Content data transmission system and content data transmission method
First Claim
1. A content data transferring system for transferring content data comprising:
- a first recording medium on which a plurality of content data are recorded;
a recording and reproducing apparatus configured to reproduce a recording medium identification information unique to a second recording medium and recorded on the second recording medium, to reproduce an existing reproduction control information recorded on the second recording medium identifying content data recorded on the second recording medium, and to record content data transferred from the first recording medium onto the second recording medium;
a set creating device configured to categorize the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium in accordance with a predetermined rule into a group of content data and correlate the recording medium identification information with the group and record the correlation, the group identifying a portion of the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfies the predetermined rule;
a reproduction control information creating device configured to create a new reproduction control information, for the group, based on the recording medium identification information and the correlation recorded by the set creating device of the group correlated with the recording medium identification information, the new reproduction control information identifying the content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfy the predetermined rule and are categorized into the group; and
a content transfer controlling device configured to transfer, in response to a comparison of the existing reproduction control information with the new reproduction control information, content data from the first recording medium to the second recording medium which are categorized into the group, satisfy the predetermined rule and are not recorded on the second recording medium based on the comparison of the existing reproduction control information with the new reproduction control information.
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Abstract
A library of a PC is easily synchronized with recorded contents of a disc loaded into a recording and reproducing apparatus (PD). The PC has a dynamic group and a database. Contents of the dynamic group are, dynamically changed. The dynamic group is correlated with the ID of the disc on which the contents of the dynamic group have been recorded. When the CP and the PD are connected, the ID of the disc loaded into the PD is read. The database is referenced for the ID of the disc. When there is a corresponding dynamic group, the dynamic group is compared with the recorded contents of the disc. Contents that exist in the dynamic group and that do not exist on the disc are checked out to the disc. In contrast, contents that exist on the disc and that do not exist in the dynamic group are checked in to the PC. In addition, the reproduction order of contents of the dynamic group is reflected to contents of the disc. The user can synchronize the recorded contents of the disc with the library of the PC only by connecting the PC and the PD.
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18 Claims
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1. A content data transferring system for transferring content data comprising:
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a first recording medium on which a plurality of content data are recorded; a recording and reproducing apparatus configured to reproduce a recording medium identification information unique to a second recording medium and recorded on the second recording medium, to reproduce an existing reproduction control information recorded on the second recording medium identifying content data recorded on the second recording medium, and to record content data transferred from the first recording medium onto the second recording medium; a set creating device configured to categorize the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium in accordance with a predetermined rule into a group of content data and correlate the recording medium identification information with the group and record the correlation, the group identifying a portion of the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfies the predetermined rule; a reproduction control information creating device configured to create a new reproduction control information, for the group, based on the recording medium identification information and the correlation recorded by the set creating device of the group correlated with the recording medium identification information, the new reproduction control information identifying the content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfy the predetermined rule and are categorized into the group; and a content transfer controlling device configured to transfer, in response to a comparison of the existing reproduction control information with the new reproduction control information, content data from the first recording medium to the second recording medium which are categorized into the group, satisfy the predetermined rule and are not recorded on the second recording medium based on the comparison of the existing reproduction control information with the new reproduction control information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A content data transferring method for transferring content data selected from a first recording medium on which a plurality of content data have been recorded to a second recording medium different from the first recording medium comprising:
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reproducing a recording medium identification information unique to the second recording medium by a recording and reproducing apparatus configured to record data to the second recording medium and reproduce data from the second recording medium; reproducing an existing reproduction control information recorded onto the second recording medium by the recording and reproducing apparatus, the existing reproduction control information identifying content data recorded on the second recording medium; categorizing the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium in accordance with a predetermined rule into a group of content data; correlating the recording medium identification information with the group and recording the correlation, the group identifying a portion of the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfies the predetermined rule; creating a new reproduction control information, for the group, based on the recording medium identification information and the correlation recorded on the first recording medium, the new reproduction control information identifying the content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfy the predetermined rule and are categorized into the group; comparing the existing reproduction control information to the new reproduction control information; and transferring, in response to and based on a result of the comparing, content data from the first recording medium to the second recording medium which are categorized into the group, satisfy the predetermined rule and are not recorded on the second recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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