JP2010186473A - Information processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently record music data in a medium. <P>SOLUTION: A client 301 transmits a title and a player of a predetermined music piece through the Internet 311 to a web server 321. The web server 321 retrieves performance time corresponding to the musical piece by accessing a musical piece performance time information database 324. The performance time obtained by retrieval is transmitted through the Internet 311 to the client 301. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus and method capable of efficiently recording information on a recording medium having a limited capacity.

  Recently, systems that provide various services using a network typified by the Internet are becoming popular. For example, in such a system, various products can be purchased via a network. When the product (service) to be purchased is, for example, music information, the user can directly transfer the music data via the network and record it on an MD (mini disc) or the like.

  However, for example, when the user tries to record music information on the MD, depending on the song or the number of songs, the capacity of the music data increases and becomes larger than the recording capacity of the MD. There was a problem that could not be recorded on MD promptly and reliably.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and makes it possible to record information on a recording medium quickly and reliably.

  One aspect of the present invention is a selection unit that selects a plurality of audio data, a display unit that displays a list of selected audio data and a total capacity of the selected audio data, and a plurality of units selected by the selection unit. Recording destination selection means for selecting a storage medium for recording the audio data; detection means for detecting the storage medium selected by the recording destination selection means; and storage for storing the selected audio data in the storage medium Control means, and the display means performs notification when the total capacity of the plurality of audio data selected by the selection means exceeds a remaining capacity that is a storable capacity of the storage medium. This is an information processing apparatus.

  When the selection of the audio data is canceled from the list of the selected audio data displayed on the display means, an update means for updating the total capacity can be further provided.

  The display means may display a selection cancel button for each audio data, and the update means may update the total capacity when the selection cancel button is controlled.

  The audio data can be distributed from an audio data distribution server.

  The information related to the audio data includes image data corresponding to the audio data, and the display means can display the image data.

  The display means can display a remaining capacity of the storage medium.

  The total capacity or the remaining capacity can be displayed by time information.

  The display means can display the total capacity of the storage medium.

  The time information of the audio data can be acquired via a network.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the selection unit selects a plurality of audio data, the display unit displays a list of the selected audio data and the total capacity of the selected audio data, and the recording destination selection unit includes: A storage medium for recording the selected plurality of audio data is selected, a detection unit detects the selected storage medium, and a storage control unit stores the selected audio data in the storage medium. An information processing method comprising: a step of notifying when the total capacity of the plurality of audio data selected by the selection means exceeds a remaining capacity that is a storable capacity of the storage medium It is.

  In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium for selecting a plurality of audio data, displaying a list of the selected audio data and a total capacity of the selected audio data, and recording the selected plurality of audio data. The selected storage medium is selected, the selected audio data is stored in the storage medium, and the total capacity of the selected plurality of audio data is the capacity that can be stored in the storage medium Notification is made when the remaining capacity is exceeded.

  According to the present invention, information can be efficiently recorded on a storage medium without excess or deficiency.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the network system to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the example of the recording content of the recording media recording possible time information database of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the external appearance of the client of FIG. It is a front view which shows the structure of the front of the state which closed the display part of the client of FIG. It is a left view which shows the structure of the left side of the state which closed the display part of the client of FIG. It is a right view which shows the structure of the right side of the state which opened the display part of the client of FIG. It is a bottom view which shows the structure of the bottom face of the state which opened the display part of the client of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the client of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the web server of FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining BTO request processing of the client in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining BTO request processing of the client in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining BTO request processing of the client in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart explaining the BTO service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the BTO service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the BTO service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the menu page of the client of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the music purchase page of the client of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the shopping cart page of the client of FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of the shopping cart page of the client of FIG. It is a figure explaining the procedure of the process of FIG. 10 thru | or FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining BTO request processing of the client in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining BTO request processing of the client in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining BTO request processing of the client in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart explaining the BTO service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the BTO service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the BTO service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the detail of the menu page display process in step S73 of FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a recording time calculation request process of the client in FIG. 1. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a recording time calculation request process of the client in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart explaining the recording time calculation service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the recording time calculation service process of the Web server of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the menu page of the client of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the calculation page of the client of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the calculation page of the client of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the calculation page of the client of FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a label print request process of the client in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining label print processing of the Web server in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the menu page of the client 301 of FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a network system to which the present invention is applied. In this network system, a client 301 is connected to a Web server 321 via the Internet 311. The client 301 is also connected to an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 1394 serial bus 305. The IEEE 1394 serial bus (hereinafter simply referred to as a 1394 serial bus) 305 further includes an MD (mini disk). A player 302, a video cassette recorder (VCR) 303, and a compact disc (CD) player 304 are connected.

  A recording media drive 322 is connected to the Web server 321, and music data is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-R (Compact Disk-Recordable), a mini-disc, or a Memory Stick (trademark). The Web server 321 also includes a recording media recordable time information database (DB) 323 that stores information related to the capacity (recordable time) of various recording media, and a song that stores information related to the performance time of the song. Performance time information database 324, amount information database 325 storing information related to the purchase price of a song, song data database 326 storing song data, and a label on which information related to a label attached to a recording medium is recorded An information database 327 is connected. Note that these recording media recordable time information database 323 to label information database 327 may be directly connected to the Web server 321 or may be connected via a network including the Internet 311.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of recordable time information stored in the recordable media recordable time information database 323. As shown in FIG. 2A, the recordable time of the CD-R and the minidisc (MD) as recording media is stored as 74 minutes. As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the Memory Stick Walkman (MS) (trademark) can record differently depending on its capacity (16 Mbyte or 64 Mbyte) and further depending on the compression method of the music data. Time is remembered. The recording capacity of MS16 is 16 minutes when the compression method is MP3 (MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) Audio Layer-3), 20 minutes when ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) 3 (SP (Standard Play)), In the case of ATRAC3 (LP (Long Play)), it is 32 minutes. The recording capacity of MS64M having a capacity about four times that of MS16M is 64 minutes when the compression method is MP3, 81 minutes when ATRAC3 (SP), and 128 minutes when ATRAC3 (LP). It is said that.

