Patent ID: 8005343

Claim:
A recording/playback device comprising: a recorded data storing unit configured to previously store recorded content; an index information storing unit configured to store index information corresponding to portions being grouped depending on attributes of the recorded content supplied from the outside; a playlist creating unit configured to create a playlist presenting editing targets for the attributes according to specified information specified by a user for the attributes using the specified information and index information appended to the portions of the recorded content depending on the attributes; a playlist storing unit configured to store the playlist created by the playlist creating unit; and a content editing unit configured to edit portions equivalent to deletion targets or playback targets as the editing targets in the recorded content being recorded in the recorded data storing unit and to delete the deletion targets and retain the playback targets according to the index information stored in the index information storing unit and the playlist stored in the playlist storing unit, wherein the content editing unit comprises: a subdividing unit configured to subdivide the recorded content stored in the recorded data storing unit into pre-determined division units and assign index numbers to subdivided portions; an identifying unit configured to identify deletion target portions in the recorded content using the index numbers based on the index information stored in the index information storing unit and the playlist stored in the playlist storing unit; and a deleting unit configured to delete the recorded content portions identified as the deletion target portions based on the index numbers.