Recording device, recording method, recording program, and program recording medium

• US 20070014198A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Saito, Kazuyuki, Isozaki, Masaaki, Fukuda, Masaaki
• Application Number:
  US11/480,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20070014198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/30.200
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10768 by pre-caching the initial portion of songs or other recorded or downloaded data for starting playback instantly
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence

Abstract

A recording device includes a first recording control unit controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in content; a judging unit judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and a second recording control unit controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of data of the content in a recording medium to erase data of the portion from the recording medium.

Claims

1. A recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the recording device comprising:

first recording control means for controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

judging means for judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

second recording control means for controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to erase data of the portion from the first recording medium.

2. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the second recording control means controls recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to erase from the first recording medium the data of the content necessary for reproducing the entire portion recorded in the first recording medium.

3. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the second recording control means controls recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to erase from the first recording medium the data of the content, including the data of the content necessary for reproducing the entire portion recorded in the first recording medium and having a data amount which is an integer times as large as a recording unit in the first recording medium.

4. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the first recording control means controls recording to record data attribute information concerning an attribute of data in a portion, with which the priority indicated by the priority information is associated, together with the priority information.

5. A recording device according to claim 4, wherein the data attribute information indicates a position of data of a portion and a data amount of the data of the portion in the data of the entire content.

6. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the first recording control means controls recording of the priority information indicating the priority of a portion indicated by an index of the content.

7. A recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the recording device comprising:

a first recording control unit controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

a judging unit judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

a second recording control unit controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to erase data of the portion from the first recording medium.

8. A recording method for a recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the recording method comprising:

controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to erase data of the portion from the first recording medium.

9. A program for causing a computer to execute a process in a recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the process comprising:

controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to erase data of the portion from the first recording medium.

10. A program recording medium having recorded therein a program according to claim 9.

11. A recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the recording device comprising:

first recording control means for controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

judging means for judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

second recording control means for controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is not equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to record the data of the portion read out from the second recording medium in the first recording medium.

12. A recording device according to claim 11, wherein the second recording control means controls recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to record the data of the content necessary for reproducing the entire portion of the period in the first recording medium.

13. A recording device according to claim 11, wherein the second recording control means controls recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to record in the first recording medium the data of the content, including the data of the content necessary for reproducing the entire portion of the period of the predetermined length and having a data amount which is an integer times as large as a recording unit in the first recording medium.

14. A recording device according to claim 11, wherein the first recording control means controls recording to record data attribute information concerning an attribute of data in a portion, with which the priority indicated by the priority information is associated, together with the priority information.

15. A recording device according to claim 14, wherein the data attribute information indicates a position of data of a portion and a data amount of the data of the portion in the data of the entire content.

16. A recording device according to claim 11, wherein the first recording control means controls recording of the priority information indicating the priority of a portion indicated by an index of the content.

17. A recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the recording device comprising:

a first recording control unit controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

a judging unit judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

a second recording control unit controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is not equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to record the data of the portion read out from the second recording medium in the first recording medium.

18. A recording method for a recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the recording method comprising:

controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is not equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to record the data of the portion read out from the second recording medium in the first recording medium.

19. A program for causing a computer to execute a process in a recording device that records data of temporally-continuous content in a first recording medium, records data of an entire content in a second recording medium, when readout of data of the content is requested, reads out the data from the first recording medium, and reads out data following the data read out from the first recording medium from the second recording medium, the process comprising:

controlling recording of priority information indicating a priority for a portion of a period of a predetermined length in the content;

judging whether the priority for the portion is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and

controlling, when it is judged that the priority for the portion is not equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, recording of the data of the content in the first recording medium to record the data of the portion read out from the second recording medium in the first recording medium.

20. A program recording medium having recorded therein a program according to claim 19.