Patent ID: 7661144
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of managing content, the method being performed by a device including an analyzing unit and a control unit, the method comprising: judging, via the analyzing unit, whether the content can be moved to an external entity based on moving control information, the moving control information being different from copy control information indicating whether or not a copy of the content is permitted; determining, via the analyzing unit, whether a communication is possible with the external entity through an interface, if the judging step determines the content can be moved, and determining whether an authentication with the external entity is needed in order to move the content to the external entity, if the judging step judges that the content can be moved and the analyzing unit determines the communication is possible; and controlling, via the control unit, a moving operation of the content to the external entity such that the content is moved to the external entity without the authentication if the determining step determines the authentication is not needed.