  Next, a configuration example of the client 301 will be described with reference to FIGS. The client 301 is a portable personal computer of B5 size or smaller and is configured by a main body 2 and a display unit 3 attached to the main body 2 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  The main body 2 includes a plurality of operation keys 4 that are operated when inputting various characters, symbols, numbers, and the like on the upper surface, and a stick-type pointing device 5 that is operated when moving a cursor displayed on the display unit 3. A shutter button 7 that is operated when an image is picked up by a speaker 6 and a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera 23 provided in the display unit 3 is provided.

  A liquid crystal display 21 composed of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is provided on the front of the display unit 3, and an imaging unit 22 having a CCD camera 23 at the center upper end of the front is rotatable with respect to the display unit 3. Is attached.

  That is, the imaging unit 22 can be rotated and positioned at an arbitrary position within an angle range of 180 degrees between the front direction and the back direction of the display unit 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the imaging unit 22 is provided with an adjustment ring 25 that adjusts the focus of the CCD camera 23.

  Further, a microphone 24 is provided on the front side of the display unit 3 (FIG. 3) on the left side of the imaging unit 22 so that sound can be collected from the back side of the display unit 3 (FIG. 7) via the microphone 24. Has been made.

  In addition, a power supply lamp PL, a battery lamp BL, a message lamp ML, and other lamps corresponding to various applications are provided at the lower center of the front of the display unit 3.

  Further, a claw 13 is provided on the front upper end of the display unit 3 on the left side of the microphone 24, and a hole 8 is provided at a predetermined position of the main body 2 corresponding to the claw 13. In the state closed to 2, the claw 13 is fitted into the hole 8 and locked.

  A slide lever 9 is provided on the front surface of the main body 2 as shown in FIG. 4, and the slide lever 9 is fitted in the hole 8 by sliding the slide lever 9 in the arrow direction (left direction in FIG. 4) along the front surface. The lock | rock of the combined nail | claw 13 is cancelled | released and the display part 3 can be expand | deployed with respect to the main body 2. FIG.

  Also, on the front of the main unit 2, a predetermined application software (hereinafter simply referred to as an application) is started from the power-on with a single button operation, and a series of preset operations are automatically executed. A programmable power key (PPK key) 10 is provided at the left end, and a plurality of intake holes 11 are provided at the right end.

  On the left side of the main body 2, as shown in FIG. 5, a slide-type power switch 40, a 4-pin IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394 terminal 41, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) terminal 42, and a microphone input A terminal 43, a headphone terminal 44, and an infrared port 45 compliant with IrDA (Infrared Data Association) are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an exhaust hole 12 is provided on the right side of the main body 2. A PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) card (hereinafter referred to as a PC card) is located on the right side of the exhaust hole 12. A PC card slot 53 is provided for inserting a PC card slot 53.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a lid 26 for covering the opening for attaching the additional memory is attached to the lower surface of the main body 2 and a pin insertion hole 48 for removing the locking claw of the lid 26 is provided. It has been.

  FIG. 8 shows an internal electrical configuration of the client 301. As shown in FIG. 8, in the main body 2 of the client 301, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 52, a PC (Personal Computer) card slot 53, a RAM (RAM) are connected to a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus 51 of the activation sequence control unit 83. Random Access Memory) 54, a graphics processing circuit 55 for generating an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 of the display unit 3, and an IEEE1394 terminal 41 for connecting to other computer devices and external devices to capture digital data. A directly connected IEEE interface 56 is connected.

  The CPU 52 is a controller that comprehensively controls various functions in the main body 2, and can execute various functions by executing various programs loaded in the RAM 54.

  The PCI bus 51 is connected to an ISA (Industrial Standard Architecture) bus 59. The ISA bus 59 includes a hard disk drive 60, an I / O (Input / Output) controller 61, a keyboard controller 62, a pointing device controller 63, and a sound chip. 64, an LCD controller 65, a modem 66, and a USB interface 67 are connected.

  Here, the keyboard controller 62 controls the input of a control signal in response to pressing of the operation key 4 (FIG. 3), and the pointing device controller 63 controls the input of the control signal by the stick type pointing device 5 (FIG. 3).

  The sound chip 64 takes in an audio input from the microphone 24 (FIG. 3) or supplies an audio signal to the built-in speaker 6 (FIG. 3). The modem 66 is connected to the WWW server 102 of the provider 101 via the public telephone line 90 and the Internet 311. The USB interface 67 is connected to the USB terminal 42, and is connected to peripheral devices such as a USB mouse and a floppy disk (registered trademark) drive. In this example, a magnetic disk 231, an optical disk 232, a magneto-optical disk 233, or a drive 230 that drives a semiconductor memory 234 is connected.

  The hard disk drive 60 automatically captures image data captured by a capture software 60A for capturing still images, a digital map software 60B, an OS (Operating System) 60C composed of Windows 98 (registered trademark), and the CCD camera 23. In addition to the image automatic capture software 60D to be stored and the browser program 60E for controlling communication with the Web server 321 via the Internet 311, various application software (not shown) are stored and read by the CPU 52 as necessary. And loaded into the RAM 54.

  The I / O controller 61 includes an I / O interface 69, a CPU 70, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 71 composed of EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), and a RAM 72, which are connected to each other. Real-Time Clock) 81 always supplies the current time.

  The ROM 71 of the I / O controller 61 stores a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) 73, a wakeup program 74, a key input monitoring program 75, and an LED control program 76, and a RAM 72 stores a key input status register. 77, a set time register 78, an LED control register 79, and a key corresponding application register 80 are provided.

  The key input status register 77 stored in the RAM 72 can store an operation key flag, and the CPU 70 determines whether the PPK key 10 (FIG. 3) for one-touch operation is operated based on the key input monitoring program 75. If the PPK key 10 is operated, an operation key flag is stored in the key input status register 77.

  The set time register 78 can store time information such as a start time arbitrarily set in advance by the user. The CPU 70 arbitrarily sets the current time given from the RTC 81 based on the wakeup program 74. It is detected whether or not the start time is reached, and a predetermined process is executed when the start time is reached.

