Patent ID: 7941032

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: connection means for connecting to a reproduction device for reproducing content data recorded in a first format; content data acquisition means for acquiring said content data reproduced by said reproduction device connected to said connection means; conversion means for converting the first format of said content data acquired by said content data acquisition means to a second format, the second format being a predetermined optical disc standard; information acquisition means for acquiring relative time information of said content data from said content data acquired by said content data acquisition means, said relative time information including a recording start time of a first portion of the content data and a recording start time of a second portion of the content data, which is subsequent to the first portion and is discontinuous with the first portion; generation means for generating a menu of said content data acquired by said content data acquisition means based on said relative time information and a predetermined time information including a predetermined time period, said generation means generating a menu entry for the first portion, and said generation means generating a menu entry for the second portion based upon a determination that a time period between the recording start time of the second portion and the recording start time of the first portion is at least said predetermined time period; recording control means for executing control such that said content data converted to said second format by said conversion means is recorded from said information processing apparatus to a predetermined removable recording medium in accordance with said menu generated by said generation means; detection means for detecting a signal supplied from said reproduction device indicative that said reproduction device is connected to said connection means and reproduction of said content data by said reproduction device is ready; and processing control means for executing control such that, if said signal is detected by said detection means, processing by said content data acquisition means, processing by said conversion means, processing by said information acquisition means, processing by said generation means and processing by said recording control means are continuously executed in this order.