Information providing and collecting apparatus with associated primary and secondary recording mediums

• US 5,724,546 A
• Filed: 10/22/1996
• Issued: 03/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsutsui, Kyoya
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matthew M.
• Application Number:
  US08/735,209
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 395/488, 395/492, 395/489, 395/833, 395/442, 395/282, 395/444, 395/608, 345/901, 345/185, 369/272, 346/20
• US Class Current: 711/116
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/08 in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2525 Magneto-optical [MO] discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content storing computer data in solid state memories G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 2207/16 Solid state audio deprecated, only for historical reasons, G06F3/16, G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/16 Storage of analogue signals in digital stores using an arrangement comprising analogue/digital [A/D] converters, digital memories and digital/analogue [D/A] converters

Abstract

An information recording/reproducing device (portable recorder) of an information providing and collecting apparatus, which comprises an information recording unit for recording information into a primary recording medium, e.g., a semiconductor memory; an information reproducing unit for reproducing information recorded in the primary recording medium; and an information selector and a reproduction selector for selecting a specific portion of information recorded in the primary recording medium. The information recording unit is controlled by a control unit so that it records select information indicating a specific portion of information from the information selector. In addition, the information reproducing unit is controlled by the control unit so that it reproduces, from the primary recording medium, information of the specific portion specified by select information to transfer the reproduced information to a secondary recording medium, e.g., a magneto-optical disk.

Claims

1. An information providing and collecting apparatus comprising:

selector means for selecting a specific portion of information recorded in a primary recording medium,

said apparatus being adapted to record select information indicating the specific portion of information from said selector means into said primary recording medium to transfer the information of the specific portion specified by said select information to a secondary recording medium, wherein information recorded in said primary recording medium is information recorded while simultaneously being divided by information dividing means.

3. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein audio information is included in information recorded in said primary recording medium.

4. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein picture information is included in information recorded in said primary recording medium.

5. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein character information is included in information recorded in said primary recording medium.

6. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein said primary recording medium is comprised of a semiconductor memory.

7. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein said information dividing means detects a specific signal to carry out division of information.

8. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein selection of the specific portion of information is made by carrying out inputting to said selector means during reproduction of any portion of the information.

9. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein date information is recorded onto or into said secondary recording medium at a time of transfer to said secondary recording medium.

10. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 2, which further comprises clock means so that date information can be recorded.

2. An information providing and collecting apparatus comprising:

reproducing means for reproducing information recorded in a primary recording medium;

selector means for selecting a portion to be transferred to a secondary recording medium of information recorded in said primary recording medium; and

recording means for recording, into said secondary recording medium, select information specified by said selector means, wherein information recorded in said primary recording medium is information recorded while simultaneously being divided by information dividing means.