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Reproducing apparatus and reproducing method

US7092911B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 2000
Grant dateAug 15, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2207/16
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reproducing apparatus for reproducing data from a record medium having a program area and a management area, the program area being used for recording a plurality of files, the management area being used for managing forging prohibition information against a particular file recorded in the program area is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a calculating means for calculating the forging prohibition information managed in the management area of the record medium whenever a file recorded in the recorde medium is reproduced, a comparing means for comparing a value calculated by the calculating means corresponding to a former reproduction command with a value calculated by the calculating means corresponding to a current reproduction command, and a controlling means for permitting the file corresponding to the current reproduction command to be reproduced when the value calculated corresponding to the former reproduction command is the same as the value calculated corresponding to the current reproduction command as the result of the comparing means.

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