Patent ID: 7295393

Claim:
A data converting apparatus which inputs packet data made of content data supplemented with recording control information to be referenced upon recording of said content data and which outputs the input packet data to another apparatus, said data converting apparatus including: inputting means for inputting said packet data; separating means for separating said content data and said recording control information from said packet data input by said inputting means; determining means for determining whether the separated recording control information constitutes a value matching any one of values in a first value group; replacing means for replacing said recording control information with any one value from said first value group depending on the value constituted by said separated recording control information; generating means for generating said packet data by supplementing said content data with said recording control information to be referenced upon recording of said content data; outputting means for outputting said packet data to the other apparatus; and controlling means which, if said determining means determines that said recording control information separated by said separating means constitutes a second value different from any one of the values in said first value group, then causes said generating means to supplement said content data separated by said separating means with that one of the values in said first value group which is used by said replacing means to replace said second value constituted by said recording control information, said controlling means further causing said outputting means to output said packet data generated by said generating means.