Patent ID: 7478437
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus having functions for recording contents recorded on a first recording medium onto a storage unit of said apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record the contents of the first recording medium onto the storage unit; a history storing unit configured to store recording history information including an indication whether or not each track on the first recording medium has been previously recorded into the storage unit when the contents of the first recording medium are recorded onto the storage unit by said recording unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a track on the first recording medium has been previously recorded onto the storage unit by said recording unit based on said recording history information stored in said history storing unit; a display; and display control unit configured to control display of information on said display regarding any track on the first recording medium that has not been previously recorded onto the storage unit as determined by said determining unit, wherein said display control unit is configured to initially provide a display indicating any track on the first recording medium that has not been previously recorded onto the storage unit with an associated selection box, said display control unit being further configured to permit inserting a mark into each displayed selection box in order to select the track associated with the selection box containing the inserted mark for recording by said recording unit from the first recording medium onto the storage unit and to permit removing any mark previously inserted into any selection box to deselect the track associated with the mark so removed so that the recording by said recording unit from the first recording medium onto the storage unit does not occur for any of the associated tracks with marks removed from their associated selection box.