Patent ID: 6304716
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A recorded program information managing apparatus for managing information concerning a recorded program recorded on tape-like recording medium, comprising:recorded program information setting means for setting as recorded program information a recording medium number information indicative of different recording medium numbers assigned to tape-like recording media where at least recorded programs are recorded and a program number information indicative of different program numbers assigned to recorded programs;recording control means for recording at least said program number information as a recorded program identification information on a tape-like recording medium by superimposing said program number information on a video signal of the recorded program;storage means for storing said program number information as recorded program information concerning respective recorded programs recorded on the tape-like recording medium so that said program number information should correspond to said recording medium number information assigned to the tape-like recording medium where a recorded program to which the program number information assigned is recorded; andreconstruction means for, if said storing means stores program number information of recorded programs recorded on the same tape-like recording medium in correspondence with different recording medium number information, carrying out a reconstruction process for managing uniformly recording medium numbers to which recorded programs recorded on the same tape-like recording medium should correspond;wherein said reconstruction means comprises:identification information extracting means for extracting the program number information recorded with respect to each recorded program from the tape-like recording medium to be subjected to a reconstruction process; andstorage control means which can store the program number information of each of the recorded programs extracted by said identification extracting means so that the program number information corresponds to a predetermined recording medium number.