising use state identification information section including use state identification information indicating one of a personal use and an unspecified user's use.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A recording medium according to claim 9 , wherein said use state identification information section is recorded as an information signal in said recording medium main body.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
118 words
A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising: a recording medium main body including a reproduction only region and a recordable region; a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus; and a use state identification information section including use state identification information indicating one of a personal use and an unspecified user's use, wherein said use state identification information section is recorded as an information signal in said reproduction only region of said recording medium main body.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
118 words
A recording medium operative to be removably loaded in an information providing apparatus and in which content information is recorded by said information providing apparatus, said recording medium comprising: a recording medium main body including a reproduction only region and a recordable region; a content identification section including content identification information to be detectable by said information providing apparatus indicating a kind of content information downloaded by said information providing apparatus; and a use state identification information section including use state identification information indicating one of a personal use and an unspecified user's use, wherein said use state identification information section is recorded as an information signal in said reproduction only region of said recording medium main body.
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