Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium

• US 20060209448A1
• Filed: 05/23/2006
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Data Scape Limited (Atlantic IP Services Limited)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Inagaki, Shoji, Togashi, Ryuichiro, Hirano, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 7,239,469 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 360/69
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1217 on discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10833 Copying or moving data from one record carrier to another
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10842 wherein not all recorded data are copied or moved
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2209/02 transducing on or investigating record carriers or information recording transducers or systems by using near-field interactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/0305 Semiconductor memories
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/36 Signals on record carriers or on containers and recorded by the same method as the main recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/309 Table of contents
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/28 Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one optical record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers

Abstract

A data recording apparatus recording data of a CD on an HDD in a manner such that the content of record in the CD is faithfully accounted for and shortening an operation time for a synchronized ripping operation. When the data recording apparatus reads, from the CD, track data managed by track, according to TOC, and records the track data onto the HDD, the data recording apparatus recognizes data unrecorded on the HDD, from among the track data recorded on the CD. This recognition process is automatically performed based on the TOC read from the CD, and album information replayed using the TOC and held by the HDD. The recording apparatus reproduces and outputs only the unrecorded data from the CD based on the recognition result concerning the unrecorded data. In this way, the data already recorded on the HDD is not transferred from the CD to the HDD. The operation time for the synchronized ripping operation is reduced accordingly.

Claims

1. A data recording apparatus comprising:

receiver configured to receive data from an external server having a first recording medium that stores data and first management data for managing the data;

data recorder configured to record the data received by the receiver on a second recording medium;

management data producer configured to produce second management data for managing data recorded on the second recording medium based on the first management data; and

controller configured to control a recording procedure based on a determining result of data unrecorded on the second recording medium by comparing the first management data received by the receiver with the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

2. The data recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

data reader for reading data from a third recording medium that stores data and third management data for managing the data,

wherein the management data producer produces second management data for managing data based on the third management data, and

the controller controls a recording procedure based on a determining result of data unrecorded on the second recording medium by comparing the third management data received by the receiver with the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

3. The data recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the receiver to receive data determined as an unrecorded data based on the determining result.

4. The data recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the recorder to record data determined as an unrecorded data based on the determining result.

5. The data recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the recording procedure not to record data determined as a recorded data based o the determining result.

6. The data recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first management data is a data number indicating data recorded on the first recording medium.

7. The data recording apparatus according to claim 1, the data recorder records the additional information.

8. The data recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the additional information includes at least title information corresponding to the data.

9. A data recording method comprising steps of:

receiving step of receiving data from an external server having a first recording medium that stores data and first management data for managing the data;

data recording step of recording the data received by the receiver on a second recording medium;

management data producing step of producing second management data for managing data recorded on the second recording medium based on the first management data; and

controlling step of controlling a recording procedure based on a determining result o data unrecorded on the second recording medium by comparing the first management data received by the receiving step with the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

10. The data recording method according to claim 9, further comprising:

data reading of reading data from a third recording medium that stores data and third management data for managing the data,

wherein the management data producing step produces second management data for managing data based on the third management data, and

the controlling step controls a recording procedure based on a determining result of data unrecorded on the second recording medium by comparing the third management data received by the receiving step with the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

11. The data recording method according to claim 9, wherein the controlling step controls the receiving step to receive data determined as an unrecorded data based on the determining result.

12. The data recording method according to claim 9, wherein the controlling step controls the recorder to record data determined as an unrecorded data based on the determining result.

13. The data recording method according to claim 9, wherein the controlling step controls the recording procedure not to record data determined as a recorded data based on the determining result.

14. The data recording method according to claim 9, wherein the first management data is a data number indicating data recorded on the first recording medium.

15. The data recording method according to claim 9, wherein the receiving stop further receives an additional information related with the data and the data recorder records the additional information.

16. The data recording method according to claim 15, wherein the additional information includes at least title information corresponding to the data.

18. The medium storing a program of data recording according to claim 9, further comprising:

data reading of reading data from a third recording medium that stores data and third management data for managing the data,

wherein the management data producing step produces second management data for managing data based on the third management data, and

the controlling step controls a recording procedure based on a determining result of data unrecorded on the second recording medium by comparing the third management data received by the receiving step with the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

19. The medium storing a program of data recording according to claim 9, wherein the controlling step controls the receiving step to receive data determined as an unrecorded data based on the determining result.

20. The medium storing a program of data recording according to claim 9, wherein the controlling step controls the recorder to record data determined as an unrecorded data based on the determining result.

21. The medium storing a program of data recording according to claim 9, wherein the controlling step controls the recording procedure not to record data determined as a recorded data based on the determining result.

22. The medium storing a program of data recording according to claim 9, wherein the first management data is a data number indicating data recorded on the first recording medium.

23. The medium storing a program of data recording according to claim 9, wherein the receiving step further receives an additional information related with the data and the data recorder records the additional information.

24. The medium storing a program of data recording according to claim 15, wherein the additional information includes at least title information corresponding to the data.

17. A medium storing a program of data recording, the program comprising steps of:

receiving step of receiving data from an external server having a first recording medium that stores data and first management data for managing the data;

data recording step of recording the data received by the receiver on a second recording medium;

management data producing step of producing second management data for managing data recorded on the second recording medium based on the first management data; and

controlling step of controlling a recording procedure based on a determining result of data unrecorded on the second recording medium by comparing the first management data received by the receiving step with the second management data

recorded on the second recording medium.