Selection apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAsuka Wada
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Abstract
A selection apparatus configured to select a target of recording on a recording apparatus from among a plurality of pieces of digital content data included in a broadcast program includes a first selection unit configured to select digital content data to be output to a reproduction apparatus from among the plurality of pieces of digital content data included in the broadcast program, an output unit configured to output the digital content data selected by the first selection unit to the reproduction apparatus, and a second selection unit configured to select the digital content data that is currently being output by the output unit as a target of recording on the recording apparatus.
Claims10
A selection apparatus configured to select a target of recording on a recording apparatus from among a plurality of pieces of digital content data included in a broadcast program, the selection apparatus comprising:
- a first selection unit configured to select digital content data to be output to a reproduction apparatus from among the plurality of pieces of digital content data included in the broadcast program;
- an output unit configured to output the digital content data selected by the first selection unit to the reproduction apparatus;
- and
- a second selection unit configured to select the digital content data that is currently being output by the output unit as a target of recording on the recording apparatus.
A method for selecting a target of recording on a recording apparatus from among a plurality of pieces of digital content data included in a broadcast program, the method comprising:
- selecting digital content data to be output to a reproduction apparatus from among the plurality of pieces of digital content data included in the broadcast program;
- outputting the selected digital content data to the reproduction apparatus;
- and
- selecting the digital content data that is currently being output to the reproduction apparatus as a target of recording on the recording apparatus.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable process, the computer-executable process implementing instructions for causing a computer to perform a method of selecting a target of recording on a recording apparatus from among a plurality of pieces of digital content data included in a broadcast program, the method comprising:
- selecting digital content data to be output to a reproduction apparatus from among the plurality of pieces of digital content data included in the broadcast program;
- outputting the selected digital content data to the reproduction apparatus;
- and
- selecting the digital content data that is currently being output to the reproduction apparatus as a target of recording on the recording apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.