Patents by Inventor Kenjiro Ueda

Kenjiro Ueda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110317983
    Abstract: To provide an apparatus, a recording medium and a method for effectively preventing unauthorized use of a content. A content containing broken data different from correct content member data is recorded on an information recording medium. Furthermore, transform data, as the correct member data, to be substituted for the broken data, and a fix-up table storing setting position information of the content are recorded on the information recording medium. During the content playback process, the transform data is substituted for the content member data in accordance with the fix-up table recorded on the information recording medium. With this arrangement, even if the encryption key corresponding to the encrypted content recorded on the information recording medium is leaked, an apparatus unable to acquire the transform data cannot play back the content. Unauthorized use of the content is thus controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Katsumi Muramatsu, Jun Yonemitsu
  • Publication number: 20110320811
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a data processing unit that executes a process of reproducing content recorded in a medium, wherein the data processing unit acquires a token from the medium, the token being management data corresponding to content recorded in the medium, compares a server ID recorded in the acquired token with a server ID recorded in a server certificate acquired from a server from which the management data is acquired, and halts reproduction of content when the two server IDs are not identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Koji Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kuno, Takamichi Hayashi, Munetake Ebihara
  • Publication number: 20110282760
    Abstract: Provided is a server apparatus including a first payment-information transmitting and receiving unit and a copy-permission-information providing unit. The first payment-information transmitting and receiving unit transmits and receives, via a network with respect to an information processing apparatus capable of reproducing a medium for rental in which a content protected from copying is recorded, information about payment necessary for obtaining a copy permission of a content recorded in the medium. The copy-permission-information providing unit provides information of permitting copying of the content via the network to the information processing apparatus every time when the copy-permission-information providing unit confirms completion of the payment through the transmission and reception of the information about the payment with respect to the information processing apparatus of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Abiko, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 8042188
    Abstract: To provide an apparatus, a recording medium and a method for effectively preventing unauthorized use of a content. A content containing broken data different from correct content member data is recorded on an information recording medium. Furthermore, transform data, as the correct member data, to be substituted for the broken data, and a fix-up table storing setting position information of the content are recorded on the information recording medium. During the content playback process, the transform data is substituted for the content member data in accordance with the fix-up table recorded on the information recording medium. With this arrangement, even if the encryption key corresponding to the encrypted content recorded on the information recording medium is leaked, an apparatus unable to acquire the transform data cannot play back the content. Unauthorized use of the content is thus controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Katsumi Muramatsu, Jun Yonemitsu
  • Publication number: 20110252323
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a communication unit which performs communication with a management server; and a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit performs processing for displaying a content list having a data entry compatible with a copy unit included in recorded data of the first medium on a display unit on the basis of the received information from the management server, and the data processing unit displays a data entry in which the data form of each copy unit is identifiable in accordance with selection information included in the received information from the management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tateo OISHI, Kenjiro UEDA, Kazuo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110249543
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit performs processing for referencing selection information received from a management server, selecting a copy unit having a data form defined as copy permitted data in the selection information from the first medium, and copying the copy unit to the second medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tateo OISHI, Kenjiro UEDA, Kazuo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110252484
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit performs processing for referencing copy restriction information received from a management server, comparing the copy restriction information with apparatus setting information set in a memory of the information processing apparatus, determining whether or not the copy processing is permitted in accordance with the comparison result, and copying recorded data of the first medium to the second medium under the condition it is determined that the copy processing is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tateo Oishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110249957
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit receives three-dimensional image restriction information as copy restriction information of a three-dimensional image from a management server, and when a three-dimensional image is included in copy data from the first medium, performs processing for referencing the three-dimensional image restriction information, determining whether or not the copy processing is permitted, and copying recorded data of the first medium to the second medium under the condition it is determined that the copy processing is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tateo Oishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Kazuo Yamamoto, Motoki Kato, Shinobu Hattori
  • Publication number: 20110252058
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit receives playlist sequence information which represents the use sequence of a playlist applied to reproduction processing of copy data recorded in the second medium, from a management server and performs processing for generating an attribute file which stores the playlist sequence information and recording the generated attribute file in the second medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tateo Oishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Kazuo Yamamoto, Motoki Kato
  • Patent number: 8017610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof having superior glucokinase activating activity, and is a compound represented by general formula (I), or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein, A represents, for example, an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, R1 represents, for example, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group or a C1-C6 halogenated alkyl group, A and R1 together with the carbon atom bonded thereto form a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R2 represents a phenyl group that may be substituted with 1 to 5 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ? or a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R3 represents a hydroxy group or a C1-C6 alkoxy group, and Substituent Group ? consists of, for example, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkyl group substituted with 1 or 2 hyd
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Furukawa, Takehiro Fukuzaki, Yukari Onishi, Hideki Kobayashi, Takeshi Honda, Yumi Matsui, Masahiro Konishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Tetsuyoshi Matsufuji
  • Patent number: 8010806
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a content usage control information analyzer configured to read content usage control information recorded on an information recording medium and to perform content usage processing according to the content usage control information. The content usage control information analyzer determines whether the usage of content corresponding to the content usage control information is allowed based on a value of a flag included in the content usage control information and device information whether the information processing apparatus is an extended device having an extended function or a basic device without an extended function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Kenjiro Ueda, Satoshi Kitani, Tomoyuki Asano, Katsumi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 7991832
