Patent ID: 8446474

Claim:
A method for generating a transmission information file configured to transmit data files recorded on a recording medium, said method comprising: recording the transmission information file on the recording medium, the transmission information file being recorded separately from the data files recorded on the recording medium; identifying a first data file recorded on the recording medium and reproducing the first data file for display; selecting the first data file recorded on the recording medium as a file to be transmitted to a first destination, the first data file being identified by first data identifying information and an address of the first destination being specified by first address information; identifying a second data file recorded on the recording medium and reproducing the second data file for display; selecting the second data file recorded on the recording medium as a file to be transmitted to a second destination, the second data file being identified by second data identifying information and an address of the second destination being specified by second address information; grouping the first data identifying information and the first address information as a first group within the transmission information file recorded on the recording medium and grouping the second data identifying information and the second address information as a second group within the transmission information file recorded on the recording medium; designating the first and second groups in the transmission information file by first and second unique group IDs, respectively; and providing the transmission information file to have a plurality of lines and arranging each of the first and second groups in the transmission file in a group-by-group basis such that first data identifying information and the first address information associated with the first group is provided within lines continuously located between the first unique group ID and the second unique group ID in the transmission information file.