Patent ID: 7555208
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording/reproduction apparatus having a hard disk and operable to reproduce visual data and first audio data which is related to the visual data, which are recorded on a recording medium, the recording/reproduction apparatus comprising: a reception unit operable to receive, from a server via a network, distribution information of second audio data which is different from the first audio data and is related to the visual data recorded on the recording medium; a display unit operable to display the-received distribution information; a transmission request unit operable to transmit an ID of the recording medium to the server via the network, and operable to request the server to transmit the second audio data; a downloading unit operable to download the second audio data which is transmitted from the server via the network, and operable to save the download second audio data on the hard disk, together with the ID of the recording medium; a reproduction unit operable to simultaneously reproduce the visual data and the first audio data or the saved second audio data; and a reproduction switching unit operable to switch between the first audio data and the second audio data which the reproduction unit reproduces.