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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumitaka Kawate, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Ishizaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus, and a file management method are disclosed wherein the operability in management of a large number of files recorded on a recording medium using an index file can be improved significantly further than ever. An index file is formed from a series of entries of extract information from a large number of files. Information indicative of a relationship between the files is set to the index file. The index file is used to manage a large number of files and so forth recorded on a recording medium.