Patent ID: 7720224
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06T,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a system utilizing a right assertion mark (RAM) and copy control information (CCI) data for managing the copying and distribution of content, wherein the CCI data can have at least a first value and a second value, said first and second values representing a first and a second copy control rule, respectively, a method for processing a video signal that represents a work for which rights information is asserted, comprising: checking the video signal for a (RAM) and CCI data; if the RAM is present and the CCI data is present, then applying the copying control rule represented by the CCI data, and, if the RAM is present but the CCI data is not, then applying a preselected copy control rule as a default rule, said preselected copy control rule being selected from said first and said second copy control rules.