  Further, the key corresponding application register 80 stores the correspondence relationship between the PPK key 10 or the operation key 4 composed of a plurality of combinations and the application to be activated, corresponding to the combination of the PPK key 10 and the preset operation key 4. When the PPK key 10 or a preset operation key 4 is pressed, the CPU 70 sends control data for starting up the corresponding application to the CPU 52 via the ISA bus 59 and the PCI bus 51 sequentially. Then, the CPU 52 starts application software corresponding to the control data.

  The LED control register 79 stores an end flag when the application software stored in the key corresponding application register 80 is started and the operation ends, and the CPU 70 stores an end flag in the LED control register 79 based on the LED control program 76. When it is detected that the message lamp is being operated, the message lamp ML is turned on.

  The LED control register 79 stores a power flag when the power switch 40 is pressed, and stores a battery flag when the main body 2 operates with a power supply voltage supplied from a battery. Therefore, when the CPU 70 detects that the power flag or the battery flag is stored based on the LED control program 76, the CPU 70 turns on the power lamp PL or the battery lamp BL.

  Here, the backup battery 82 is connected to the I / O controller 61, so that the power switch 40 of the main body 2 is turned off, and the key of the RAM 72 can be used even when power is not supplied from a power source (not shown). Each data of the input status register 77, the set time register 78, the LED control register 79, and the key corresponding application register 80 is held.

  The reversing switch 88 connected to the I / O controller 61 is turned on when the imaging unit 22 (FIG. 3) is rotated 180 degrees in the direction of imaging the opposite side of the liquid crystal display 21 of the display unit 3. The CPU 70 is notified. The PPK key 10 also notifies the CPU 70 of the state in the same manner as when the reverse switch 88 is pressed.

  Further, the half-push switch 86 is turned on when the shutter button 7 provided on the upper surface of the main body 2 is half-pushed, and notifies the CPU 70 of the I / O controller 61 of the half-push switch 86. It is turned on when the button 7 is fully pressed, and the state is notified to the CPU 70 of the I / O controller 61.

  That is, the CPU 70 of the I / O controller 61 enters the still image mode when the user releases the shutter button 7 halfway with the capture software 60A of the hard disk drive 60 started up, and controls the CCD camera 23 to control the CCD camera 23. The freeze of the still image is executed, and when it is fully pressed, the frozen still image data is captured and sent to the data processing unit 85.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 70 of the I / O controller 61 enters the moving image mode without starting up the capture software 60A, it captures a moving image of up to about 60 seconds and sends it to the data processing unit 85.

  The I / O controller 61 is configured to control the graphics processing circuit 55 connected to the PCI bus 51. The I / O controller 61 converts image data composed of still images or moving images captured by the CCD camera 23 into a data processing unit. After the predetermined data processing is performed by 85, the data is input to the graphics processing circuit 55.

  The graphics processing circuit 55 stores the supplied image data in a built-in VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) 55A, reads it out as appropriate, sends it to the LCD controller 65, and stores it in the hard disk drive 60 as necessary.

  The LCD controller 65 controls the backlight 84 of the display unit 3 so as to illuminate from behind the liquid crystal display 21 and outputs the image data supplied from the graphics processing circuit 55 to the liquid crystal display 21 for display. Has been made.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 52 starts up the digital map software 60 </ b> B read from the hard disk drive 60 on the RAM 54, the CPU 52 sends map data from the digital map software 60 </ b> B to the graphics processing circuit 55.

  At this time, the graphics processing circuit 55 generates map image data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 based on the supplied map data, stores it in the VRAM 55A, reads it out as appropriate, and sends it to the LCD controller 65.

  Accordingly, the LCD controller 65 displays a map image on the liquid crystal display 21 of the display unit 3 based on the map image data supplied from the graphics processing circuit 55.

  The PC card slot 53 connected to the PCI bus 51 is provided with a PC card (not shown) as appropriate when an optional function is added, and exchanges data with the CPU 52 via the PC card. . For example, when a PCMCIA type GPS (Global Positioning System) card 57 is installed in the PC card slot 53, the GPS antenna 58 connected to the GPS card 57 receives radio waves from GPS satellites to obtain current position data. Has been made.

  As a result, the GPS card 57 sends the current position data (latitude data, longitude data, and altitude data) received via the GPS antenna 58 to the CPU 52 via the PCI bus 51.

  In this case, the CPU 52 sends the current position data to the graphics processing circuit 55, generates an arrow icon indicating the current position based on the current position data by the graphics processing circuit 55, and then uses the liquid crystal display 21 via the LCD controller 65. The map image is displayed with an arrow icon superimposed on it.

  Thus, the liquid crystal display 21 can display the arrow icon while moving it on the map image based on the position data detected by the GPS card 57.

  FIG. 9 shows a configuration example of the Web server 321. The CPU 371 executes various processes according to programs read from the ROM 372 or the storage unit 378 and stored in the RAM 373. The RAM 373 appropriately stores data and programs necessary for the CPU 371 to execute various processes. These CPU 371 to RAM 373 are connected to each other via a bus 374 and also to an input / output interface 375. Connected to the input / output interface 375 are an input unit 376 composed of a keyboard, a mouse, an output unit 377 composed of a speaker, a CRT, an LCD, etc., and a storage unit 378 composed of a hard disk. In addition, a communication unit 379 is connected to the input / output interface 375 so that communication with the Internet 311 is performed.

  A recording media drive 322 is further connected to the input / output interface 375, and the recording media drive 322 records musical tone data on a recording medium such as a CD-R, a mini-disc, or a memory stick. It is made like that. The printing unit 380 prints a label (jacket). The drive 381 is loaded with a magnetic disk 391, an optical disk 392, a magneto-optical disk 393, a semiconductor memory 394, and the like, and loads a program written therein to the recording unit 378 or the RAM 373.

  Next, BTO (Bild to Order) service processing executed in this network system will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The flowcharts of FIGS. 10 to 12 show the operation of the client 301, and the flowcharts of FIGS. 13 to 15 show the operation of the Web server 321. Since the processes of the client 301 and the Web server 321 are related to each other, the operation will be described with reference to these flowcharts alternately as necessary in the following description.

