Data reproducing apparatus, content management method, program, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Nakama
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Abstract
A data reproducing apparatus comprises: a reproducing unit adapted to read out data from a plurality of recording media; a list generating unit adapted to generate a content list which describes storage location information in association with contents stored in the plurality of recording media; and a communication unit adapted to communicate with an external device and sending the content list to the external device, wherein the list generating unit checks if the contents stored in the plurality of recording media include identical contents, and if the identical contents are detected, the list generating unit generates the content list including information indicating that the storage location information of the identical contents are integrated.
Claims13
A data reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a reproducing unit adapted to read out data from a plurality of recording media;
- a list generating unit adapted to generate a content list which describes storage location information in association with contents stored in the plurality of recording media;
- and
- a communication unit adapted to communicate with an external device and sending the content list to the external device,
- wherein said list generating unit checks if the contents stored in the plurality of recording media include identical contents, and if the identical contents are detected, said list generating unit generates the content list including information indicating that the storage location information of the identical contents are integrated.
A content management method in a data reproducing apparatus, which comprises a reproducing unit adapted to read out data from a plurality of recording media, a list generating unit adapted to generate a content list which describes storage location information in association with contents stored in the plurality of recording media, and a communication unit adapted to communicate with an external device and sending the content list to the external device, said method comprising:
- a step of checking if the contents stored in the plurality of recording media include identical contents;
- and
- a step of generating the content list including information indicating that the storage location information of the identical contents are integrated, when the identical contents are detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.