| US 7,594,041 B2 | ||
| Recording medium, content recording/reproducing system, content reproducing apparatus, content recording apparatus, and content recoding apparatus | ||
| Tomoko Aono, Chiba (Japan); Kazuto Ohhara, Funabashi (Japan); Toshio Nomura, Hachioji (Japan); Motohiro Ito, Chiba (Japan); and Hiroyuki Katata, Chiba (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/495,101 PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2002, PCT No. PCT/JP02/11952 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 07, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/042915, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2001-350956 (JP), filed on Nov. 16, 2001; application No. 2002-175779 (JP), filed on Jun. 17, 2002; and application No. 2002-278177 (JP), filed on Sep. 24, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0036373 A1, Feb. 17, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/24 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—13 [710/8; 710/14; 710/62; 713/100; 348/231.3; 348/231.8] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A removable recording medium allowing a content recorded on said removable recording medium to be reproduced when attached
to at least one content reproducing apparatus, comprising:
a first area for pre-storing one or more conditions by said at least one reproducing apparatus when interfaced with said removable
recording medium that allows a content to be reproduced by said at least one reproducing apparatus, said one or more conditions
being used by at least one content recording apparatus, said one or more conditions defining at least one processing parameter
of the reproducing apparatus;
a second area for storing one or more contents created in accordance with said one or more conditions by said at least one
content recording apparatus, wherein
the removable recording medium is shared among said at least one content recording apparatus and said at least one reproducing
apparatus, wherein
said at least one content reproducing apparatus pre-stores on said removable recording medium in said first area, at least
one capability information file regarding at least one of said content reproducing apparatus's capabilities of said at least
one content reproducing apparatus, wherein said at least one capability information file includes said one or more conditions;
said removable recording medium when interfaced with said at least one content recording apparatus allows access by a file
management program of said at least one content recording apparatus to at least one capability information file pre-stored
on said removable recording medium; wherein
said removable recording medium allows access by a selecting program for selecting said at least one capability information
file pre-stored on said removable recording medium;
if only one capability information file exists, the selecting program selects said one capability information file by default;
said removable recording medium providing to said at least one content recording apparatus said selected capability information
file;
said at least one content recording apparatus analyzes said selected capability information file provided by said removable
recording medium, and stores on said removable recording medium only contents that conform to the limitations of said one
or more conditions of said selected capability information file.
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