Patent ID: 6687802
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
An outputting apparatus for adding additional information to data and outputting resulting data, comprising:identification data generation means for generating identification data to be recorded to a recording apparatus along with the data for identification of the data; copying count data generation means for generating copying count data to be recorded to said recording apparatus along with said data for being compared with copying history data to also be recorded to said recording apparatus along with said data of the data to be stored in said recording apparatus, which is capable of recording the data onto a medium, to limit the number of times the data may be copied onto other media; control data processing means for processing the identification data and the copying count data to form electronic information representative thereof which, when combined with the data, is not significant to the perception of the data, addition means for adding the identification data and the copying count data to the data; and outputting means for outputting the data having the identification data and the copying count data added thereto.