Patent ID: 6782434
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information transfer apparatus, comprising:a casing configured to include at least two sections accommodating a plurality of different information recording and reproducing apparatuses; respectively; a transfer device configured to transfer information from one of the information recording and reproducing apparatus to the other; and a controller configured to control an information transfer operation using an information transfer control program realizing an information transfer operation among the variety of information recording and reproducing apparatuses; wherein before a start of the information transfer operation, said controller reads an information transfer program from an information recording and reproducing medium and stores the same in a RAM included in the information transfer apparatus only when said controller determines that such an information transfer program is present in the information recording and reproducing medium; and said information transfer program in said RAM is executed by the controller of the information transfer apparatus when information from an information recording and reproducing medium serving as an information transfer source is transferred to another information recording and reproducing medium.