IP Library Granted Patent US 7,415,619
Granted Patent B2
US 7,415,619 · App. 10/637,595 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information on and from recording disc

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Patent No.
US 7,415,619
App. No.
10/637,595
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A recording disc has a lead-in area and a data area. A scrambled version of a SID code word is read out from the lead-in area of the disc. The SID code word represents a producer of the disc. The readout scrambled version is de-scrambled to recover the SID code word. The recovered SID code word is collated with reference SID code words to decide whether or not the disc is legitimate. Main information is read out from the data area of the disc when it is decided that the disc is legitimate. Readout of the main information from the data area of the disc is inhibited when it is decided that the disc is not legitimate.

Claims (14)

1. A digital signal recording disc comprising:

a post cutting area, a lead-in area, and a data area,

the data area storing main information,

the post cutting area and the lead-in area including a first control area and a second control area, respectively, the second control area having sectors for recording copyright information which contains a first an SID code word and a first word of a copy inhibition code,

wherein a modulation signal resulting from modulation with a phase encoding signal and representing a second SID code word and a second word of the copy inhibition code is recorded on the first control area in the post cutting area, the phase encoding signal having a phase depending on whether a bit is “1” or “0”, the first and second SID code words representing a disc producer,

wherein the first and second SID code word is referred to and is collated with internationally-registered referenced SID code words by a reproducing apparatus when the main information is played back by the reproducing apparatus,

wherein the first or second word of the copy inhibition code is recovered by the reproducing apparatus, and a decision about whether or not the recovered word of the copy inhibition code indicates copy inhibition is performed by the reproducing apparatus, and

wherein the first and second SID code word is referred to before the main information is played back by the reproducing apparatus.

2. A method of reproducing information from a digital signal recording disc having a post cutting area, a lead-in area, and a data area, the data area storing main information, the post cutting area and the lead-in area including a first control area and a second control area, respectively, the second control area having sectors for recording copyright information which contains a first an SID code word and a first word of a copy inhibition code, wherein a modulation signal resulting from modulation with a phase encoding signal and representing a second SID code word and a second word of the copy inhibition code is recorded on the first control area in the post cutting area, the phase encoding signal having a phase depending on whether a bit is “1” or “0”, the first and second SID code words representing a producer of the disc, the method comprising the steps of: reading out the first and second SID code word from the first control area and the second control area of the disc; collating the readout SID code word with internationally-registered reference SID code words which represent disc producers respectively when the main information is played back by a reproducing apparatus; reading out the first and second word of the copy inhibition code from the first control area and the second control area lead in area of the disc; deciding whether or not the readout word of the copy inhibition code indicates copy inhibition; playing back the main information; and inhibiting copying the main information when the readout word of copy inhibition code indicates copy inhibition.

3. A method of recording information to a digital signal recording disc having a post cutting area, a lead-in area, and a data area, the data area storing main information, the post cutting area and the lead-in area including a first control area and a second control area, respectively, the second control area having sectors for recording copyright information which contains a first SID code word and a first word of a copy inhibition code, wherein a modulation signal resulting from modulation with a phase encoding signal and representing a second SID code word and a second word of the copy inhibition code is recorded on the first control area in the post cutting area, the phase encoding signal having a phase depending on whether a bit is “1” or “0”, the first and second SID code words representing a producer of the disc, the method comprising the steps of:

encoding main information, a first SID code word, and a first word of the copy inhibition code to get encoded main information, a first encoded SID code word, and a first encoded word of the copy inhibition code;

phase-encoding a second SID code word and a second word of the copy inhibition code to get a second encoded SID code word and a second encoded word of the copy inhibition code;

recording the encoded main information to the data area, and recording the first encoded SID code word and the first encoded word of the copy inhibition code to the second control area of the lead-in area; and

bar-code-pattern-recording the second encoded SID code word and the second encoded word of the copy inhibition code to the first control area of the post cutting area of the disc.

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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE PATENT NUMBERS 10342096;10671117; 10716375; 10716376;10795407;10795408; AND 10827591 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 58314 FRAME: 657. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 17, 2015
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2012
From: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
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