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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Ken Matsushita, Tama, JP;
Takashi Kokubo, Ome, JP;
Koji Kanazawa, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus includes a file recorder, an interface, and controller which, upon receipt of content file with copy control information, records the content file in the recorder by adding thereto identification information M requesting transfer upon confirmation that a round-trip response time to a destination is not longer than a predetermined time, so that upon receipt of an instruction for transfer of the content file to an external device on the network, the controller determines whether the external device has a function of measuring and determining the round-trip response time to the destination, and in the case where the external device has function of measuring and determining the round-trip response time to the destination, transfers the content file to storage area of the external device, after measuring the round-trip response time and confirming that the measurement is not longer than predetermined time.