  When the CPU 52 of the client 301 is instructed to access the Web server 321 by operating the keyboard 4 or the stick-type pointing device 5 from the user, the CPU 52 accesses the Web server 321 in step S1 in response to this instruction. Execute the process. That is, at this time, the CPU 52 controls the modem 66 to access the Web server 321 of the provider 101 from the telephone line 90 via the Internet 311. Of course, the Web server 321 may be a server other than the provider 101.

  In step S31, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 waits until access is received from the client 301 via the Internet 311 and the communication unit 379. When access is received, the CPU 371 proceeds to step S32 and performs processing for transmitting the menu page to the client 301. Execute. That is, the CPU 371 reads out the data of the menu page stored in advance in the storage unit 378 and transmits it to the client 301 from the communication unit 379 via the Internet 311.

  The CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the menu page data transmitted from the Web server 321 in step S2. In step S3, the CPU 52 executes processing for displaying a menu page. That is, the CPU 52 supplies the menu page data received from the Web server 321 via the modem 66 to the liquid crystal display 21 via the LCD controller 65 for display. Thereby, for example, a menu page 401 as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21.

  In the menu page 401 of FIG. 16, a button 402 for selecting any one of three types of recording media, Audio CD, MD, and flash memory, and a button 403 operated when confirming the selection are displayed. Yes. Here, the flash memory refers to a semiconductor memory such as a removable memory card used for stereo headphones represented by Memory Stick Walkman (trademark).

  Therefore, in step S4, the CPU 52 determines whether or not a recording medium has been selected. If it is determined that the recording medium has been selected, the CPU 52 proceeds to step S5 and executes processing for displaying the corresponding medium. For example, when the user operates the stick-type pointing device 5 and operates a button corresponding to MD among the buttons 402, a signal corresponding to the operation is input from the pointing device controller 63 to the CPU 52. At this time, the CPU 52 changes the display so as to indicate that the button 402 corresponding to the MD is selected.

  If it is determined in step S4 that the recording medium has not been selected, or after the process of displaying the corresponding medium is completed in step S5, the process proceeds to step S6, and the CPU 52 determines whether or not the selection has been confirmed. That is, it is determined whether or not the button 403 has been operated. If the button 403 has not been operated, the process returns to step S4, and the subsequent processing is repeatedly executed.

  The user operates the button 403 after selecting one of the three types of media by operating one of the buttons 402. When the button 403 is operated, the CPU 52 proceeds to step S7 and executes processing for notifying the Web server 321 of the selected media. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, when the button 403 is operated in a state where the Audio CD is selected, the CPU 52 notifies the Web server 321 via the modem 66 that the audio CD has been selected.

  When the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 receives the media notification transmitted by the client 301 via the communication unit 379 in step S33, in step S34, the CPU 371 searches for the recordable time of the selected (received) media. Execute. That is, the CPU 371 accesses the recording media recordable time information database 323 from the communication unit 379 and searches for the recordable time of the selected medium. In this case, since the audio CD is selected, the recordable time is searched as 74 minutes as shown in FIG.

  In step S <b> 35, the CPU 371 reads the music purchase page data from the storage unit 378 and causes the communication unit 379 to transmit the data to the client 301.

  When the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the music purchase page data in step S8, it supplies it to the liquid crystal display 21 via the LCD controller 65 to display it. Thereby, for example, an image of a song purchase page 411 as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. However, in this case, nothing is displayed yet in the music input field 412, the performer input field 413, the performance time display field 414, and the monetary value display field 415.

  The user looks at the display of the song purchase page 411 and operates the keyboard 4 to input the title (song title) to be purchased in the input field 412 and the performer in the input field 413. If the input is correct after completion of the input, the button 416 on which the characters “add to shopping cart” are displayed is operated.

  In step S9, the CPU 52 stands by until it is determined that a song and a player have been input (the button 416 has been operated). When it is determined that the input has been performed, the CPU 52 proceeds to step S10, and enters the input song and performance. The person is transmitted to the Web server 321. In the example of FIG. 17, “Ah” is input in the input field 412 as the music piece, and “Ichiro Yamada” is input in the input field 413 as the performer, so these pieces of information are transmitted to the Web server 321. The

  In step S36, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 waits until it is determined that the music piece and the performer have been received from the client 301. Search performance time and amount. That is, at this time, the CPU 371 accesses the music performance time information database 324 and the money amount information database 325 via the communication unit 379, and retrieves the performance time and money of the music corresponding to the music piece and performer received in step S36. To do.

  In step S38, the CPU 371 calculates the new total time by adding the performance time searched in step S37 to the total performance time searched so far. Further, the remaining recordable time is calculated by subtracting the total time from the recordable time of the media searched in step S34. The CPU 371 also adds the amount retrieved in step S37 to the total amount of money so far, and updates the total amount. In step S39, the CPU 371 notifies the client 301 of the performance time and amount searched in step S37.

  In step S11, the CPU 52 receives the performance time and the amount of money transmitted from the Web server 321, and displays them in the performance time display column 414 and the amount display column 415, respectively, as shown in FIG. . As a result, the user can know the performance time and amount of the music input in the input fields 412 and 413.

  Next, in step S12, the CPU 52 determines whether or not the shopping cart button 417 has been operated. If not, the CPU 52 returns to step S9 and repeats the subsequent processing. That is, in this way, the user sequentially designates music pieces to be purchased based on the GUI of the music purchase page 411 shown in FIG. 17 and sequentially operates the “Add to shopping cart” button 416.

  Then, after designating an arbitrary number of music pieces, the user operates a “shopping cart” button 417. At this time, in step S <b> 13, the CPU 52 transmits an operation signal for the shopping cart button 417 to the Web server 321.

  In step S40, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 waits until an operation signal for the shopping cart button 417 is received. If not received, the CPU 371 returns to step S36 and repeats the subsequent processing. In other words, the performance time and the amount related to the music input by the user based on the music purchase page 411 are sequentially supplied from the Web server 321 to the client 301.

