Patent ID: 7929830

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: an input device; a processor; a first memory device; and a second memory device storing instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the input device to: (a) endlessly-record an audio and/or video data set, said audio and/or video data set being endlessly-recorded only in a first recording region of a recording medium; (b) reproduce the endlessly-recorded audio and/or video data set; (c) enable a user to search the endlessly-recorded audio and/or video data set; (d) thereafter, enable the user to designate an audio and/or video data subset by setting a subset start point and a subset end point within the endlessly-recorded audio and/or video data set; (e) cause the first memory device to store the designated audio and/or video data subset, the stored designated audio and/or video data subset being previously endlessly-recorded in the first recording region of the recording medium; (f) thereafter, record said stored designated audio and/or video data subset only in a second recording region of the recording medium, the second recording region of the recording medium being separate from the first recording region of the recording medium; (g) generate a file data set to identify said designated audio and/or video data subset; (h) record said generated file data only in the second recording area of the recording medium, wherein: (i) said file data set is used to process said designated audio and/or video data subset; and (ii) said file data set is used so that said designated audio and/or video data subset is not overwritten.