Patent ID: 8422861
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A content management device comprising: a converting unit configured to read partial data that is part of content recorded in a first recording medium, and to convert the read partial data in order to generate transfer content; outputting circuitry configured to move the transfer content generated by the converting unit to a second recording medium, wherein the content recorded in the first recording medium remains in its entirety within the first recording medium; a reproduction controller configured to disable reproduction of the partial data of the content read by the converting unit and enable reproduction of remaining data of the content recorded in the first recording medium by assigning a pointer to the partial data for skipping the partial data, when the transfer content moved to the second recording medium is determined to be reproducible by an external device, and to enable reproduction of all of the content recorded in the first recording medium, including the partial data and the remaining data, by removing the pointer assigned to the partial data, when the transfer content moved to the second recording medium is determined not to be reproducible by the external device; and a reproducing circuitry configured to reproduce data for which reproduction is enabled by the reproduction controller.