Patent ID: 7305527

Claim:
A recording and/or playback apparatus for recording data read out from a first storage medium into a second storage medium, said apparatus comprising: recording means for recording data read out from said first storage medium into said second storage medium; input means for inputting identification data that is not stored in the first storage medium and for identifying said data stored in said first storage medium in accordance with an operation carried out by a user; and control means for executing control to record additional information related to said data read out from said first storage medium and generated based on said identification data input by said input means to said second storage medium after a recording operation by said recording means on said second storage medium is completed, wherein, said control means further includes means for sending said identification data input by said input means to a source located at a remote location for searching a specific piece of said additional information which is stored at said source, and means for obtaining said additional information associated with said identification data.