Information providing and collecting apparatus and recording medium

• US 6,198,702 B1
• Filed: 05/24/1999
• Issued: 03/06/2001
• 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): DINH, TAN X
• Application Number:
  US09/317,411
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 369/7, 369/6, 455/66, 455/67.1, 455/575, 455/9
• US Class Current: 369/7
• 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 providing and collecting apparatus includes an information dividing circuit and an adding means. The information dividing circuit divides an input signal into information segments based on a break in information being carried by the input signal, or a marker in the input signal generated by a user indicating an end of an information segment. The adding means adds an information division signal in advance of each of the information segments.

Claims

1. An information providing and collecting apparatus, comprising:

an information dividing circuit for dividing an input signal into information segments based on a break in information being carried by said input signal or a marker in said input signal generated by a user indicating an end of an information segment; and

adding means for adding an information division signal in advance of each of said information segments.

2. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said information division signal is a signal of a specified frequency.

3. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein information is transmitted by radio.

4. The information providing and collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein information is transmitted by wire.