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Recording and reproducing system, server apparatus, recording and reproducing method, terminal apparatus, operating method, and program storage medium

  • US 20020046241A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2001
  • Published: 04/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A recording and reproducing system constituted by a server apparatus and terminal apparatuses connected over a local area network;

  • wherein each of said terminal apparatuses comprises;

    operation request generating means for generating a reproduction request bound for said server apparatus; and

    terminal-side communicating means for communicating with said server apparatus over said local area network; and

    wherein said server apparatus comprises;

    server-side communicating means for communicating with each of said terminal apparatuses over said local area network;

    server-side recording/reproducing means for recording and reproducing video data to and from a predetermined server-side storage medium; and

    server-side controlling means which, in response to said reproduction request sent from any one of said terminal apparatuses over said local area network, causes said server-side recording/reproducing means to reproduce said video data from said server-side storage medium and transmits the reproduced video data through said server-side communicating means to the requesting terminal apparatus over said local area network.

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