  If it is determined in step S <b> 40 that the operation signal for the shopping cart button 417 has been received, the CPU 371 proceeds to step S <b> 41, reads the shopping cart page data from the storage unit 378, and transmits it to the client 301.

  In step S <b> 14, when the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the shopping cart page data transmitted from the Web server 321, the data is supplied to the liquid crystal display 21 and displayed. Thereby, for example, an image of the shopping cart page 421 as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21.

  As shown in FIG. 18, on the shopping cart page 421, the music item and the player designated by the user on the music purchase page 411, and the corresponding performance time and amount are displayed in the display columns 422-1 to 425-2, respectively. Is done. The display field 426 displays the total performance time displayed in the display fields 424-1 and 424-2, and the display field 427 displays them in the display fields 425-1 and 425-2. The total amount of money is displayed. The display field 428 displays the remaining time that can be recorded on this medium. In the remaining time display field 428, the total time (this time) displayed in the display field 426 from the recordable time of the medium displayed in the display field 432 (in this example, 74:00 seconds) is displayed. In the example, the time minus 8 minutes 06 seconds (in this example, 65 minutes 54 seconds) is displayed. These total time, remaining time, and total amount are obtained by the calculation in step S38.

  The shopping cart page 421 further displays a button 430 operated when purchasing the displayed music and a button 431 operated when returning to the music purchasing page. Also displayed are buttons 429-1 and 429-2 operated when deleting the tune for each tune.

  In step S15, the CPU 52 determines whether or not the delete buttons 429-1 and 429-2 are operated. If it is determined that the delete buttons 429-1 and 429-2 are operated, the CPU 52 proceeds to step S16 and transmits a corresponding operation signal to the web server 321. Execute the process. Thereafter, the process returns to step S14.

  In step S42, the Web server 321 determines whether or not the operation signal of the delete buttons 429-1 and 429-2 has been received. If the Web server 321 determines that it has been received, the process proceeds to step S43, and the shopping cart page 421 is updated. Execute. That is, for example, when the delete button 429-2 corresponding to the song indicated by number 2 shown in FIG. 18 is operated, the information of the song indicated by number 2 is deleted, and the total time, the total amount, and the remaining time are set again. Recalculate. Thereafter, the process returns to step S41, and the CPU 371 transmits the updated shopping cart page data to the client 301.

  That is, when the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 calculates the total time in step S38, the CPU 371 determines whether or not the total time has become larger than the recordable time. A warning message such as “Exceeding the possible time” is generated, inserted into the shopping cart page, and transmitted to the client 301. Thereby, for example, a warning 427 as shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 of the client 301. When such a warning is displayed, for example, the user can adjust the total time to be equal to or smaller than the recordable time by operating the delete button 429-2.

  When the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the updated shopping cart page data in step S <b> 14, it displays it on the liquid crystal display 21. Thus, in this case, the number 2 information in FIG. 18 is deleted, and the shopping cart page 421 that displays the total time, the total amount, and the remaining time corresponding to the first information is displayed. .

  When it is determined in step S15 that the delete buttons 429-1 and 429-2 are not operated, the process proceeds to step S17, and the CPU 52 determines whether or not the song purchase page button 431 is operated and is operated. If it is determined that the operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S18, and the corresponding operation signal is transmitted to the web server 321. Thereafter, the process returns to step S8.

  If the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 determines in step S42 that it has not received the operation signal for the delete buttons 429-1 and 429-2, it proceeds to step S44 and has received the operation signal for the button 431 on the song purchase page. If it is determined whether or not it has been received, the process returns to step S35, and the process of transmitting the music purchase page data to the client 301 is executed again.

  When the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the data of the song purchase page in step S8, it displays it on the liquid crystal display 21. Thus, the music purchase page 411 as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed again, and the user performs an operation of designating the music to be purchased based on the GUI.

  If it is determined in step S17 that the song purchase page button 431 has not been operated, the process proceeds to step S19, and the CPU 52 determines whether or not the purchase button 430 has been operated. If it is determined that the purchase button 430 is not operated, the process returns to step S15, and the subsequent processing is repeatedly executed.

  If it is determined in step S19 that the purchase button 430 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S20, and the CPU 52 transmits a signal corresponding to the operation to the web server 321. That is. The purchase is notified to the Web server 321.

  When it is determined in step S44 that the operation signal for the button 431 on the song purchase page has not been received, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 determines whether or not the operation signal for the purchase button 430 has been received. If it is determined that there is not, the process returns to step S42, and the subsequent processing is repeatedly executed.

  If it is determined in step S45 that an operation signal for the purchase button 430 has been received, the CPU 371 proceeds to step S46 and performs credit processing.

  In other words, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 accesses the credit sales company 441 (see FIG. 20 described later) via the communication unit 379, refers to the past purchase history of the client 301, and performs unauthorized processing such as non-payment in the past. Determine whether or not. If unauthorized processing has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S <b> 47, and the CPU 371 reads the encryption key stored in the storage unit 378 and transmits it to the client 301. In step S <b> 48, the CPU 371 accesses the music data database 326 and acquires music data of the music finally displayed on the shopping cart page 421.

  In step S49, the CPU 371 encrypts the acquired music data with the encryption key transmitted to the client 301 in step S47. In step S50, the CPU 371 executes processing for recording the music data encrypted in step S49 on the medium notified in step S33. That is, at this time, the CPU 371 controls the recording media drive 322 to record the encrypted music data on the medium designated by the user.

  In step S51, the CPU 371 accesses the label information database 327, searches for label (jacket) information corresponding to the music data recorded on the medium, and causes the printing unit 380 to print the label (jacket) corresponding to the information.

  Thereafter, the label printed in step S51 is affixed to the medium stored in step S50, and the medium is delivered to the user of the client 301 by mail, courier service, or the like.

