Recorded information managing apparatus and recorded information managing method
First Claim
1. A recorded information managing apparatus to be used in a network system in which a plurality of AV appliances including a first AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a first recording medium, which is detachable, and a second AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a second recording medium, which is incorporated in this network system, are connected to each other via a digital interface, wherein said recorded information managing apparatus comprises a recording control section for, under the situation that said first AV appliance is recording the information in said first recording medium, recording the information with regard to this recorded information in said second recording medium by said second AV appliance;
- and said recorded information managing apparatus is capable of managing the information recorded in said first recording medium by reproducing the information recorded in said second recording medium by using said second AV appliance.
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Abstract
A plurality of AV appliances including a VTR and a HDD are connected to a network via a digital interface. The information with regard to the recorded information is recorded in a hard disk by a HDD in the information recording state to record the information in a tape by the VTR. Then, the information, which is recorded in the hard disk, is shared by respective AV appliances, which are connected to the network, so that it is possible to manage the recorded information in the tape.
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18 Claims
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1. A recorded information managing apparatus to be used in a network system in which a plurality of AV appliances including a first AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a first recording medium, which is detachable, and a second AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a second recording medium, which is incorporated in this network system, are connected to each other via a digital interface,
wherein said recorded information managing apparatus comprises a recording control section for, under the situation that said first AV appliance is recording the information in said first recording medium, recording the information with regard to this recorded information in said second recording medium by said second AV appliance; - and
said recorded information managing apparatus is capable of managing the information recorded in said first recording medium by reproducing the information recorded in said second recording medium by using said second AV appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A recorded information managing apparatus to be used in a network system in which a plurality of AV appliances including a first AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a first recording medium, which is detachable, and a second AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a second recording medium, which is incorporated in this network system, are connected to each other via a digital interface,
wherein said recorded information managing apparatus comprises a recording control section for, under the situation that said first AV appliance is continuously recording the information in said first recording medium, intermittently recording this recorded information in said second recording medium by said second AV appliance.
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7. A recorded information managing method to be used in a network system in which a plurality of AV appliances including a first AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a first recording medium, which is detachable, and a second AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a second recording medium, which is incorporated in this network system, are connected to each other via a digital interface,
wherein said recorded information managing method has a recording control step for, under the situation that said first AV appliance is recording the information in said first recording medium, recording the information with regard to this recorded information in said second recording medium by said second AV appliance; - and
the information recorded in said first recording medium is capable of being managed by reproducing the information recorded in said second recording medium by using said second AV appliance. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A recorded information managing method to be used in a network system in which a plurality of AV appliances including a first AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a first recording medium, which is detachable, and a second AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a second recording medium, which is incorporated in this network system, are connected to each other via a digital interface,
wherein said recorded information managing method has a recording control step for, under the situation that said first AV appliance is continuously recording the information in said first recording medium, intermittently recording this recorded information in said second recording medium by said second AV appliance.
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12. A recorded information managing system to be used in a network system in which a plurality of AV appliances including a first AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a first recording medium, which is detachable, and a second AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a second recording medium, which is incorporated in this network system, are connected to each other via a digital interface,
wherein, under the situation that said first AV appliance is recording the information in said first recording medium, said second AV appliance records the information with regard to this recorded information in said second recording medium; - and said recorded information managing system is capable of managing the information recorded in said first recording medium by reproducing the information recorded in said second recording medium by using said second AV appliance.
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14. A recorded information managing system to be used in a network system in which a plurality of AV appliances including a first AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a first recording medium, which is detachable, and a second AV appliance for recording and reproducing the information in a second recording medium, which is incorporated in this network system, are connected to each other via a digital interface,
wherein, under the situation that said first AV appliance is continuously recording the information in said first recording medium, said second AV appliance intermittently records this recorded information in said second recording medium.
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17. A recorded information managing apparatus comprising:
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a first AV device configured to record and reproduce information on and from a first recording medium that is removably attached to the apparatus;
a second AV device configured to be connected to the first AV device by a digital interface in a network and to record and reproduce information on and from a second recording medium incorporated in the apparatus; and
means for causing the second AV device to record, on the second recording medium, information about the information which the first AV device is recording on the first recording medium, wherein the second AV device reproduces the information from the second recording medium, thereby to manage the information stored on the first recording medium.
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18. A recorded information managing apparatus comprising:
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a first AV device configured to record and reproduce information on and from a first recording medium that is removably attached to the apparatus;
a second AV device configured to be connected to the first AV device by a digital interface in a network and to record and reproduce information on and from a second recording medium incorporated in the apparatus; and
means for causing the second AV device to record information intermittently on the second recording medium, while the first AV device is continuously recording the information on the first recording medium.
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