Apparatus and method for permanently storing a broadcast program during time machine function

Abstract

An apparatus and method for permanently storing a broadcast program during time machine function is disclosed. An apparatus for permanently storing a program during a time machine function comprises a first memory for temporarily storing a plurality of programs, an on screen display (OSD) data generator for displaying OSD data on a screen, an address generator for generating a location information of the stored plurality of programs, a third memory for storing the location information of the stored plurality of the programs, and a controller for retrieving the location information of the program if the program is selected and for permanently storing the program at a second memory. Also, a method for permanently storing a program at a first memory during a time machine function comprises storing temporarily a plurality of programs according to the time machine function, selecting the program to store in the first memory, generating a location information of the plurality of programs, retrieving a location information of the program, and copying the program stored in the second memory to the first memory according to the location information of the selected program.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.