Patent ID: 7969837
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for recording programs from a first recording medium to a second recording medium, said method comprising: providing a database of (a) identification information corresponding to respective first recording media and (b) recording history information representing (i) programs on a respective first recording medium that are recorded to the second recording medium and (ii) programs on said respective first recording medium that are not recorded to the second recording medium, updating the recording history information in the database when the recording of a program is completed, and wherein the database is searched to determine if a program has previously been recorded from the first recording medium to the second recording medium and, after said search has been made, if it is determined that said program has not previously been recorded to the second recording medium, to reproduce said program from the first recording medium and to record the reproduced program to the second recording medium.