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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Tadahiro Aihara, Hachioji, JP;
Takafumi Ito, Ome, JP;
Tadahiro Aihara, Hachioji, JP;
Takafumi Ito, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a communicating means to communicate with external device providing content, a storage medium retaining the content capable of recording and reading the content, recording and reproducing means which record the content obtained by means of the communicating means in the storage medium and which read and reproduce the content recorded in the storage medium, a recording operation means to execute a recording operation, control means which judge the recording and reproducing process conditions when the recording operation means is operated, and if the content is reproduced, after stopping the reproduction, while if the content is not reproduced, immediately, control the content received by means of the communicating means so as to be recorded in the storage medium.