Control system, control apparatus, control method, storage medium, and program

A control apparatus for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:

• receiving means for receiving electronic program guide information transmitted from the information processing apparatus;
• storage means for storing the electronic program guide information received by the receiving means;
• acquisition means for, on the basis of the electronic program guide information stored in the storage means, acquiring supplemental information which is associated with a program processed by the information processing apparatus and which indicates a feature of the program;
• selection means for selecting a particular program on the basis of the supplemental information acquired by the acquisition means;
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• control means for controlling the information processing apparatus so as to record or play back the program selected by the selection means.

A method for a control apparatus to control an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• receiving electronic program guide information transmitted from the information processing apparatus;
• storing the electronic program guide information received in the receiving step;
• on the basis of the electronic program guide information stored in the storage step, acquiring supplemental information which is associated with a program processed by the information processing apparatus and which indicates a feature of the program;
• selecting a particular program on the basis of the supplemental information acquired in the acquisition step;
• and
• controlling the information processing apparatus so as to record or play back the program selected in the selection step.

A computer-readable storage medium including a program stored thereon for use by a control apparatus to control an information processing apparatus, the program comprising a procedure of controlling a process including the steps of:

• receiving electronic program guide information transmitted from the information processing apparatus;
• storing the electronic program guide information received in the receiving step;
• on the basis of the electronic program guide information stored in the storage step, acquiring supplemental information which is associated with a program processed by the information processing apparatus and which indicates a feature of the program;
• selecting a particular program on the basis of the supplemental information acquired in the acquisition step;
• and
• controlling the information processing apparatus so as to record or play back the program selected in the selection step.

A program executed by a computer to control a control apparatus for controlling an information processing apparatus, the program comprising a procedure of controlling a process including the steps of:

• receiving electronic program guide information transmitted from the information processing apparatus;
• storing the electronic program guide information received in the receiving step;
• on the basis of the electronic program guide information stored in the storage step, acquiring supplemental information which is associated with a program processed by the information processing apparatus and which indicates a feature of the program;
• selecting a particular program on the basis of the supplemental information acquired in the acquisition step;
• and
• controlling the information processing apparatus so as to record or play back the program selected in the selection step.

A method for a control apparatus to control an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• storing data indicating a timing of controlling the information processing apparatus to perform a particular process and data indicating the particular process to be performed, in relation to identification information;
• accepting input of the identification information;
• and
• controlling the information processing apparatus to perform the process when the timing condition indicated by the data stored in the storage step in relation to the identification information accepted in the input acceptance step is met.

A computer-readable storage medium including a program stored thereon for use by a control apparatus to control an information processing apparatus, the program comprising a procedure of controlling a process including the steps of:

• storing data indicating a timing of controlling the information processing apparatus to perform a particular process and data indicating the particular process to be performed, in relation to identification information;
• accepting input of the identification information;
• and
• controlling the information processing apparatus to perform the process when the timing condition indicated by the data stored in the storage step in relation to the identification information accepted in the input acceptance step is met.

A program executed by a computer to control a control apparatus for controlling an information processing apparatus, the program comprising a procedure of controlling a process including the steps of:

• storing data indicating a timing of controlling the information processing apparatus to perform a particular process and data indicating the particular process to be performed, in relation to identification information;
• accepting input of the identification information;
• and
• controlling the information processing apparatus to perform the process when the timing condition indicated by the data stored in the storage step in relation to the identification information accepted in the input acceptance step is met.

A control apparatus for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:

• storage means for storing operation history indicating an operation performed by controlling the information processing apparatus at a particular timing;
• presentation means for presenting information to a user to prompt a user to select whether the same process as the process described in the operation history stored in the storage means is performed by the information processing apparatus when the timing condition described in the operation history is met;
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• control means for, in the case in which the process is selected to be performed on the basis of the information presented by the presentation means, controlling the information processing apparatus to perform the process.

A method for a control apparatus to control an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• storing operation history indicating an operation performed by controlling the information processing apparatus at a particular timing;
• presenting information to a user to prompt a user to select whether the same process as the process described in the operation history stored in the storage step is performed by the information processing apparatus when the timing condition described in the operation history is met;
• and
• in the case in which the process is selected to be performed on the basis of the information presented in the presentation step, controlling the information processing apparatus to perform the process.

A computer-readable storage medium including a program stored thereon for use by a control apparatus to control an information processing apparatus, the program comprising a procedure of controlling a process including the steps of:

• storing operation history indicating an operation performed by controlling the information processing apparatus at a particular timing;
• presenting information to a user to prompt a user to select whether the same process as the process described in the operation history stored in the storage step is performed by the information processing apparatus when the timing condition described in the operation history is met;
• and
• in the case in which the process is selected to be performed on the basis of the information presented in the presentation step, controlling the information processing apparatus to perform the process.

A program executed by a computer to control a control apparatus for controlling an information processing apparatus, the program comprising a procedure of controlling a process including the steps of:

• storing operation history indicating an operation performed by controlling the information processing apparatus at a particular timing;
• presenting information to a user to prompt a user to select whether the same process as the process described in the operation history stored in the storage step is performed by the information processing apparatus when the timing condition described in the operation history is met;
• and
• in the case in which the process is selected to be performed on the basis of the information presented in the presentation step, controlling the information processing apparatus to perform the process.