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Apparatus, method and system for reading/writing data, and medium for providing data read/write program
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 2000-09-22
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Granted: 2004-10-26
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Expires: 2020-09-22
Abstract
Abstract A data read/write apparatus records, in a root directory of a recording medium, a file "MEM*****.ind" indicating the type of the recording medium, a directory "DCIM" for storing still image files, a directory "VOICE" for storing voice files, a directory "HIFI" for storing audio files, and a directory "MS******" for storing information inherent to a vendor. The rules are defined as the method for recording data in the recording medium. Hence, an audio-visual apparatus can determine the type of data stored in the loaded recording medium, recognizes the format of data in a non-conforming format, and erases the data in the non-conforming format.
Inventors
- 👤 Reiko Habuto
- 👤 Yoshiyasu Kubota
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
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2026-11-10 02:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/21; H04N1/2104; H04N1/2112; H04N1/2125; G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B20/12; G11C; G11C7/00; G11C7/16; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04N5/77; H04N5/772; G11C2207/00; G11C2207/16; H04N2101/00; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/21; H04N2201/214; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3261; H04N2201/3264
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 87
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing data in at least one conforming format from and to a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats, said data reading-and-writing apparatus comprising: reading-and-writing means for performing reading and writing to the recording medium; control means for controlling said data reading-and-writing apparatus so as to record the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium, to read the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium, and to recognize and handle data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory name of the directory which is in a root directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing means for storing said data in non-conforming format; display means for performing predetermined display, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format; and operating means for giving instructions, wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in accordance with instructions given by said operating means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing data in at least one conforming format from and to a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats, said data reading-and-writing apparatus comprising: reading-and-writing means for performing reading and writing to the recording medium; control means for controlling said data reading-and-writing apparatus so as to record the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium, to read the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium, and to recognize and handle data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory name of the directory which is in a root directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing means for storing said data in non-conforming format; display means for performing predetermined display, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format; and operating means for giving instructions, wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in accordance with instructions given by said operating means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said data reading-and-writing apparatus informs a user of a state of said data reading-and-writing apparatus based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising display means for performing predetermined display, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said control means controls said display means so as to display the size of the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising operating means for giving instructions, wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in accordance with the instructions given by said operating means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in response to the instruction given by said operating means to determine the content of the recording medium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in response to the instruction given by said operating means to read the recording medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising light emitting means for emitting light, wherein said control means varies a light emitting state of said light emitting means based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising beep generating means for generating a beep, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said control means controls said display means so as to display the number of items in the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase some of the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase all the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase the data in the non-conforming format in category units.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase the data in the non-conforming format in file units.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
48 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising display means for performing display, wherein said control means controls said display means and said reading-and-writing means so that said display means displays the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format prior to erasing the data.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
45 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase the data in the non-conforming format when the residual capacity of the recording medium for writing the data in the conforming format is insufficient.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
40 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data in said plurality of formats are stored in directories having corresponding predetermined names; and said control means refers to the directories based on the names of the directories.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the directories are created in a root directory of the recording medium.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the directories are created in a specific directory of the recording medium.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
75 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 17 , further comprising: storage means for storing corresponding relationship information indicating the corresponding relationships between the names of the directories and the content of the data stored in the directories; wherein said control means compares, based on the corresponding relationship information in said storage means, the names of the directories recorded on the recording medium with the names of the directories indicated in the corresponding relationship information.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
48 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the directories store data indicating the content of the data stored in the directories; and said control means recognizes the content of the data stored in the directories based on the data indicating the content of the data.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the conforming format includes one type.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording medium includes a non-volatile memory.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
160 words
A data reading-and-writing method for a data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing data in at least one conforming format from and to a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats, said data reading-and-writing method comprising the steps of: writing the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium; reading the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium; recognizing and handling data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory name of the directory which is in a root directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing said data in non-conforming format; giving instructions for performing a predetermined display; and performing predetermined display based on the given instructions and information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
160 words
A data reading-and-writing method for a data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing data in at least one conforming format from and to a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats, said data reading-and-writing method comprising the steps of: writing the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium; reading the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium; recognizing and handling data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory name of the directory which is in a root directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing said data in non-conforming format; giving instructions for performing a predetermined display; and performing predetermined display based on the given instructions and information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
37 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 24 , further comprising an informing step of informing a user of a state of said data reading-and-writing apparatus based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 25 , further comprising a display step of performing predetermined display based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 26 , wherein, in said display step, the number of items in the data in the non-conforming format is displayed.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
25 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 26 , wherein, in said display step, the size of the data in the non-conforming format is displayed.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 26 , wherein, in said display step, predetermined display is performed in accordance with instructions given by operating means for giving the instructions.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
