Patent ID: 7188247
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for managing the copying of contents to external equipment, said system comprising: a first reader operable to read in contents to be copied; a second reader operable to read in identification information of said contents; a database operable to store electronic watermark information corresponding to each of said contents; a collation unit operable to receive said identification information from said second reader, to search said database based on said identification information and to create a collation result indicating whether a matching record exists in said database; an electronic watermark inspecting unit operable to inspect electronic watermarks inserted into said contents and to produce inspection results; and a controller operable to control copying of said contents to the external equipment based on said collation result; wherein in the event said collation result indicates a matching record exists, said controller controls copying according to the content of said matching record, and in the event said collation result indicates a matching record does not exist, said controller controls copying according to said inspection results.