  In step S53, the CPU 371 executes processing for charging the credit sales company 441 (FIG. 20) an amount corresponding to the purchase amount of the user's music data. In step S54, the billed amount is received from the credit sales company.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the encryption key from the Web server 321 via the Internet 311 in step S21, the CPU 52 stores it in the hard disk of the hard disk drive 60. In step S22, when the delivery of the media delivered from the administrator of the Web server 321 is received, in step S23, the user selects the delivered media (CD-R in this example) as a CD player. Attach to 304. When instructed by the user, the CPU 52 accesses the CD player 304 via the 1394 serial bus 305, and reproduces the encrypted music data recorded on the CD-R attached thereto. When the reproduced music data is captured, it is decrypted with the encryption key recorded on the hard disk of the hard disk drive 60 and reproduced. The reproduced music data is output from the sound chip 64 to the speaker 6.

  Furthermore, in step S24, the user pays the amount corresponding to the purchased music data to the credit sales company 441.

  The flow of the above processing is summarized as shown in FIG. In the figure, the numbers indicate the order of processing. That is, the client 301 first orders a music piece from the Web server 321. Upon receiving this order, the Web server 321 performs credit processing for the credit sales company 441, and issues an encryption key to the client 301 if the orderer is not an unauthorized person. Then, the Web server 321 encrypts the ordered music data with the encryption key and records it on the designated recording medium. The recording media is delivered to the user of the client 301.

  The Web server 321 charges the credit sales company 441 corresponding to the purchase amount from the user of the client 301. In response to this bill, the credit sales company 441 pays the administrator of the Web server 321 on behalf of the user of the client 301. Thereafter, the credit sales company 441 makes a charge corresponding to the amount paid on behalf of the user of the client 301, and the user of the client 301 makes a payment corresponding to this charge to the credit sales company 441.

  In the above, the music data designated by the user is recorded on the media in the order designated on the Web server 321 side, and the media is delivered to the user of the client 301. However, the music data designated by the user is designated via the Internet 311. It is also possible to transmit the recorded music data to the client 301 for recording. The processing in this case is shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. The processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 21 to 23 represents processing on the client 301 side, and the flowcharts of FIGS. 24 to 26 represent processing on the Web server 321 side.

  The processing from step S71 to step S94 in FIG. 21 to FIG. 23 is basically the same as the processing from step S1 to step S24 shown in FIG. 10 to FIG. 12, and the processing from step S111 to step S132 in FIG. This process is the same as the process of steps S31 to S54 in FIGS.

  However, in step S92 in FIG. 23 corresponding to step S22 in FIG. 12, a process in which the CPU 52 receives encrypted music data via the Internet 311 is performed instead of the process of receiving delivery of media. The CPU 52 temporarily stores the received music data on the hard disk of the hard disk drive 60. In step S93, the music data is read from the hard disk, decrypted using the encryption key received in step S91, and reproduced.

  On the other hand, in the process on the Web server 321 side, instead of the process of recording the encrypted music data on the medium corresponding to step S50 in FIG. 15, the encrypted music data is transferred to the Internet 311 in step S130. The process of transmitting via is executed. And the process of step S51 of FIG. 15 and S52 is abbreviate | omitted.

  Other processes are the same as those described above.

  In this way, when music data is transmitted to the client 301 via the Internet 311 and recorded on the medium, the menu page display process in step S73 of FIG. 21 can be performed as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  In other words, in this example, in step S 151, the CPU 52 executes a process for searching for devices connected to the 1394 serial bus 305. This search process can be performed by reading the global unique ID stored in the configuration ROM of each device connected to the 1394 serial bus 305. That is, the global unique ID includes information for specifying the type of each device, and it can be determined from the information whether each device has a function of recording on a medium.

  In step S152, the CPU 52 performs a process of checking whether or not a medium is loaded in the device searched in step S151. This process can be performed by inquiring the status of each device from the CPU 52. In step S153, the CPU 52 displays only media related to the media loaded in the device searched by the processing in steps S151 and S152 among the media included in the menu page 401 (FIG. 16) transmitted from the Web server 321. Let For example, in the system of FIG. 1, it is assumed that a mini disc and a CD-R are mounted on the MD player 302 and the CD player 304, respectively, and the memory stick is mounted on each device connected to the 1394 serial bus 305. Otherwise, only the buttons corresponding to Audio CD and MD are displayed as the button 402 shown in FIG. 16, and MS Walkman is not displayed. Or even if it is displayed, it is displayed so that it cannot be selected.

  In this way, it is reliably prevented that the music data cannot be downloaded on the client 301 side because the media is not loaded in a predetermined device.

  In the above description, the case where the music data is provided has been described as an example. However, the music data is not provided, and it is also possible to receive the service merely for calculating the recording time of the music media. The flowcharts of FIGS. 28 to 31 show a processing example in this case. The flowcharts of FIGS. 28 and 29 represent the processing on the client 301 side, and the flowcharts of FIGS. 30 and 31 represent the processing on the Web server 321 side.

  In step S <b> 141, the CPU 52 of the client 301 executes processing for accessing the Web server 321 when an instruction from the user is given. In step S171, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 waits until access is received from the client 301. When access is received, the CPU 371 proceeds to step S172, reads the menu page data stored in the storage unit 378, and transmits the menu page data to the client 301. .

  In step S142, the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the menu page data transmitted from the Web server 321 and outputs it to the liquid crystal display 21 for display. Thereby, for example, a menu page 451 as shown in FIG. 32 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. The menu page 451 displays a button 452 for selecting a recording medium and a button 453 operated when confirming the selection.

  In step S143, the CPU 52 stands by until a recording medium is selected. When the recording medium is selected, in step S144, a process of displaying the corresponding medium is executed. That is, when the recording medium is selected by operating the button 452, the CPU 52 changes the display so that the user can recognize the selection. If it is determined in step S143 that the recording medium has not been selected, or if the processing for displaying the corresponding medium is completed in step S144, the process proceeds to step S145, and the CPU 52 determines whether the selection has been confirmed. That is, it is determined whether or not the button 453 has been operated. If the button 453 is not operated, the process returns to step S143, and the subsequent processing is repeatedly executed.

  If it is determined in step S145 that the button 453 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S146, and the CPU 52 executes processing for notifying the Web server 321 of the selected media.

  In step S172, when the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 receives the media notification transmitted from the client 301, in step S174, the CPU 371 accesses the recording media recordable time information database 323 to determine the recordable time of the selected media. Search for. In step S <b> 175, the CPU 371 reads out the calculation page data stored in the storage unit 378 and transmits it to the client 301.

