Patent ID: 7693396
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording/playback apparatus including a first recording medium and detachably attaching a second recording medium, said apparatus comprising: an input unit adapted to input program data of a plurality of programs and program information concerning the plurality of programs, wherein the program information comprises program genre information; a first recording medium recording/playback unit adapted to record on the first recording medium or play back from the first recording medium the program data input by said input unit; a retaining unit adapted to retain the program information concerning the plurality of programs associated with the corresponding program data recorded on the first recording medium; a second recording medium recording unit adapted to record the program data on the second recording medium; a setting unit adapted to set the program genre information selected by a user to the second recording medium before recording; and a control unit comprising (a) a program genre information reading unit for reading from the attached second recording medium the program genre information that was set by said setting unit, (b) a determining unit for automatically determining, in response to said program genre information reading unit reading from the attached second recording medium the program genre information that was set by said setting unit, which program information among the program information retained by said retaining unit has program genre information which matches the program genre information read by said program genre information reading unit, (c) a selecting unit for automatically selecting, from the program data recorded on the first recording medium, program data in the response to determination by said determining unit as to which program information among the program information retained by said retaining unit has program genre information which matches the program genre information read by said program genre information reading unit, and (d) a second recording medium recording controlling unit for controlling said second recording medium recording unit to record on the second recording medium the selected program data, which was recorded on the first recording medium.