Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-27
2002-12-17
Kim, Matthew (Department: 2186)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Specific memory composition
C711S113000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06496898
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an information record/reproduction device, information record/reproduction method and supply medium and relates in particular to an information record/reproduction device, information record/reproduction method and supply medium capable of speedy acquisition of information such as news or music, etc.
2. Description of Related Art
The applicant of this invention previously disclosed a method in Japanese Laid Open Patent 6-251564 for speedily acquiring information such as the news and the storing of desired items from among that acquired information. This proposed method not only allowed reusing of an expensive recording medium but also storing information once that information had been acquired.
More specifically as shown in
FIG. 28
, an information provider unit
220
stores the provided information such as news. The user refers to the information contents and prices as shown on a plurality of displays
221
and operates an output selector
222
to select the desired information for insertion to a information record/reproduction device
201
by way of an insertion/extraction slot
223
. The information record/reproduction device
201
is configured to record the information acquired from the information provider unit
220
onto a primary record medium
210
. The information record/reproduction device
201
receives the command entered by the user by way of a selector
203
, and reads out (or loads) information corresponding to that command from information provider unit
220
, and besides displaying that information on a display
202
also outputs the information to an earphone
204
. The primary record medium
210
is comprised of a semiconductor memory that is expensive but has a fast information transfer speed.
When the information from the information provider unit
220
is recorded from the information record/reproduction device
201
onto the primary record medium
210
, an information secondary record/reproduction device
230
is configured to read out (or load) the information recorded on the primary record medium
210
and record it onto an internal secondary record medium. This internal secondary record medium may for instance consist of an magneto-optic disk which has large memory capacity and is inexpensive compared to the semiconductor memory.
However, the above mentioned method had the problem that the information record/reproduction device
201
for recording information on the primary record medium
210
; and the information secondary record/reproduction device
230
for recording information on the secondary record medium were two separate devices so that operation was troublesome to perform.
Another problem with the above mentioned method was that the information recorded on the primary record medium
210
was recorded on a plurality of secondary record mediums so that illegal copying could not be prevented.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above problems with the conventional art, this invention has the object of speedily acquiring information.
An information record/reproduction device as claimed in claim
1
is characterized in containing a receive means to receive the transmitted information, a storage means to store the information received by the receive means, and a record means to record onto a record medium the information stored by the storage means.
An information record/reproduction method as claimed in claim
7
is characterized in containing a receive step to receive the transmitted information, a storage step to store the information received by the receive step, and a record step to record onto a record medium the information stored by the storage step.
A supply medium as claimed in claim
8
is characterized by providing a program capable of being loaded into a computer for running an information record/reproduction device including the processing for performing a receive step to receive the transmitted information, a storage step to store the information received by the receive step, and a record step to record onto a record medium the information stored by the storage step.
An information record/reproduction device as claimed in claim
1
is characterized in that a receive means receives the transmitted information, a storage means stores the information received by the receive means, and a record means records onto a record medium the information stored by the storage means.
An information record/reproduction method as claimed in claim
7
and a supply medium as claimed in claim
8
are characterized by a receive step to receive the transmitted information, a storage step to store the information received by the receive step, and a record step to record onto a record medium the information stored by the storage step.
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Chace C. P.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Sony Corporation
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