Patent ID: 6594740
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:receiving means for receiving supplied data and attribute data relating to said supplied data; accounting means for charging an amount of money for receiving said supplied data; memory means for storing said supplied data and said attribute data, wherein said attribute data includes status data; a recording and reproducing unit for recording said supplied data in said memory means and for reproducing said supplied data recorded in said memory means; transferring means for transferring said supplied data to an external recording/reproducing apparatus; and control means for attaching a reproduction inhibition flag to said supplied data stored in said memory means when said supplied data is transferred to said external recording/reproducing apparatus, thereby prohibiting reproduction of said transferred data by said recording and reproducing apparatus, and for deleting said reproduction inhibition flag so that the reproduction of said supplied data is enabled when said transferred supplied data is returned to said recording and reproducing apparatus, and for rewriting said status data included in said attribute data of said supplied data stored in said memory means when said supplied data stored in said memory means is deleted from said memory means.