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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Keiichi Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hidetaka Ohto, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Keiichi Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hidetaka Ohto, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A playback device generates a virtual package in response to a construction request made by an application. After the virtual package is thus generated, a virtual file systemallows a file recorded on a removable medium in an 8.3 format to be accessed with use of an alias in a Long File Name format, based on a merge management information file that indicates a correspondence between a file path in the 8.3 format and a file path in the Long File Name format.