Sony Corporation

Shintaro Mizutani

Tsutomu Yamamoto

Norikazu Ito

Taro Shigata

Gentaro Okayasu

Koichi Sato

Hiroyuki Fujita

Satoshi Katsuo

Tomohisa Shiga

Jun Yoshikawa

Satoshi Yoneya

Masakazu Yoshimoto

Satoshi Yutani

Ichiro Fujisawa

Yusuke Tani

Yoji Shimizu

An apparatus to be controlled has a storage and information relating to the free storage space of the storage. A control apparatus for recording information in the storage of the apparatus to be controlled by controlling the apparatus to be controlled acquires the information relating to the free storage space of the storage.

Free storage space management apparatus and method

This invention relates to an apparatus for storing and transmitting AV data. A receiving buffer unit for storing AV data temporarily, a transmitting buffer unit for storing temporarily the AV data to be transmitted, and a primary storage unit for storing AV data and a secondary storage units for storing AV data are connected to each other by means of a subnetwork. A server control unit for controlling the respective units is connected to the subnetwork. Since these units are connected by means of the subnetwork, any restriction is not given to spaces for installing the units. The capacities of the primary and secondary storage units and the transmitting buffer unit are selected so that they become larger in order of the secondary storage unit, the primary storage unit and the transmitting buffer unit. Thereby, the storage units and the transmitting buffer unit are controlled in a hierarchical form. This makes it possible to construct an AV sever system having large capacity and good responsivity with good cost balance.

System for linking a main control unit to data receiving and transmitting units and a first and second storage units by a network

A control command attaching the same identifier to related commands is input from an application to an AV data processing control device. Further, a command for linking this identifier and a trigger generated by a contact input-,is input. When the contact input-,is generated, all control commands containing the identifier are executed. Further, when the link of the contact input-,and the identifier of the control command is invalidated, even if the contact input-,is generated, none of the linked control commands are executed. The execution of the control commands is carried out by controlling the controlled devices by the IDCs.

Data processing control device and method of same

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shintaro Mizutani