Patent ID: 8625972

Claim:
A recording system comprising: a transmission apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store content data, a generating unit configured to generate recording destination information specifying a recording destination of the content data, and a transmission control unit configured to transmit the recording destination information and the content data; and a recording apparatus including: a first recording unit configured to record content data, a second recording unit configured to record content data on a recording medium at a recording speed lower than that of the first recording unit, and a recording control unit configured to receive the recording destination information from the transmission apparatus and control the first recording unit and the second recording unit on the basis of the recording destination information, wherein the transmission control unit continuously transmits a plurality of pieces of recording destination information each specifying a recording destination and a plurality of pieces of content data to the recording apparatus, wherein the recording control unit records, when the recording destination specified by the recording destination information is a recording medium, the content data and the recording destination information in the first recording unit, and records the content data on the recording medium on the basis of the recording destination information recorded in the first recording unit, wherein the transmission control unit of the transmission apparatus is configured to start transmitting the recording destination information and the content data for recording by the recording apparatus without receipt of an indication that the recording medium is inserted in the recording apparatus, and wherein the recording control unit is configured to transmit a content data recording completion signal to the transmission apparatus after completion of recording of the content data in the first recording unit and before completion of recording of the content data on the recording medium, and thereafter (i) the transmission control unit of the transmission apparatus is configured to start transmitting second recording destination information and second content data for recording by the recording apparatus and (ii) the recording control unit is configured to start recording the second content data and the second recording destination information in the first recording unit before the completion of recording of the previous content data on the recording medium.