Patent ID: 7665145

Claim:
A method for moving content, the method being performed by a device including an analyzing unit, a control unit and a memory, the method comprising: checking, via the analyzing unit, whether or not content control information includes moving control information; if the checking step determines the content control information includes the moving control information, judging, via the analyzing unit, whether or not the content can be moved from the memory to an external entity based on the moving control information, wherein the moving control information is distinguished from copy control information indicating whether or not a copy of the content is permitted; determining, via the analyzing unit, whether a communication is possible with the external entity through an interface, if the judging step determines the content can be moved; moving, via the control unit, the content to the external entity if the judging step judges the content can be moved based on the moving control information and the determining step determines the communication is possible; and deleting, via the control unit, the content stored in the memory if the moving step moves the content to the external entity, wherein the content control information is also moved to the external entity according to the moving of the contents.