INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM.

摘要

IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSOR HAVING A FUNCTION TO CHECK OUT A CONTENT TO A PORTABLE DEVICE (6) SUCH AS A PORTABLE DISC PLAYER, A CONTENT IS RECORDED TO A CONTENT DATA BASE (114) UNDER THE CONTROL OF A CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (111), AND IT IS SET UNDER THE CONTROL OF A DISPLAY/OPERATION INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (112) WHETHER THE RECORDED CONTENT HAS TO BE CHECKED OUT TO THE PORTABLE DEVICE (6).IF A CONTENT IS RECORDED IN CASE IT HAS BEEN SET THAT THE CONTENT HAS TO BE CHECKED OUT, THE CONTENT HAVING BEEN RECORDED IN THE CONTENT DATA BASE (114) IS CHECKED OUT TO THE PORTABLE DEVICE (6). (FIGURE 1)