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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Yoshimasa Utsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus comprising a means for reading and reproducing a program recorded on a first recording medium such as a CD; a means for recording the reproduced program on a second recording medium such as an MD having at least a program area to record programs and a management area to manage the positions of the recorded programs and the program names; a means for inputting character data representative of the program name; a means for settling the program of one unit inputted by the character input means; a means for generating a partition code; a means for storing the program name as a character string after attaching a partition code to the program name inputted by the character input means; and a control means for extracting, from the character strings stored in the storage means, the program name of the relevant program with reference to the partition code, and updating the data in the management area of the second recording medium. In this apparatus, successive input of character data as program names is achievable despite change of programs, and the recorded management data can be updated independently of such change after completion of dubbing the entire programs.