Patent ID: 7743426
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing method, comprising: an input step, of inputting information data and management data for managing intellectual property with respect to the information data, the information data being encoded; a decoding step, of decoding the information data inputted in the input step; a reproducing step, of reproducing decoded information data decoded in the decoding step; a judgment step, of judging, based on the management data, whether an intellectual property management type of the information data is a first intellectual property management type or a second intellectual property management type, an authentication step: wherein, when the decoding step receives the first startup notice, the decoding step does not output the decoded information data to the reproducing step until an authentication result from the authentication step indicating that the authentication process has succeeded is received, and when the decoding step receives the second startup notice, the decoding step outputs the decoded information data to the reproducing step when the decoding process of the information data is completed, and at least one of the steps is performed by at least one computer processor.