Data transfer apparatus and data transfer method

• US 7,242,856 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2002
• Issued: 07/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2001
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishida, Tessho, Tomizawa, Kenji, Awai, Shoichi, Kihara, Nobuyuki, Sakamoto, Ichiro, Tambata, Ippei
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai Q.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUNN, MISHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US10/161,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20030106068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,866 Days
• Field of Search: 386/46, 386124-126, 715/764, 715/801, 715/805, 345/704, 345/788, 345/781, 345/805, 345/806, 345/835, 345/841, 345/854, 345/855, 345/866
• US Class Current: 386/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42661 for reading from or writing on a magnetic storage medium, e.g. hard disk drive
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an apparatus along with a method for displaying a list of data to be transferred from one storage area to another in conjunction with a progress status report of the data transfer, thereby allowing users to know at a glance how far the transfer of desired data has progressed.

Claims

1. A data transfer apparatus for transferring data from a first storage area to a second storage area, said data transfer apparatus comprising:

inputting means through which to input selected data and management data with which to manage data that may be input from said first storage area;

outputting means for outputting data to said second storage area;

display controlling means for controlling output of display data to a connected display device for display on the display device;

storing means for storing the input management data and at least part of data associated with said display data displayed on said display device;

operation data inputting means through which to input operation data entered by a user from an input device; and

controlling means for causing said display controlling means to display on said display device a list of data that may be input in accordance with said input management data and a list of data already stored in the second storage area, said controlling means further causing the data which has been input through said operation data inputting means and which is designated to be transferred from said first storage area to said second storage area to be transferred, said controlling means further causing said display controlling means to give a predetermined indication to a region associated with currently transferred data in said list displayed on said display device, said indication reflecting progress of the data transfer, said controlling means further causing said display controlling means to display overall transfer progress status regarding all data that is designated to be transferred.

2. A data transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, based on said operation data input through said operation data inputting means, said controlling means further causes said display controlling means to put markings on the data designated to be transferred from said first storage area to said second storage area.

3. A data transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said indication reflecting the progress of said data transfer involves one data-associated area indication being replaced progressively by another indication.

4. A data transfer apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the progressive replacement of one indication by another indication is based on a ratio of all data to be transferred to data having been transferred at a certain point in time.

5. A data transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first storage area is a hard disc.

6. A data transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second storage area is an optical storage medium.

7. A data transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first storage area is a data transmission device connected to a network.

8. A data transfer method for transferring data from a first storage area to a second storage area, said data transfer method comprising steps of:

receiving management data with which to manage data that may be input from said first storage area;

storing the received management data in memory;

displaying on a display device a list of data that may be transferred in accordance with said management data and a list of data already stored in the second storage area;

transferring designated data from said first storage area to said second storage area in accordance with input information indicative of said designated data;

giving a predetermined indication to a region which shows information about currently transferred data in said list displayed on said display device, said indication reflecting progress of the data transfer; and

separately displaying transfer progress status based on a ratio of all data to be transferred to data having been transferred at a certain point in time.

9. A data transfer method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of putting markings on said list of data in a manner reflecting said designated data for transfer from said first storage area to said second storage area.

10. A data transfer method according to claim 8, wherein said indication reflecting the progress of said data transfer involves one data-associated area indication being replaced progressively by another indication.

11. A data transfer method according to claim 8, wherein the progressive replacement of one indication by another indication is based on said ratio of all data to be transferred to the data having been transferred at a certain point in time.