Electronic apparatus having data playback function, database creation method for the apparatus, and database creation program
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorAkihiro Shike
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus having a data playback function may include a display; a connection unit through which the electronic apparatus is connected to an external medium storing data that can be played back; a database creation unit that extracts retrieval information used for retrieving the data stored in the external medium from the external medium in response to the connection of the external medium to create a temporary database on the basis of the extracted retrieval information; and a display unit that displays the content of the temporary database in the display.
Claims20
An electronic apparatus having a data playback function, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a connection unit through which the electronic apparatus is connected to an external medium storing data that can be played back;
- a database creation unit that extracts retrieval information used for retrieving the data stored in the external medium from the external medium in response to the connection of the external medium to create a temporary database on the basis of the extracted retrieval information;
- and
- a display unit that displays the content of the temporary database in the display.
A method of creating a database of data that can be played back and that is stored in an external medium, the method comprising the steps of:
- extracting retrieval information used for retrieving the data stored in the external medium from an external medium connected to an electronic apparatus having a playback function in response to the connection of the external medium;
- and
- creating a temporary database on the basis of the extracted retrieval information.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for creating a database of data that can be played back and that is stored in an external medium, the set of instructions to direct a processor to perform acts of:
- extracting retrieval information used for retrieving the data stored in an external medium from the external medium in response to connection of the external medium;
- and
- creating a temporary database on the basis of the extracted retrieval information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.