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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Toshiaki Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Nakako, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Nakako, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording/playback apparatus capable of recording and playing back data on and from a magnetic tape through a network. A monitoring unitregularly monitors the state of the data stored in a temporary storage unit. A first controlling unitcontrols data transfer between a tape magnetic-storage mediumand the temporary storage unitbased on a result a of monitoring. A second controlling unitcontrols information transfer between the temporary storage unitand a networkbased on the result a of monitoring. The first controlling unitand the second controlling unitdo not interfere with each other and they independently operate asynchronously with each other. This asynchronous structure permits asynchronous data transfer to other apparatuses through an interface unitand the network. The present invention can be applied to a digital VTR.