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, that obtains pieces of content information relating to content recorded in an information recording medium, includes a content identifier generation unit configured to read a content certificate which is recorded in the recording medium and which corresponds to the content stored in the information recording medium, and generates a content identifier by combining hash values which correspond to the content and which are included in data stored in the content certificate, a data transmitting unit configured to transmit the content identifier generated using the content identifier generation unit to a content information provision server, a data receiving unit configured to receive, from the content information provision server, the pieces of content information relating to the content which is specified on the basis of the content identifier, and a data outputting unit configured to output the pieces of content information received using the data receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Hatanaka, Shinichiro Torii, Hidehito Suzuki, Kouichi Kasai, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 7983416
    Abstract: An information processing device that executes processing for outputting recording data to an information recording medium includes a storing unit that stores common data that includes encrypted content, key information applied to decoding of the encrypted content, and content management information and, data content of which is unchanged even if a medium as a data recording destination is changed, a media-specific-data generating unit that generates media specific data, data content of which is changed according to the medium as the data recording destination, an output-data generating unit that generates output data based on the common data and the media specific data, and a data outputting unit that outputs the data generated by the output-data generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 7979709
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes content verification means for executing a verification processing of a recording content recorded on an information recording medium, and content play means for executing a content play processing on a condition that validity of the recording content is checked on the basis of the verification processing. The content verification means acquires from the information recording medium a content hash table having registered therein hash values generated on the basis of legal recording content data and executes a processing for verifying a presence or absence of an illegal recording content whose hash value is not registered in the content hash table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Publication number: 20110149708
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit that generates data for copy of data recorded on an information recording medium, wherein the information recording medium has a configuration in which data encrypted by applying an individual unit key in unit of a unit, which is segment data corresponding to an individual title, is recorded, and the data processing unit acquires title information recorded in copy processing information acquired from the information recording medium or a management server, acquires a unit key corresponding to the acquired title information, and executes decryption processing in unit of the unit by the acquired unit key to generate the data for copy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Kenjiro UEDA, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7962533
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit for reading data from a recording medium, a storage unit for storing a variety of types of data, and a control unit for controlling setting of a directory structure when a first data group recorded on a first recording medium and a second data group recorded on the storage unit are recorded on a second recording medium different from the first recording medium. The control unit includes a first detecting unit for detecting the directory structure of the first data group recorded on the first recording medium, a second detecting unit for detecting the directory structure of the second data group stored on the storage unit, and a setting unit for setting the directory structure in accordance with which the first data group read by the reading unit from the first recording medium and the second data group stored on the storage unit are recorded on the second recording medium directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Kato, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenjiro Ueda
  • Publication number: 20110131665
    Abstract: A configuration is achieved in which content copying between media and content downloading are performed effectively and under strict management. In content copying between media, the identification information (medium ID) of a copying destination medium is obtained using an API for providing a predefined processing, then the obtained medium ID is transmitted to a server to obtain copying permission information from the server, and then content copying is performed under the management of the server. This configuration allows a copying destination medium to be managed, which can eliminate the unauthorized use of the content. Also, the configuration in which content downloading from the server is performed according to, for example, a Java® program allows a ROM disc on which the content is recorded to store the program and to be provided to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Jun Yonemitsu, Masanobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7917964
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing information, method and apparatus for manufacturing an information recording medium, an information recording medium, and a computer program are provided. An information processing apparatus for playing back a content recorded on an information recording medium and includes a data transform processor performing a substitution process on content member data recorded on the information recording medium. The data transform processor substitutes transform data as substitute data for the content member data in accordance with a fix-up table holding recording position information of the transform data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Katsumi Muramatsu, Jun Yonemitsu
  • Publication number: 20110035423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus, a reproducing method, a program, a program storage medium, a data delivery system, a data structure, and a manufacturing method of a recording medium for easily handling a content file recorded on a disk and an update file recorded on a local storage. Downloaded data can be handled with a file having a path name and a file name on the local storage being different from a file having a path name and a file name on a virtual file system based on a path name specified by an src_file_name field of and a path name specified by a dst_file_name field of a manifest ( ) section. The present invention is applicable to reproducing apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Kouichi UCHIMURA, Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Yoshikazu TAKASHIMA, Kenjiro UEDA
  • Patent number: 7885512
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus plays back content including a plurality of divided playback zones, a playlist being associated with each of the divided playback zones. The information processing apparatus includes a playlist selection information obtaining unit obtaining a plurality of pieces of playlist selection information including information concerning a playback sequence of play items which are set as content playback unit data, the plurality of pieces of playlist selection information being obtained in accordance with the number of playback zones included in the content, a playlist selector selecting a plurality of playlists on the basis of the plurality of pieces of playlist selection information obtained by the playlist selection information obtaining unit, a playlist integrating processor generating an integrated playlist by integrating the plurality of playlists selected by the playlist selector, and a content playback unit playing back the content on the basis of the integrated playlist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Motoki Kato, Katsumi Muramatsu