Patent ID: 7968783

Claim:
A system for transferring information on attribute comprising a recording/reproducing apparatus that reproduces music composition data from a reproducing medium and records the music composition data on a recording medium and an attribute information providing server which is connected to said recording/reproducing apparatus through a communication and provides attribute information indicating an attribute of the music composition data recorded on the reproducing medium, characterized in that said recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: identification information acquiring means for acquiring identification information on the reproducing medium from the reproducing medium; identification information transmitting means for transmitting the identification information acquired from said identification information acquiring means to said attribute information providing server; attribute information receiving means for receiving the attribute information sent from said attribute information providing server; recording means for recording the attribute information received by said attribute information receiving means on a recording medium, and control instructing means for sending communication suppression information for instructing the suppression of a communication to said server in synchronization with the start of a reproducing/recording operation in said recording/reproducing apparatus and sending suppression cancellation information for instructing the cancellation of the suppressed communication to said server in synchronization with the end of the reproducing/recording operation in said recording/reproducing apparatus, and said attribute information providing server comprising: identification information receiving means for receiving the identification information sent from said identification information transmitting means; attribute information acquiring means for acquiring attribute information corresponding to the identification information received from said identification information receiving means by accessing an attribute information database in which attribute information is prestored; and attribute information transmitting means for transmitting the attribute information acquired from said attribute information acquiring means to said recording/reproducing apparatus through a communication.