Patent ID: 7877473
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A content processing hardware apparatus connected to a content reproduction apparatus and a management server, the content processing apparatus comprising: a reproduction control section configured to control a reproduction of a content distributed with a source ID and a group ID, wherein the source ID is based on a first source ID list which is retained by said content processing apparatus and indicates providing sources of contents whose reproduction is to be permitted, and said group ID is produced in a unit of a user and is added when said content processing apparatus is registered in a unit of a user at said management server; a display configured to display title information of contents stored in the connected content reproduction apparatus; a selection section configured to receive an input selecting the title information of the contents displayed on said display; a requesting section configured to request a transfer of a content corresponding to the title information selected by said selection section to said content processing apparatus; a transfer mode detection section configured to detect a transfer mode of the connected content reproduction apparatus; a first transfer processing section configured to detect whether the content corresponding to the title information selected by said selection section is a content previously transferred from said content processing apparatus to the content reproduction apparatus and for updating right information corresponding to the content stored in said content processing apparatus and deleting right information corresponding to the content stored in the content reproduction apparatus; and a second transfer processing section configured to detect whether the group ID applied to said content processing apparatus is included in a second source ID list stored in the content reproduction apparatus, and to transfer the content corresponding to the title information selected by said selection section from the content reproduction apparatus to said content processing apparatus.