Patent ID: 8296239
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A data distribution system comprising: a reproducing apparatus for reproducing content data distributed from a first medium; a recording apparatus for recording the reproduced content data on a second medium; one or more processors for examining usage space information of the content data, the first medium, the reproducing apparatus, the second medium, and the recording apparatus; and a controller for controlling transfer of the content data from the first medium to the second medium based on the result of the examination; wherein the usage space information indicates system information of the recording apparatus and the reproducing apparatus, ownership right information of the content data, format information of the content data, and distributing profit information obtained by the distribution of the content data, and wherein the one or more processors: examines whether the content data is of a first type which is distributed in an encrypted state or of a second type which is distributed in an unencrypted state, examines whether the first medium is of a first type having a configuration enabling recorded data to be effectively read out by performing authentication processing or of a second type having no such configuration and enabling read out of the recorded data without authentication, examines the reproducing apparatus to determine whether the reproducing apparatus is of a first type for reproducing after the authentication processing or of a second type for reproducing without the processing, and examines the recording apparatus to determine whether the recording apparatus is of a first type for recording after the authentication processing or of a second type for recording without the processing.