Patent ID: 8184956
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An appreciation data storing method comprising the steps of: sending, via a communication line, appreciation data that have been read from a first recording medium mounted in a terminal having a communication function, to data storage means to store the appreciation data in the data storage means; adding to index data generated from the appreciation data, a data ID for identifying the appreciation data and storage location information for identifying a location of the appreciation data in the data storage means which is accessible via the communication line and a storage location of the appreciation data on the data storage means; and sending to the terminal the index data to which the data ID and the storage location information have been added, wherein the index data represent the content of the appreciation data and have a smaller data size than the appreciation data, and wherein deletion information indicating whether data are deletable is given to the appreciation data recorded in the first recording medium.