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Recording apparatus, medium, method, and related computer program

US7269741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 2002
Grant dateSep 11, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recording apparatus is provided for an SD memory card that has a plurality of EPUBxxx.KEY files recorded thereon, each file having a plurality of Key&Rule Entry areas, and an SD_EPUB.MMG file being read from the recording medium prior to the writing of data. A bitmap in SD_EPUB.MMG shows for each EPUBxxx.KEY file whether the EPUBxxx.KEY file has at least one Key&Rule Entry area not in use, or whether all the Key&Rule Entry areas are in use. Based on the bitmap in the read SD_EPUB.MMG file, the recording apparatus opens EPUB#u.KEY having an unused Key&Rule Entry area and writes data into the unused Key&Rule Entry area in the file. If all the Key&Rule Entry areas in EPUB#u.KEY become in use as a result of the writing of the data, the recording apparatus updates the bitmap in SD_EPUB.MMG.

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