DIGITAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE

• Main Authors: YAHATA MEIKI, KANDA MASASUKI, YAMANAKA KIYOSHI, SEKIYA KUNIHIKO, MATSUDA NOBUHIRO, KOYAIZU IKURO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.11.1995
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

PURPOSE:To provide a digital information recording/reproducing device capable of specifying a use right licensee acquiring/receiving the information. CONSTITUTION:An identification code specifying uniquely digital information and the use right licensee acquiring the license of the digital information is received from an information center through a communication control part 1 to be recorded on an information recording medium 3 by an information recording part 2. At the time of using the information, the information is read out from the information recording medium 3 by an information output part 4, and is converted to usable medium information to be outputted. Further, the identification code recorded on the information recording medium 3 is read- out outside by an information supplier or an agent through an identification code read-out part 5, and whether or not the digital information is used by a user other than the use right licensee or it is illisitly copied is decided.