31 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 26 , wherein, in said display step, predetermined display is performed in response to an instruction to determine the content of the recording medium.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 26 , wherein, in said display step, predetermined display is performed in response to an instruction to read the recording medium.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
36 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 25 , further comprising a light emitting step of emitting light, wherein a light emitting state is varied based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 25 , further comprising a beep generating step of generating a beep based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 24 , further comprising an erasing step of erasing some of the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
19 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 34 , wherein all the data in the non-conforming format is erased.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 34 , wherein the data in the non-conforming format is erased in category units.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
21 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 34 , wherein the data in the non-conforming format is erased in file units.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 34 , further comprising a display step of displaying the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format prior to erasing the data.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 34 , wherein the data in the non-conforming format is erased when the residual capacity of the recording medium for writing the data in the conforming format is insufficient.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
38 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 24 , wherein the data in said plurality of formats are stored in directories having corresponding predetermined names; and the directories are referred to based on the names of the directories.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 40 , wherein the directories are created in a root directory of the recording medium.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
22 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 40 , wherein the directories are created in a specific directory of the recording medium.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
68 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 40 , further comprising the steps of: storing corresponding relationship information indicating the corresponding relationships between the names of the directories and the content of the data stored in the directories; and comparing, based on the corresponding relationship information, the names of the directories recorded on the recording medium with the names of the directories indicated in the corresponding relationship information.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
46 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 40 , wherein the directories store data indicating the content of the data stored in the directories; and the content of the data stored in the directories is recognized based on the data indicating the content of the data.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
16 words
A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 24 , wherein the conforming format includes one type.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing method according to claim 24 , wherein the recording medium includes a non-volatile memory.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
214 words
A data reading-and-writing system having a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats and a data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing data in at least one conforming format from and to the recording medium, said data reading-and-writing system comprising: reading-and-writing means for performing reading and writing to the recording medium; control means for controlling said data reading-and-writing apparatus so as to record the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium, to read the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium, and to recognize and handle data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium to determine the format of said newly received data, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing means for storing said data in non-conforming format; display means for performing predetermined display, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format; and operating means for giving instructions, wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in accordance with instructions given by said operating means.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
214 words
A data reading-and-writing system having a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats and a data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing data in at least one conforming format from and to the recording medium, said data reading-and-writing system comprising: reading-and-writing means for performing reading and writing to the recording medium; control means for controlling said data reading-and-writing apparatus so as to record the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium, to read the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium, and to recognize and handle data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium to determine the format of said newly received data, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing means for storing said data in non-conforming format; display means for performing predetermined display, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format; and operating means for giving instructions, wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in accordance with instructions given by said operating means.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
36 words
A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 47 , wherein said data reading-and-writing apparatus informs a user of a state of said data reading-and-writing apparatus based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
35 words
A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 48 , further comprising display means for performing predetermined display, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 49 , wherein said control means controls said display means so as to display the number of items in the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 49 , wherein said control means controls said display means so as to display the size of the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 49 , further comprising operating means for giving instructions, wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in accordance with the instructions given by said operating means.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 52 , wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in response to the instruction given by said operating means to determine the content of the recording medium.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 52 , wherein said control means causes said display means to perform predetermined display in response to the instruction given by said operating means to read the recording medium.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 48 , further comprising light emitting means for emitting light, wherein said control means varies a light emitting state of said light emitting means based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
36 words
A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 48 , further comprising beep generating means for generating a beep, under the control of said control means, based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 47 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase some of the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 57 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase all the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 57 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase the data in the non-conforming format in category units.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 57 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase the data in the non-conforming format in file units.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 57 , further comprising display means for performing display, wherein said control means controls said display means and said reading-and-writing means so that said display means displays the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format prior to erasing the data.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
45 words
A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 57 , wherein said control means controls said reading-and-writing means so as to erase the data in the non-conforming format when the residual capacity of the recording medium for writing the data in the conforming format is insufficient.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 47 , wherein the data in said plurality of formats are stored in directories having corresponding predetermined names; and said control means refers to the directories based on the names of the directories.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 63 , wherein the directories are created in a root directory of the recording medium.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 63 , wherein the directories are created in a specific directory of the recording medium.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
75 words
A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 63 , further comprising: storage means for storing corresponding relationship information indicating the corresponding relationships between the names of the directories and the content of the data stored in the directories; wherein said control means compares, based on the corresponding relationship information in said storage means, the names of the directories recorded on the recording medium with the names of the directories indicated in the corresponding relationship information.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 63 , wherein the directories store data indicating the content of the data stored in the directories; and said control means recognizes the content of the data stored in the directories based on the data indicating the content of the data.
