File transmission system and file transmission method
OwnerTakashi Kawakamiinventor
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to effectively and easily manage and use contents. A disc ID database composed of information correlated with disc IDs unique to individual discs is pre-created. When a new disc that has not been registered to the disc ID database is used or when a check-out or a check-in is performed, the disc ID database is updated. When ripping is performed for a CD, a disc for which a check-out is reserved is designated so that the disc is correlated with a disc ID registered in the disc ID database. After the check-out has been reserved, when a disc having the disc ID that has been reserved is connected, the check-out is automatically preformed. Thus, contents can be effectively and easily managed and used.
Claims16
A file transferring system for transferring content data recorded in a first recording medium to a second recording medium, comprising:
- a recording and reproducing apparatus for recording data to the second recording medium and reproducing data from the second recording medium;
- a content data supplying unit for supplying content data;
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- a content data managing unit for outputting content data supplied from the content data supplying unit to the recording and reproducing apparatus, wherein the content data managing unit has:
- recording means for correlating content data supplied from the content data supplying unit with a content identifier unique to each of content data and recording the correlated content data and content identifier to the first recording medium;
- transfer management information updating means for updating transfer managing information with which content data that are recorded to the second recording medium are managed, the content data being supplied so that the content identifier and a recording medium identifier unique to each second recording medium are correlated;
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- controlling means for receiving the recording medium identifier of the second recording medium loaded in the recording and reproducing apparatus, data of the second recording medium being reproduced by the recording and reproducing apparatus, and for controlling content data transferred to the recording and reproducing apparatus so that the content data recorded in the first recording medium is recorded to the second recording medium.
A file transferring method for transferring content data recorded in a first recording medium to a second recording medium, comprising the steps of:
- correlating content data supplied from a content data supplying unit with a content identifier unique to each of content data and recording the correlated content data and content identifier to the first recording medium;
- updating transfer managing information with which content data that are recorded to the second recording medium are managed, the content data being supplied so that the content identifier and a recording medium identifier unique to each second recording medium are correlated;
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- controlling content data transferred to a recording and reproducing apparatus so that the content data recorded in the first recording medium is recorded to the second recording medium in accordance with the recording medium identifier of the second recording medium and the transfer management information that are received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.