Video data recording/reproducing apparatus and video data management method for use in the same
US7433576B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/8042
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video data recording/reproducing apparatus includes an input device, a data storage unit that stores the video data item input by the input device, a communication unit that executes communicates with an external unit via a network, a unit that moves one of a plurality of video data items stored in the data storage unit to the external unit, a unit that reproduces to-be-reproduced video data item from the data storage unit if the to-be-reproduced video data item is stored in the data storage unit, and a unit that executes a streaming process to reproduce a stream of the to-be-reproduced video data item that is transferred from the external unit while the stream of the to-be-reproduced video data item is being received by the communication unit, if the to-be-reproduced video data item is stored in the external unit.
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