Patent ID: 8385177

Claim:
A content transmitting apparatus which transmits content of a first recording medium that is digital copyrighted work including a plurality of content blocks, the apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the content to an external apparatus, for each of the plurality of content blocks, and further transmit copy control information indicating copy permission of the content that corresponds to the content block that is being transmitted, content identification information identifying the content that corresponds to the content block that is being transmitted, and content status information that is position information for the content block that is being transmitted, the content status information indicating a position of the block in the content, wherein: the transmission unit is configured to: repeat transmitting the copy control information from a start of transmitting the content to an end of transmitting the content, repeat transmitting the content identification information from the start of transmitting the content to the end of transmitting the content, transmit (i) at least twice, content status information indicating that the content block that is being transmitted is located at a head part of the content, (ii) content status information indicating that the content block that is being transmitted is located at a central part of the content, and (iii) at least twice, content status information indicating that the content block that is being transmitted is located at an end part of the content, and include, when the content identification information is divided into first information and second information different from each other, flag information into the first information and transmit the second information after the first information, the flag information indicating that information related to the content identification information follows.