Patent ID: 6996326
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A data recording apparatus comprising: data transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving the data to and from the outside; a buffer capable of storing said data temporarily; buffer controlling means for controlling the input and output of said data to and from said buffer; a disk drive capable of recording said data; data recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing said data into and from said disk drive; data recording determining means for determining whether said data stored in said buffer is to be recorded or not in said disk drive and generating the recording-or-not information; record data managing means for managing the recording-or-not information for said data stored in said buffer; and data recording controlling means for controlling said buffer controlling means and said data recording and reproducing means so as to perform the recording control of said data in the buffer into said disk drive; wherein said data transmitting and receiving means sequentially transfers said data received from the outside into said buffer controlling means, and said buffer controlling means stores said transferred data into said buffer and notifies the completion of receiving a data block to said data recording determining means at each time when said data block in a predetermined unit is stored in said buffer.