VIDEO CONTENT RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CONTENT TRANSFER METHOD

• US 20090169169A1
• Filed: 11/03/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakajima, Atsushi, Honsawa, Kunio
• Granted Patent: US 7,725,002 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/326
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/913 for scrambling ; for copy protection

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a content recording apparatus includes a management module configured to manage information on content that is transferred from a source apparatus and stored in a storage device, and the content the source apparatus has, a recording module configured to record the content transferred from the source apparatus to the storage device in the inactive state and to retain the content in the source apparatus, and a control module configured to issue a command to the source apparatus based on the information on the content managed by the management module if the user determines that the content is used, the command being intended to deactivate content the source apparatus has, and configured to activate the content stored in the storage device in response to deactivation of the content the source apparatus has.

Claims

1. A video content recording apparatus comprising:

a storage device configured to store copyright-protected video content in an active or inactive state;

a management module configured to manage information on video content that is transferred from a source apparatus and stored in the storage device, and the video content the source apparatus has;

a recording module configured to record the video content transferred from the source apparatus to the storage device in the inactive state and to retain the video content in the source apparatus;

an input module configured for a user'"'"'s determination whether or not to use the video content to be input to after the transfer of the video content is completed; and

a control module configured to issue a command to the source apparatus based on the information on the video content managed by the management module if the user inputs a determination for use, the command being intended to deactivate video content the source apparatus has, and configured to activate the video content stored in the storage device in response to deactivation of the video content the source apparatus has.

2. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

if the user inputs a determination not to use, the control module deletes the video content from the storage device, and deletes the information on the video content managed by the management module.

3. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an interrogation module configured to interrogate the source apparatus about information on video content the source apparatus has; and

a determination module configured to determine video content to be transferred from the source apparatus based on a result of the interrogation.

4. The video content recording apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the determination module determines the video content to be transferred from the source apparatus based on a condition set in advance.

5. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

after the recording of the video content in the storage device is completed, the video content retained in the source apparatus is deactivated and the control module then activates the video content stored in the storage device.

6. The video content recording apparatus of claim 5, wherein

if the user inputs a determination not to use, the control module deactivates the video content stored in the storage device and then issues a command for activating the video content the source apparatus has.

11. The video content transfer method of claim 6, wherein

after the recording of the video content in the destination apparatus is completed, the video content retained in the source apparatus is deactivated and the control module then activates the video content stored in the storage device.

12. The video content transfer method of claim 11, wherein

if the user inputs a determination not to use, the video content stored in the storage device is deactivated and a command is then issued to activate the video content the source apparatus has.

7. A video content transfer method for transferring copyright-protected video content from a source apparatus to a destination apparatus, the method comprising:

causing the determination apparatus to manage information on the video content to be transferred from the source apparatus and video content the destination apparatus has;

transferring the video content from the source apparatus to the destination apparatus and retaining video content in the source apparatus;

causing the source apparatus to record the video content to be transferred in a storage device of the source apparatus in an inactive state;

having a user input a determination whether or not to use the video content after the transfer of the video content is completed; and

deactivating, if the user inputs a determination to use, the video content the source apparatus has based on the managed information on the video content, and then activating the video content stored in the destination apparatus.

8. The video content transfer method of claim 7, wherein

if the user inputs a determination not to use, the source apparatus deletes the video content from the storage device, and deletes the information on the video content.

9. The video content transfer method of claim 7, wherein

the destination apparatus interrogates the source apparatus about information on video content the source apparatus has;

and

the destination apparatus determines video content to be transferred from the source apparatus based on a result of the interrogation.

10. The video content transfer method of claim 9, wherein

the video content to be transferred from the source apparatus is determined based on a condition set in advance.