Patent ID: 7430541
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A database updating apparatus comprising: a network; a server arranged to provide database-related information, via the network; and a user computer arranged to access the server, via the network, and to retrieve the database-related information, wherein the user computer comprises an optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus, and is configured to: wherein the server determines if modification/update of the database recorded on the optical disc is needed based on the transmitted date and time, and transmits the modified/updated data to the optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus, and wherein the initial data of the database is recorded in a read only region of the optical disc prior to a first access of the server by the user computer, and the modified/updated data for the initial data of the database transmitted from the server is recorded in a recordable region of the optical disc.