Patent ID: 7512611

Claim:
An information processing system, comprising: a first electronic apparatus; and a second electronic apparatus connectable to the first electronic apparatus through a network, the first electronic apparatus including: a control device; an information acquiring portion to acquire copy control information indicative of at least whether copy of a content is permitted or not; a meta-data generating portion to generate meta-data containing in a specific area the copy control information acquired by the information acquiring portion; a data transmission processing portion to transmit the meta-data generated by the meta-data generating portion to the network; and a transcode processing portion capable of converting one content to contents of different qualities by executing different transcode processes, the meta-data generating portion generating the meta-data containing, in the specific area, information indicative of permission of copy for one generation, with respect to a content whose quality is lowered under a predetermined reference value by a transcode process, even if the copy control information indicates that no more copy is permitted, the second electronic apparatus including: a meta-data acquiring portion to acquire the meta-data transmitted to the network; a meta-data analyzing portion to analyze information contained in the meta-data acquired by the meta-data acquiring portion; and an information display processing portion to display information indicative of a kind of a process that is permitted to be performed with respect to the content, based on the copy control information contained in the information analyzed by the meta-data analyzing portion, the specific area in the meta-data containing description of attribute information relating to a resource of the content, and the copy control information being described as a part of the attribute information.