Patent ID: 7061930

Claim:
A data selection/storage apparatus having a data selection means for selecting specific kinds of data from multiplexed data in which plural kinds of data are multiplexed, and a data storage means having plural storage areas for holding the data selected by the data selection means, wherein among the data selected by the data selection means, plural kinds of data which have previously been specified are multiplexed and stored in one storage area by the data storage means, wherein said data selection means comprises: an identification number extraction means for extracting an identification number which indicates the kind of each data, from the multiplexed data in which plural kinds of data are multiplexed; an identification number storage means having plural identification number entries which holds identification numbers of data to be selected; an identification number matching detection means for detecting whether or not the identification number extracted from the multiplexed data matches at least one of the plural identification numbers stored in the identification number storage means; a data extraction means for extracting, from the multiplexed data, the data which matches the identification number stored in the identification number storage means; an identification code addition means for adding an identification code for identifying the kind of data, to the data extracted by the data extraction means; a data storage control means for storing each data in a predetermined storage area in the data storage means, on the basis of the identification code which is added to the data by the identification code addition means; and when it has previously been specified that plural kinds of data which are selected from the multiplexed data and have different identification numbers should be stored in one storage area in the data storage means, the data storage control means multiplexes the plural kinds of data and stores the multiplexed data in the storage area.