Patent ID: 7594041

Claim:
A removable recording medium allowing a content recorded on said removable recording medium to be reproduced when attached to at least one content reproducing apparatus, comprising: a first area for pre-storing one or more conditions by said at least one reproducing apparatus when interfaced with said removable recording medium that allows a content to be reproduced by said at least one reproducing apparatus, said one or more conditions being used by at least one content recording apparatus, said one or more conditions defining at least one processing parameter of the reproducing apparatus; a second area for storing one or more contents created in accordance with said one or more conditions by said at least one content recording apparatus, wherein the removable recording medium is shared among said at least one content recording apparatus and said at least one reproducing apparatus, wherein said at least one content reproducing apparatus pre-stores on said removable recording medium in said first area, at least one capability information file regarding at least one of said content reproducing apparatus's capabilities of said at least one content reproducing apparatus, wherein said at least one capability information file includes said one or more conditions; said removable recording medium when interfaced with said at least one content recording apparatus allows access by a file management program of said at least one content recording apparatus to at least one capability information file pre-stored on said removable recording medium; wherein said removable recording medium allows access by a selecting program for selecting said at least one capability information file pre-stored on said removable recording medium; if only one capability information file exists, the selecting program selects said one capability information file by default; said removable recording medium providing to said at least one content recording apparatus said selected capability information file; said at least one content recording apparatus analyzes said selected capability information file provided by said removable recording medium, and stores on said removable recording medium only contents that conform to the limitations of said one or more conditions of said selected capability information file.