Patent ID: 6658575
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G06F,G11C,Y02D

Abstract:
A voice recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:a storage device having a voice-data region and an index-information region; communication means for establishing communication with an external communication apparatus; and control means for controlling writing of voice data converted into digital signals and index information relating to the voice data on the voice-data region and the index-information region of the storage device, controlling reading of the voice data stored in the voice-data region in accordance with the index information stored in the index-information region of the storage device, and limiting a power consumption of the recording/reproducing apparatus by shifting the voice recording/reproducing apparatus into a standby mode after a communication mode has been interrupted if a communication operation meets a predetermined condition with respect to a process for transmitting the voice data stored in the voice-data region of the storage device to the external communication apparatus during the communication mode in which the communication means is capable of communicating with the external communication apparatus.