Patent ID: 8606075
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a conversion unit configured to convert first content data having a first format into second content data having a second format; a notification unit configured to notify existence of a content data in a recording medium of the apparatus to an external apparatus according to a request from the external apparatus, wherein, when the content data in the recording medium includes the first content data, the notify unit notifies existence of the second content data corresponding to the first content data even when the first content data is not converted into the second content data, and wherein the notification unit notifies existence of a plurality of content data, each of which corresponds to the first content data and is converted into the second format under different conditions respectively; and a transmission unit configured to, when the external apparatus requests at least one of the plurality of content data having the second format, transmit the second content data converted under a condition according to the request to the external apparatus.