Sony United Kingdom Limited

Vince Harradine

Alan Hogg Turner

James Hedley Wilkinson

Michael John Williams

Morgan William Amos David

Apparatus uniquely identifies material recorded on an example of a recording medium. The medium has distinguishing data, a tape ID, distinguishing that example from other examples thereof recorded thereon. A generator generates data, e.g. IN and OUT time codes, identifying the or each piece of material recorded on the medium. A recorder () records the said distinguishing data on the medium. A reproducer () reproduces, from the recording medium, the distinguishing data. A processor, a PDA () associates the reproduced distinguishing data and the said identifying data with a unique identifier, a UMID, for the or each piece of material. A database () associates the unique identifier with metadata relating to the material.

Apparatus and associated methodology of recording and accessing metadata via unique identifying indicia

A processor () is provided for processing identifiers of video and/or audio material. The processor is for use with a video and/or audio material processing device. The device has a plurality of inputs (IN) for receiving respective pieces of material to be processed, the pieces having respective identifiers, and an output (OUT) at which is output processed material, which is a combination of the input material, and a state output at which data defining the state of the device is output. The processor is arranged to: detect () the identifiers of the input material; determine () from the state data the combination of the input material forming the output material; generate () an identifier for the output material; and associate the identifier of the output material with the identifiers of the input material used to form the output material. Identifiers preferably indicate whether the material emanates from a recorder or from a live source.

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Vince Harradine