IP Library Granted Patent US 8,417,097
Granted Patent B2
US 8,417,097 · App. 12/465,396 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Screen recording device, screen recording method, and information storage medium

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Patent No.
US 8,417,097
App. No.
12/465,396
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method capable of suppressing generation of data that needs to undergo a complicated copyright process for redistribution thereof. The method includes: executing a program and outputting and displaying a screen generated by the program; reproducing and outputting user-acquired audio acquired arbitrarily by a user; recording the screen output during a specified period along with the user-acquired audio, as video data; and restricting recording of the video data while the user-acquired audio is being output.

Claims (19)

1. A screen recording device, comprising:

image display output means for executing a program and outputting and displaying a screen generated by the program;

user-acquired audio reproduction and outputting means for reproducing and outputting user-acquired audio acquired arbitrarily by a user, according to a user's operation for a reproduction instruction;

video data recording means for recording the screen output, which is output by the image display output means, and the user-acquired audio, which is output by the user-acquired audio reproduction and outputting means, during a specified period as video data; and

recording restricting means for restricting recording of the video data while the user-acquired audio is being output.

2. A screen recording device according to claim 1 , further comprising transmission means for transmitting the video data to another device via a network.

3. A screen recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the recording restricting means rejects reproduction and outputting of the user-acquired audio when the reproduction and outputting of the user-acquired audio is instructed during the recording of the video data.

4. A screen recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the recording restricting means stops outputting of the user-acquired audio when the recording of the video data is started while the user-acquired audio is being output.

5. A screen recording device according to claim 4 , wherein the recording restricting means restarts the outputting of the user-acquired audio when the recording of the video data is brought to an end.

6. A screen recording method, comprising:

executing a program, and outputting and displaying a screen generated by the program;

reproducing and outputting user-acquired audio acquired arbitrarily by a user;

recording the screen output, which is output during the execution of the program, and the user-acquired audio, which is output during the reproducing and outputting of the user-acquired audio, during a specified period along with the user-acquired audio, as video data; and

restricting recording of the video data while the user-acquired audio is being output.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable information storage medium for storing a program for causing a computer to function as:

image display output means for executing the program and outputting and displaying a screen generated by the program;

user-acquired audio reproduction and outputting means for reproducing and outputting user-acquired audio acquired arbitrarily by a user;

video data recording means for recording the screen output, which is output by the image display output means, and the user-acquired audio, which is output by the user-acquired audio reproduction and outputting means, during a specified period along with the user-acquired audio, as video data; and

recording restricting means for restricting recording of the video data while the user-acquired audio is being output.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2011
From: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 027449/0469 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 26, 2011
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
Reel/Frame 027448/0895 →