The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2008
Hideto Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Hideto Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A playlist editing apparatus includes a management unitthat manages a playlist, a playlist name input unitfor newly setting a playlist name, a determination unitthat determines whether conversion of a character code of a playlist name set for an existing playlist is required, based on a relationship with a character code of a set playlist name, a changing unitthat changes a character code flag of the existing playlist to a flag corresponding to a character code to be converted to, when it is determined that character code conversion is required, a character code conversion unitthat converts a character string targeted for conversion to a designated character code, in response to changing of the character code flag, and a playlist name setting unitthat sets the converted character string as the playlist name. This enables a playlist to be edited so that inconsistency in character codes throughout the playlist and the disk does not occur.