Content management system for searching for and transmitting content
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1. A transmission apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit configured to transmit to an external apparatus identification information of content data stored in the transmission apparatus and to receive additional information associated with the content data from the external apparatus;
a searching unit configured to search content data from said transmission apparatus based on a comparison between the additional information received from the external apparatus and a search term;
a display unit configured to display a first list indicating content data matching the search term;
an editing unit configured to edit a second list of content data based on the first list, said second list registering a plurality of content data; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of content data to a reproduction apparatus based on the edited second list,wherein the display unit displays a warning that the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus if the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus.
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Abstract
A communication system including a first apparatus having a first storage medium, and a second apparatus for transmitting data to the first apparatus. The second apparatus has a second storage medium for storing management information of data to be transferred to the first storage medium, a communicator for communicating data with the first apparatus, an editor capable of editing the management information and a controller for making a control to transfer data stored in the second storage medium to the first storage medium by way of the communicator based on the management information edited by the editor.
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63 Claims
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1. A transmission apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit configured to transmit to an external apparatus identification information of content data stored in the transmission apparatus and to receive additional information associated with the content data from the external apparatus; a searching unit configured to search content data from said transmission apparatus based on a comparison between the additional information received from the external apparatus and a search term; a display unit configured to display a first list indicating content data matching the search term; an editing unit configured to edit a second list of content data based on the first list, said second list registering a plurality of content data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of content data to a reproduction apparatus based on the edited second list, wherein the display unit displays a warning that the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus if the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 59, 60)
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20. A transmission method comprising:
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transmitting to an external apparatus identification information of content data stored in a transmission apparatus; receiving additional information associated with the content data from the external apparatus; searching content data from said transmission apparatus based on a comparison between the additional information received from the external apparatus and a search term; displaying a first list indicating content data matching the search term on a display unit; editing a second list of content data based on the first list, said second list registering a plurality of content data; transmitting a plurality of content data to a reproduction apparatus based on the edited second list; and displaying a warning that the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus if the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 61)
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39. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a transmission method comprising:
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transmitting to an external apparatus identification information of content data stored in a transmission apparatus; receiving additional information associated with the content data from the external apparatus; searching content data from said transmission apparatus based on a comparison between the additional information received from the external apparatus and a search term; displaying a first list indicating content data matching the search term on a display unit; editing a second list of content data based on the first list, said second list registering a plurality of content data; transmitting a plurality of content data to a reproduction apparatus based on the edited second list; and displaying a warning that the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus if the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 62)
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58. A transmission system comprising:
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a reproduction apparatus including a reproducer configured to store and reproduce content data; and a transmission apparatus including, a communication unit configured to transmit to an external apparatus identification information of content data stored in the transmission apparatus and to receive additional information associated with the content data from the external apparatus; a searching unit configured to search content data from said transmission apparatus based on a comparison between the additional information received from the external apparatus and a search term; a display unit configured to display a first list indicating content data matching the search term; an editing unit configured to edit a second list of content data based on the first list, said second list registering a plurality of content data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of content data to the reproduction apparatus based on the edited second list, wherein the display unit displays a warning that the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus if the reproduction apparatus is not connected to the transmission apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (63)
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