Claim 71
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 47 , wherein the conforming format includes one type.
Claim 72
Dependent Claim
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A data reading-and-writing system according to claim 47 , wherein the recording medium includes a non-volatile memory.
Claim 73
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium for providing a data reading-and-writing program to be applied to a data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing-data in at least one conforming format from and to a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats, said data reading-and-writing program comprising the steps of: writing the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium; reading the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium; recognizing and handling data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory name of the directory which is in a root directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing said data in non-conforming data giving instructions for performing a predetermined display; and performing predetermined display based on the given instructions and information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 74
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium for providing a data reading-and-writing program to be applied to a data reading-and-writing apparatus for reading and writing-data in at least one conforming format from and to a recording medium capable of recording data in a plurality of formats, said data reading-and-writing program comprising the steps of: writing the data in the conforming format in a predetermined directory of the recording medium; reading the data in the conforming format from the predetermined directory of the recording medium; recognizing and handling data in a non-conforming format, which differs from the conforming format, by referring to a directory name of the directory which is in a root directory other than the predetermined directory of the recording medium, wherein said data in non-conforming format is data that is incapable of being processed by said reading-and-writing apparatus; storing said data in non-conforming data giving instructions for performing a predetermined display; and performing predetermined display based on the given instructions and information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 75
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 70 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program further comprises an informing step of informing a user of a state of said data reading-and-writing apparatus based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 76
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 71 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program further comprises a display step of performing predetermined display based on the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 77
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 72 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program displays, in said display step, the number of items in the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 78
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 72 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program displays, in said display step, the size of the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 79
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 72 , wherein, in said display step, said data reading-and-writing program performs predetermined display in accordance with instructions given by operating means for giving the instructions.
Claim 80
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 75 , wherein, in said display step, said data reading-and-writing program performs predetermined display in response to the instruction to determine the content of the recording medium.
Claim 81
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 75 , wherein, in said display step, said data reading-and-writing program performs predetermined display in response to the instruction to read the recording medium.
Claim 82
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 70 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program further comprises an erasing step of erasing the data in the non-conforming format.
Claim 83
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 78 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program further comprises a display step of displaying the information concerning the data in the non-conforming format prior to erasing the data.
Claim 84
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 78 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program erases the data in the non-conforming format when the residual capacity of the recording medium for writing the data in the conforming format is insufficient.
Claim 85
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 70 , wherein the data in said plurality of formats are stored in directories having corresponding predetermined names; and said data reading-and-writing program refers to the directories based on the names of the directories.
Claim 86
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 81 , wherein said data reading-and-writing program further comprising the steps of: storing corresponding relationship information indicating the corresponding relationships between the names of the directories and the content of the data stored in the directories; and comparing, based on the corresponding relationship information, the names of the directories recorded on the recording medium with the names of the directories indicated in the corresponding relationship information.
Claim 87
Dependent Claim
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A program providing medium according to claim 81 , wherein the directories store data indicating the content of the data stored in the directories; and said data reading-and-writing program recognizes the content of the data stored in the directories based on the data indicating the content of the data.
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