  When the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the calculation page data in step S147, the CPU 52 displays it on the liquid crystal display 21. Thereby, for example, a calculation page 461 as shown in FIG. 33 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. In the calculation page 461, the recordable time of the designated medium is displayed in the display column 462, and an input column 463 for inputting the music piece and an input column 464 for inputting the performer are displayed. FIG. 33 shows a state in which the music piece and the performer are input. Corresponding to these input fields, a display field 465 for displaying the performance time of each music piece and a button 466 operated when determining the selection are displayed.

  The button 469 is operated when setting the selection mode. The display field 467 displays the total performance time displayed in the display field 465, and the display field 468 displays the total time displayed in the display field 467 from the recordable time displayed in the display field 462. The remaining time after subtracting the time is displayed.

  In step S148, the CPU 52 determines whether or not a piece of music is input to the input field 463, a performer is input to the input field 464, and the determination button 466 corresponding to the input field is operated. If the corresponding determination button 466 is operated, the process proceeds to step S149, and the CPU 52 causes the Web server 321 to transmit the music piece and performer data input in the input fields 463 and 464.

  In step S176, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 waits until receiving the data of the music piece and the performer. If it is determined that the data has been received, the CPU 371 proceeds to step S177, accesses the music performance time information database 324, and Search for the performance time of the music specified in. In step S178, the CPU 371 calculates the total time of the performance times searched so far and the remaining time obtained by subtracting the total time from the recordable time of the media searched in step S174. In step S179, the CPU 371 transmits to the client 301 the performance time searched at that time in step S177 and the total time and remaining time calculated in step S178.

  When the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the performance time, the total time, and the remaining time transmitted from the Web server 321 in step S150, as shown in FIG. 34, these are displayed in the display fields 465, 467,. 468 is displayed. Note that FIG. 34 shows a state where information of two songs is input. When the remaining time is calculated in step S178, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 determines whether or not the remaining time has become negative, and when it becomes negative, that is, when the total time becomes greater than the recordable time. Raises a warning message. In step S179, this message is notified to the client 301 together with the performance time, the total time, and the remaining time. As a result, when this warning is notified together, the calculation page 461 displays a warning such as “the total time of the selected song exceeds the recordable time” as shown in FIG. 481 is displayed.

  When such a warning is given, the user needs to perform processing for omitting predetermined music data. When performing such processing, the user operates the button 469 to command the selection mode. Therefore, the CPU 52 determines whether or not the selection mode is instructed in step S151 (whether or not the button 469 is operated). If not, the CPU 52 returns to step S148 and repeatedly executes the subsequent processing. To do. If it is determined in step S151 that the selection mode has been commanded, the process proceeds to step S152, and the CPU 52 notifies the web server 321 of the command for the selection mode.

  In step S180, the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 determines whether or not the selection mode has been commanded. If not, the CPU 371 returns to step S176 and repeats the subsequent processing. If it is determined in step S180 that the selection mode has been commanded, the process proceeds to step S181.

  In step S153, the CPU 52 of the client 301 waits until the enter button 466 is operated. When the enter button 466 is operated, the process proceeds to step S154, and the music corresponding to the operated enter button 466 is transmitted to the web server 321.

  In step S181, when the Web server 321 receives the piece data corresponding to the decision button 466 transmitted from the client 301, in step S182, the total time and the remaining time corresponding to the piece for which the decision button 466 has been operated until then. Calculate time. In step S183, the client 301 is notified of the total time and the remaining time. Even in this case, if the total time exceeds the recordable time, a warning is notified at the same time.

  When the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the total time and the remaining time transmitted from the Web server 321 in step S155, the CPU 52 displays them on the liquid crystal display 21. If a warning is sent at the same time, it is also displayed.

  In step S156, the CPU 52 determines whether or not termination has been commanded. If not, the CPU 52 returns to step S153 and repeats the subsequent processing. In this way, when the user selects a predetermined song from the songs displayed on the calculation page 461 by operating the enter button 466, the total time and remaining time of the newly selected song are displayed. Displayed in the column 467 and the display column 468, respectively.

  As described above, when the recordable music data information can be obtained on the designated medium, the user operates the keyboard 4 or the stick-type pointing device 5 to instruct the end of the process. Therefore, the CPU 52 determines whether or not the end of the process is instructed in step S156, and if not instructed, the CPU 52 returns to step S153 and repeats the subsequent processes. If it is determined in step S156 that the end of the process has been commanded, the process proceeds to step S157, and the CPU 52 notifies the Web server 321 of the end of the process.

  On the other hand, in step S184, the Web server 321 determines whether or not an end command has been received from the client 301. If it is determined that it has not been received, the Web server 321 returns to step S181 and repeatedly executes the subsequent processing. . If it is determined in step S184 that an end command has been received, the CPU 371 ends the recording time calculation process.

  In this way, in this example, the user uses the Web server 321 to confirm what kind of music data can be recorded efficiently (without excess or shortage) on a predetermined medium, Subsequent recording processing is executed by itself using a device connected to the 1394 serial bus 305.

  As described above, when music data is recorded on a predetermined medium by itself, it is preferable to attach a label (jacket) to the medium. Conventionally, such a label has been made by hand. However, in this system, the label can also be printed on the Web server 321. Next, the processing in this case will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The process in FIG. 36 represents the process on the client 301 side, and the flowchart in FIG. 37 represents the process on the Web server 321 side.

  In step S201, the CPU 52 of the client 301 executes a process of accessing the Web server 321 when receiving a command from the user. On the other hand, in step S231, the Web server 321 waits until access is received from the client 301. When access is received, the process proceeds to step S232. If this label printing process is performed following the recording time calculation process of FIGS. 28 to 31 described above, the processes of steps S201 and S231 can be omitted.

  In step S <b> 232, the CPU 371 reads the menu page data from the storage unit 378 and transmits it to the client 301. In step S <b> 202, the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the menu page data transmitted from the Web server 321 and displays it on the liquid crystal display 21. Thereby, for example, a menu page 501 as shown in FIG. 38 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. In this menu page 501, a title name is input. In addition to displaying the input field 502, buttons 503 and 504 for selecting the type of label are displayed. The user can print the A type label by selecting the button 503, and can print the B type label by selecting the button 504.

