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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsu Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/781 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/781 ;
Abstract
A file management apparatus and method for managing the files of audio and/or video data to be recorded on or reproduced from a recording medium. The file management apparatus includes a first apparatus for managing a master file recorded on the medium and a second apparatus for designating at least part of the master as at least shared element. The apparatus also includes a third apparatus for managing one or more of the shared elements as one or more shared files in order to enable a plurality of the shared files to refer to the same shared element.