Patent ID: 8750683

Claim:
A content receiver apparatus comprising: a meta-information acquiring unit configured to acquire meta-information which is attribute information of the contents; a license information acquiring unit configured to acquire output license information describing output requirements of the contents; and an output unit configured to output the contents to a recording medium, wherein: the meta-information has output times information showing times which can output the contents to the recording medium; the output license information has usage time limit information indicating a usage time limit of the contents in an output destination; and the output unit is configured to execute output of the contents based on times shown by the output times information, to acquire the usage time limit information from the output license information for the contents to set the acquired usage time limit information in a management information storing area in the recording medium, wherein the license information acquiring unit is configured to acquire playback license information describing a playback condition of the contents; the playback license information has playback time limit information indicating a time limit during which a playback of the contents is allowed by the content receiver apparatus; the output license information further has body watching/listening time period matching information indicating whether the usage time limit, indicated by the usage time limit information, of the contents in the output destination matches with the time limit, indicated by the playback time limit information, during which the playback of the contents is allowed by the content receiver apparatus; and the output unit is configured to execute (a) or (b) below, in the case of executing output of the contents, based on times shown by the output times information: (a) in the case of indicating that the body watching/listening time period matching information matches, acquiring the playback time limit information from the playback license information for the contents to set the acquired playback time limit information in the management information storing area in the recording medium, and (b) in the case of not indicating that the body watching/listening time period matching information matches, acquiring the usage time limit information from the output license information for the contents to set the acquired usage time limit information in the management information storing area in the recording medium.