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Method of purchasing personal recording media, system for purchasing personal recording media, and media recorded with personal recording media purchasing program

US5900608A · kind A · utility

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41Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1997
Grant dateMay 4, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H2201/50
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for purchasing a personal recording media includes a first entering unit for entering an identification information in order to identify a customer, a unit connected to the first entering unit for identifying whether or not the customer is an authorized customer based on the entered identification information, a second entering unit connected to the identifying unit for entering at least one designated information by the customer when the customer is identified as an authorized customer in accordance with the identifying unit, a unit for storing a plurality of information, a unit connected to the second entering unit and the information storing unit for reading information associated with the designated information by retrieving the plurality of information in the information storing unit based on the designated information entered by the second entering unit, and a unit connected to the information reading unit for recording the information read from the information storing unit into a predetermined recording media.

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