  The menu page 501 also displays a button 505 for selecting a print font for text and a button 506 for selecting the print status of the music. In this example, it is possible to select Gothic or Mincho as the print font, and to select whether to print the song, song number, performer, and performance time as the print condition of the song. Has been made. The button 507 is operated when purchasing such a label. The user inputs information necessary for printing based on the GUI of this menu page 501. When this label printing process is performed subsequent to the calculation process described above, the music piece, the performer, etc. have already been input, and there is no need to input again, but this label printing process is the calculation process. When it is performed independently, information such as music titles and performers is newly input.

  Therefore, in step S203, the CPU 52 of the client 301 determines whether or not an input has been made. If an input has been made, the process proceeds to step S204, where the data corresponding to the input is stored in the RAM 54 and the corresponding processing is performed. Processing for displaying the display on the menu page 501 is executed. For example, when a title name is input in the input field 502, it is stored in the RAM 54, and characters corresponding to the input are displayed in the display field 502.

  When it is determined in step S203 that no input has been made, or in step S204, when the process of storing data corresponding to the input and the process of displaying are completed, the process proceeds to step S205, and the CPU 52 displays the purchase button 507. It is determined whether or not an operation has been performed. If the operation has not been performed, the process returns to step S203, and the subsequent processing is repeatedly executed.

  If it is determined in step S205 that the purchase button 507 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S206, and the CPU 52 executes processing for transmitting data corresponding to the input to the web server 231 as information relating to the label.

  When the CPU 371 of the Web server 321 receives the information regarding the label in step S233, the CPU 371 executes a credit process in step S234. This credit processing is performed by accessing the credit sales company 441 as in the case described above.

  In step S235, the CPU 371 determines whether or not the credit result is OK. If it is determined that the credit is not OK, the CPU 371 proceeds to step S236, and the CPU 371 transmits an order unacceptable page to the client 301 for processing. End. If the credit is OK, the CPU 371 proceeds to step S237 and transmits an order acceptance completion page to the client 301.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S238, where the CPU 371 accesses the label information database 327, takes in the information of the label specified by the user using the GUI of the menu page 501, and supplies the fetched content to the printing unit 380. Print as a label (jacket). In step S239, the administrator of the Web server 321 delivers the label printed in step S238 to the user of the client 301.

  Thereafter, in step S240, the CPU 371 charges the credit sales company 441 for a charge, and in step S241, the CPU 371 receives a payment of the charge from the credit sales company.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 52 of the client 301 receives the order acceptance page from the Web server 321 in step S207, it displays it on the liquid crystal display 21. Thereby, the user can confirm whether the order has been accepted or not accepted. When the order is accepted, as described above, the label is delivered by mail or courier. In step S208, the user of the client 301 receives delivery of the label, and in step S209, the delivery is performed. Affix the label to the media as necessary. In step S <b> 210, the user pays the label price to the credit sales company 441.

  As described above, the user can obtain a good-looking medium by recording the music data edited by the user himself / herself on the medium and attaching a beautifully printed label to the recorded medium. . The media can be used on its own, as well as used as a gift for friends, etc. as needed.

  The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software may execute various functions by installing a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware or various programs. For example, it is installed from a program storage medium in a general-purpose personal computer or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. 9, a program storage medium for storing a program (for example, a WWW browser program) installed in a computer and made executable by the computer includes magnetic disks 231 and 391 (including floppy disks). ), Optical disks 232 and 392 (including CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk)), magneto-optical disks 233 and 393 (including MD (Mini-Disk)), or semiconductor memory 234 , 394, or the like, or ROMs 71 and 372 for temporarily or permanently storing programs, the hard disk drive 60, the hard disk of the storage unit 378, and the like. The program is stored in the program storage medium via a wired or wireless communication medium such as a local area network or digital satellite broadcasting in addition to the Internet 311 via an interface such as a router, a modem 66, and a communication unit 379 as necessary. It is done using.

  In the present specification, the step of describing the program stored in the program storage medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series according to the described order, but is not necessarily performed in time series. Or the process performed separately is also included.

  Further, in this specification, the system represents the entire apparatus constituted by a plurality of apparatuses.

  301 Client, 302 MD Player, 303 VCR, 304 CD Player, 305 IEEE1394 Serial Bus, 321 Web Server, 322 Recording Media Drive, 323 Recording Media Recordable Time Information Database, 324 Music Performance Time Information Database, 325 Amount Information Database, 326 Music data database, 327 Label information database

Claims (10)

A selection means for selecting a plurality of audio data;
Display means for displaying a list of selected audio data and a total capacity of the selected audio data;
Recording destination selection means for selecting a storage medium for recording a plurality of audio data selected by the selection means;
Detecting means for detecting the storage medium selected by the recording destination selecting means;
Storage control means for storing the selected audio data in the storage medium,
The information processing apparatus is characterized in that the display means notifies when the total capacity of the plurality of audio data selected by the selection means exceeds a remaining capacity that is a storable capacity of the storage medium. . The update apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an update unit configured to update the total capacity when the audio data is deselected from the list of the selected audio data displayed on the display unit. The information processing apparatus described. The display means displays a selection release button for each audio data,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the update unit updates the total capacity when the selection release button is controlled. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the audio data is distributed from an audio data distribution server. The information related to the audio data includes image data corresponding to the audio data,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the image data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a remaining capacity of the storage medium. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the total capacity or the remaining capacity is displayed by time information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a total capacity of the storage medium. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the time information of the audio data is acquired via a network. The selection means selects a plurality of audio data,
The display means displays a list of the selected audio data and the total capacity of the selected audio data;
The recording destination selecting means selects a storage medium for recording the selected plurality of audio data,
Detecting means detects the selected storage medium;
Storage control means includes storing the selected audio data in the storage medium;
A notification is performed when the total capacity of a plurality of audio data selected by the selection means exceeds a remaining capacity that is a storable capacity of the storage medium.

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