Patent ID: 7676844

Claim:
A reproducing system comprising a first reproducing apparatus and a second reproducing apparatus for reproducing a signal from content data, wherein: the first reproducing apparatus comprises: a storage means for linking and storing the content data to be reproduced and propriety data indicating whether the second reproducing apparatus has propriety of storing and holding the content data, wherein the propriety data includes user information identifying an owner of the content data; and a transmitter for transmitting the content data stored in the storage means and the propriety data corresponding to the content data to the second reproducing apparatus; and the second reproducing apparatus comprises: a recognition means for recognizing whether the content data is authorized to be stored and held based on the propriety data, upon receiving the content data and the propriety data from the first reproducing apparatus; and a controller for: temporarily storing the content data received from the first reproducing apparatus and reproducing the signal from the content data irrespective of the propriety data; storing and holding the content data into a storage means after reproducing the signal from the content data if the recognition means recognizes propriety of storing and holding the content data; and deleting the content data after reproducing the signal from the content data if the recognition means recognizes no propriety of storing or holding the content data, wherein the second reproducing apparatus reproduces a signal of higher quality than the first reproducing apparatus from the content data.