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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Joachim Platte, Hemmingen, DE;
Ernst F Schroder, Hannover, DE;
Assignee:
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 60 ; 360 27 ;
Abstract
An electronic memory apparatus for a device containing a recording medium for storing information. The device cooperates with a recording or reproducing instrument when said device is disposed therein, and is controllable by a data processing and control circuit. The memory apparatus has a first, programmable memory section, which is alterable by a user of the device, for storing data pertaining to the use of the device, and a second, programmable memory section for storing data pertaining to the characterization of the information which may be recorded on said recording medium.