Patent ID: 7827414
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A content data transferring system for transferring content data comprising: a first recording medium on which a plurality of content data are recorded; a recording and reproducing apparatus configured to reproduce a recording medium identification information unique to a second recording medium and recorded on the second recording medium, to reproduce an existing reproduction control information recorded on the second recording medium identifying content data recorded on the second recording medium, and to record content data transferred from the first recording medium onto the second recording medium; a set creating device configured to categorize the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium in accordance with a predetermined rule into a group of content data and correlate the recording medium identification information with the group and record the correlation, the group identifying a portion of the plurality of content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfies the predetermined rule; a reproduction control information creating device configured to create a new reproduction control information, for the group, based on the recording medium identification information and the correlation recorded by the set creating device of the group correlated with the recording medium identification information, the new reproduction control information identifying the content data recorded on the first recording medium that satisfy the predetermined rule and are categorized into the group; and a content transfer controlling device configured to transfer, in response to a comparison of the existing reproduction control information with the new reproduction control information, content data from the first recording medium to the second recording medium which are categorized into the group, satisfy the predetermined rule and are not recorded on the second recording medium based on the comparison of the existing reproduction control information with the new reproduction control information.