Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium

• US 7,239,469 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2006
• Issued: 07/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Data Scape Limited (Atlantic IP Services Limited)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hirano, Koji, Inagaki, Shoji, Togashi, Ryuichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): TZENG, FRED
• Application Number:
  US11/438,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20060209448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 360/69, 705/14, 700/94, 713/200, 713/168, 713/193, 380/227, 710/1
• US Class Current: 360/69
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1217 on discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10833 Copying or moving data from one record carrier to another
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10842 wherein not all recorded data are copied or moved
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2209/02 transducing on or investigating record carriers or information recording transducers or systems by using near-field interactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/0305 Semiconductor memories
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/36 Signals on record carriers or on containers and recorded by the same method as the main recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/309 Table of contents
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/28 Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one optical record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers

Abstract

A data recording apparatus recording data of a CD on an HDD in a manner such that the content of record in the CD is faithfully accounted for and shortening an operation time for a synchronized ripping operation. When the data recording apparatus reads, from the CD, track data managed by track, according to TOC, and records the track data onto the HDD, the data recording apparatus recognizes data unrecorded on the HDD, from among the track data recorded on the CD. This recognition process is automatically performed based on the TOC read from the CD, and album information replayed using the TOC and held by the HDD. The recording apparatus reproduces and outputs only the unrecorded data from the CD based on the recognition result concerning the unrecorded data. In this way, the data already recorded on the HDD is not transferred from the CD to the HDD. The operation time for the synchronized ripping operation is reduced accordingly.

Claims

1. A data recording apparatus comprising:

receiver configured to receive data from an external server having a first recording medium that stores data and first management data for managing the data;

data recorder configured to record the data received by the receiver on a second recording medium;

management data producer configured to produce second management data for managing data recorded on the second recording medium based on the first management data;

data reader configured to read data from a third recording medium that stores data and third management data for managing the data; and

controller configured to control the data recorder to record data read from the third recording medium when the third management data is not found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

2. The data recording apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the management data producer updates second management data for managing data read from the third recording medium based on the third management data.

3. The data recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the third recording medium is a compact disc.

4. The data recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls the data recorder to skip recording data from the third recording medium when the third management data is found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

5. The data recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls the data reader to skip reading data from the third recording medium when the third management data is found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

6. The data recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first management data is a data number indicating data recorded on the first recording medium.

7. The data recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the data recorder records an additional information.

8. The data recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the additional information includes at least title information corresponding to the data.

9. A data recording method comprising steps of:

receiving step of receiving data from an external server having a first recording medium that stores data and first management data for managing the data;

data recording step of recording the data received by the receiver on a second recording medium;

management data producing step of producing second management data for managing data recorded on the second recording medium based on the first management data;

data reading step of reading data from a third recording medium that stores data and third management data for managing the data;

controlling step of controlling the data recording to record data read from the third recording medium when the third management data is not found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

10. The data recording method according to claim 9,

wherein the management data producing step updates second management data for managing data read from the third recording medium based on the third management data read.

11. The data recording method according to claim 10, wherein the third recording medium is a compact disc.

12. The data recording method according to claim 10, wherein the controlling step controls the data recording to skip recording data from the third recording medium when the third management data is found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

13. The data recording method according to claim 10, wherein the controlling step controls the data reading to skip reading data from the third recording medium when the third management data is found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

14. The data recording method according to claim 10, wherein the first management data is a data number indicating data recorded on the first recording medium.

15. The data recording method according to claim 10, wherein the receiving stop further receives an additional information related with the data and the data recorder records the additional information.

16. The data recording method according to claim 15, wherein the additional information includes at least title information corresponding to the data.

17. A computer readable medium storing a program for data recording, the program comprising steps of:

receiving step of receiving data from an external server having a first recording medium that stores data and first management data for managing the data;

data recording step of recording the data received by the receiver on a second recording medium;

management data producing step of producing second management data for managing data recorded on the second recording medium based on the first management data;

data reading step of reading data from a third recording medium that stores data and third management data for managing the data; and

controlling step of controlling the data recording to record data read from the third recording medium when the third management data is not found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

18. The computer readable medium storing a program for data recording according to claim 17,

wherein the management data producing step updates second management data for managing data read from the third recording medium based on the third management data.

19. The computer readable medium storing a program for data recording according to claim 18, wherein the third recording medium is a compact disc.

20. The computer readable medium storing a program for data recording according to claim 18, wherein the controlling step controls the data recording to skip recording data from the third recording medium when the third management data is found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

21. The computer readable medium storing a program for data recording according to claim 18, wherein the controlling step controls the data reader to skip reading data from the third recording medium when the third management data is found within the second management data recorded on the second recording medium.

22. The computer readable medium storing a program for data recording according to claim 18, wherein the first management data is a data number indicating data recorded on the first recording medium.

23. The computer readable medium storing a program for data recording according to claim 18, wherein the receiving step further receives an additional information related with the data and the data recorder records the additional information.

24. The computer readable medium storing a program for data recording according to claim 23, wherein the additional information includes at least title information corresponding to the data.